Christian Fundamentalists Turn Their Backs On Pat Robertson For Having A Moment Of Sanity (VIDEO)

Pat Robertson is considered one of the evangelists responsible for the rise of Christian right-wing fundamentalism. In fact, Robertson is so far to the right that even Barry Goldwater hated him. For decades, when it came to Christian extremism, nobody beat Pat Robertson. He’s been a leader of a movement that now threatens the Constitution and our system of government with religious tyranny. But now, Robertson is getting a taste of his own medicine.

Remember when Pat Robertson admitted that Earth is older than 6,000 years?

The civil war between conservatives seems to now be raging within the Christian Right. And 700 Club host Pat Robertson is the first to be attacked as not Christian enough. It all goes back to November 2012 when Robertson dismissed the notion that Earth is only 6,000 years old. In a rare moment of sanity, Robertson told a female viewer that dinosaurs pre-date humans and that she should not deny science.

“You go back in time, you’ve got radiocarbon dating. You got all these things and you’ve got the carcasses of dinosaurs frozen in time out in the Dakotas… There was a time when these giant reptiles were on the Earth and it was before the time of the Bible. So, don’t try and cover it up and make like everything was 6,000 years. That’s not the Bible.”

Robertson was directly criticizing an estimated age of Earth that was claimed by Archbishop James Ussher around 400 years ago. Creationist’s have used this claim as the basis for their denial of the planet being billions of years old ever since.

Creationist Christian extremists attacked Pat Robertson for stating a fact.

This sane moment from Robertson, a college educated man, is precisely what drove creationist Christians to attack Robertson this week. ‘Creation Today’ hosts Eric Hovind and Paul Taylor criticized Robertson for not believing as they do and questioned the televangelist’s loyalty to the Bible.

“Of course the Bible does cover dinosaurs,” Taylor declared. “We have talked about that on this show several times.”

Taylor continued to assault Robertson:

“Pat Robertson is claiming, then, that 6,000 years comes from Ussher’s book and not the Bible. The point is, where did Ussher get his figure of 6,000 years? Now, then, Pat Robertson, are you claiming the Bible is not [divinely] inspired when the Bible clearly tells us that the world is 6,000 years old?”

Here’s the video via Creation Today.

Science proves that the Earth is billions of years old.

As much as it pains me to defend Pat Robertson, I’ll gladly do so this time. The fact is, nowhere in the Bible does it say how old Earth is. Creationists believe it is 6,000 years old because of a calculation written in the book of an Archbishop who was a fallible human being like the rest of us. In reality, Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old. We know this because of radiometric dating, which is used to measure radioactive decay in materials such as rocks. As it turns out, when this test was used on zircon crystals in Australia, it was discovered the oldest minerals on the planet. Furthermore, when minerals from meteorites were tested, that material turned out to be 4.5 billion years old. In short, Robertson is right about Earth NOT being 6,000 years old. He also right about dinosaurs not roaming the Earth with humans. Science has proven that dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, long before the first humans arrived.

Pat Robertson just learned that karma is a real b****.

Even though Robertson is correct, it is hilarious that Christian extremists are turning their backs on him. For decades, Robertson has made a career out of attacking people for not believing as he does and now the tables have turned. It’s rare to see Christian extremists attack one of their own. But this is a perfect example of how conservatives are willing to eat their own for defending facts. It is simply amazing how one moment of sanity caused conservative Christian heads to explode. At this moment, a civil war is raging between Republicans and the Tea Party. Now, it looks like a war is brewing between members of the Christian Right as well. And that should make every sane American smile with glee.