Phil Robertson met his grandson's girlfriend. His grandson was going to take her on a date. Phil told them to go fishing and then he went with them. While they were fishing, he told them to not have sex. It leads to gonorrhea, syphilis, etc. He told them they should not touch each other anywhere but the neck and above until they signed on the dotted line. He said a peck on the cheek is just fine. He told his grandson to always treat her with respect. Then encouraged him by saying, "Find yourself a good girl who will cook you fried squirrel and walks around with a Bible in her hands."
At dinner that night when the whole family was gathered together, they bowed their heads in prayer and he prayed that his grandson and girlfriend would stay pure during their dating years.
At dinner that night when the whole family was gathered together, they bowed their heads in prayer and he prayed that his grandson and girlfriend would stay pure during their dating years.
Phil Robertson is the head of his household. He speaks Truth to his children and grandchildren whenever he has a chance. He warns them of the dangers ahead and tries to steer them on the narrow path. He is not afraid of embarrassing them if it means protecting them from future harm.
We saw many parents afraid of their children. They were afraid to tell them to not see naughty movies. They were afraid to speak to them much about sex and its consequences outside of marriage. They thought if they were too strict with them, they would rebel. And they would never dream about praying for their sexual purity in front of the whole family.
I admire Phil Robertson for not being afraid of doing any of those things. Children and teenagers need guidance, especially being given by their fathers, the heads of the household. They need continual reminders of what is right and what is wrong in this filthy society. They need strong, protective boundaries. If you are not continually teaching and reminding them and even praying about it, they are going to be easily sucked into the cesspool around them.
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sit in thine house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lie down, and when thou rise up.
Deuteronomy 6:7
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Verlene R. Sims · 587 weeks ago
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Ken · 587 weeks ago
I grew up as "little white boy" and did not know that race was even an issue until I was about 17 and riots broke out in Miami. White, black or purple made no difference to me because all my friends were black. Some defended me some took advantage of me, but never was skin color an issue as I was the minority.
So to deny Robertson his view of life in his area is unfair. It was a personal view of life lived with his fiends.. not a political view or global view of racial relations. It is not ignorant to express one's own personal experience, and it was probably a shared experience with many who worked shoulder to shoulder together in those days.
I think we live in such a slanted politically correct world that has many unwilling to allow even the 10% rule, let alone 20% rule, that although racism was ugly in the south, not all black people were unhappy or mistreated by their community white people. Many blacks were godly people who were happy and joyful because of who lived inside of them, Jesus! And the majority of white people where friends and friendly with their fellow human beings. What is wrong with his saying this?
Happy Girl · 587 weeks ago
'Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues." ' -so they were happier being treated as livestock or property?
'The blacks worked for the farmers.' - because they couldn't own the farms.
His comments do nothing but show his lack of intelligence and his bigotry. His own comments prove he witnessed the unjust treatment of African Americans around him when he said the blacks worked for the farmers instead of being the farmers.
Ken · 587 weeks ago
You read into his comments that racism was all around him.... so be it. That does not make him a racist or incorrect with his observations.
It is unfair to read into what someone says or put words or thoughts in his mouth that do not exist just because you want him to be more politically correct.
If you did not add your own commentary ... there is zero wrong with what he has said. The fact is that it was a difficult time of transition from slavery to freedom and and no they were no longer owned like livestock, nor did they own farms. These are facts... not racism.
By your words, is it racism because Mexican and South American workers work on CA farms because they can't own them and want to build a better life? We need to stop jumping down the throats of all who speak their minds, even if we do not agree with them. Freedom of speech and thought is vital to the lifeblood of our country and you are welcome to to thinking ... but make it actual thinking, not just being politically correct.
Happy Girl · 587 weeks ago
As for the Mexicans and South Americans there is nothing stopping them from working their way to owning farms or to have better lives, there is no law saying they can't get educated, or own property, many have done just that. Anyone who thinks race is the reason some people are labourers and some not is racist. These days education is the dividing fact, education which is available to everyone if they want to achieve better things.
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Kelley · 587 weeks ago
I think it's commendable any time a father-figure takes a younger man aside to teach, guide and instruct him in the ways of biblical purity of heart and body. However, I feel that the first person for this job is the father himself. His daddy did or did not teach him those things. When the son was ready, he left his father and mother to cleave to his own wife and weave a family with her. It's his turn as a father to his children, as the head of his own household, to teach his son biblical manhood and godliness.
Phil Robertson is a patriarch but he is not the head of his sons' households. His sons left their father and mother and wove a household with their own wives. Phil is the head of Kay, but I disagree that he is the head of the household in which his grandchildren live.
Phil taught his sons, "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Now it's his sons' turn to establish the same for their own houses. I believe wholeheartedly in what Grandpa Phil did, but I believe his sons are the head of their own households.
Happy New Year,
Kelley~
Lori Alexander 122p · 587 weeks ago