oH-Ho, that Pat Robertson is a piece of work!

BDx13 - 1-5-2006 at 10:24 PM

First, Chavez. Then Dover, PA. Now this...

Robertson Links Sharon Stroke, God's Wrath

By SONJA BARISIC, Associated Press WriterThu Jan 5, 6:12 PM ET

Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine punishment for "dividing God's land."

"God considers this land to be his," Robertson said on his TV program "The 700 Club." "You read the Bible and he says `This is my land,' and for any prime minister of Israel who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says, `No, this is mine.'"

Sharon, who ordered Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last year, suffered a severe stroke on Wednesday.

In Robertson's broadcast from his Christian Broadcasting Network in Virginia Beach, the evangelist said he had personally prayed about a year ago with Sharon, whom he called "a very tender-hearted man and a good friend." He said he was sad to see Sharon in this condition.

He also said, however, that in the Bible, the prophet Joel "makes it very clear that God has enmity against those who 'divide my land.'"

Sharon "was dividing God's land and I would say woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the EU (European Union), the United Nations, or the United States of America," Robertson said.

In discussing what he said was God's insistence that Israel not be divided, Robertson also referred to the 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who had sought to achieve peace by giving land to the Palestinians. "It was a terrible thing that happened, but nevertheless he was dead," he said.

The Anti-Defamation League issued a statement urging Christian leaders to distance themselves from the remarks. Robertson made similar comments as the Gaza withdrawal occurred, it said.

"It is outrageous and shocking, but not surprising, that Pat Robertson once again has suggested that God will punish Israel's leaders for any decision to give up land to the Palestinians," said Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the group, which fights anti-Semitism. "His remarks are un-Christian and a perversion of religion. Unlike Robertson, we don't see God as cruel and vengeful."

The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said a religious leader "should not be making callous political points while a man is struggling for his life."

"Pat Robertson has a political agenda for the entire world, and he seems to think God is ready to take out any world leader who stands in the way of that agenda," Lynn said in a statement.

Robertson spokeswoman Angell Watts said of critics who challenged his remarks, "What they're basically saying is, `How dare Pat Robertson quote the Bible?'"

"This is what the word of God says," Watts said. "This is nothing new to the Christian community."

In August, Robertson suggested on "The 700 Club" that American agents should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has long been at odds with U.S. foreign policy. Robertson later apologized for his remarks, saying he "spoke in frustration."

clevohardcore - 1-6-2006 at 12:24 AM

How's that for publicity?

BDx13 - 1-6-2006 at 03:12 AM

hahahahahahahaha!!!!

moforn - 1-6-2006 at 07:39 AM

The hilarity of Pat Robertson almost rivals the scariness of the fact that millions of people actually take him seriously.

upyerbum - 1-6-2006 at 07:43 AM

Actually, they have found human and dinosaur footprints side by side.

Voodoobillyman - 1-6-2006 at 09:05 AM

I am from the land of Pat Robertson and the Hitler youth club, that dude is a fuckin Nazi, he just dosent know it. His political views are so close to Nationalistic it's scary. There are so many boneheads (not skins) out there who eat his shit up, they should stop donating to his Christian Coalition and pay a dentist to fix their teeth and look into birth control.........fuckin breeding maggots.

upyerbum - 1-6-2006 at 09:05 AM

I don't think it supports creationism, but they have found human and dinosaur tracks side by side, I think it was up in Washington State somewhere actually. I just think humans have been around a lot longer than we think we have (or are told we have). Could The Flintstones be for real?

BDx13 - 1-6-2006 at 10:48 AM

were they proper homosapien footprints, or prints from one of our monkeyman ancestors?

moforn - 1-6-2006 at 04:50 PM

Taylor Trail? They were human-like tracks, but found not be from humans- hasn't stopped the creationists as holding then up as "evidence".

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/paluxy/tsite.html

upyerbum - 1-6-2006 at 06:18 PM

I didn't realize that they'd disproved that, I remember reading about a few years back. How about those hobbits down in Malaysia or wherever the fuck it was.

moforn - 1-6-2006 at 08:15 PM

Not familiar with the hobbits, what's their story?
oh, and you should got stage nine tonight for the Link Wray thing.

Killthehumans - 1-8-2006 at 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Voodoobillyman
I am from the land of Pat Robertson and the Hitler youth club, that dude is a fuckin Nazi, he just dosent know it. His political views are so close to Nationalistic it's scary. There are so many boneheads (not skins) out there who eat his shit up, they should stop donating to his Christian Coalition and pay a dentist to fix their teeth and look into birth control.........fuckin breeding maggots.

compared to robertsons politics nationalism isnt that bad. he is a whacko. Off his fucking rocker.

Killthehumans - 1-8-2006 at 08:34 PM

in the words of immortal techniques "the voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish"

upyerbum - 1-9-2006 at 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by moforn
Not familiar with the hobbits, what's their story?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3948165.stm