Pat Robertson and his activities are pure blog fodder (blodder?). If the average blog has one reader, there’s nothing wrong with writing about him, thinking about him, quoting him, mocking him, defending him, or whatever. I can write about Robertson, President Whuh, my cats, the PRM’s new governor (woo hoo) or the controversy over whether or not I should buy slippers. My little stories, in and of themselves, don’t determine what’s “news,” even if they do play a role in some larger trend. It’s not my place here on this blog to decide what matters to the nation and the world. I’m just here to talk about what matters to me.
But I have a small request for those Masters of the Mainstream Media — Time-Warner, Viacom, News Corp., Disney, GE and company: he’s just a crazy old coot. He is not news, no matter what crap spews from his hole. Ignore him.
If you look at some of his prophecies over the years, you’ll see that he’s nothing more than Miss Cleo, the only difference being that she didn’t have her own network on the eye of hell.
January 3, 2005:
Well, the Lord has some very encouraging news for George Bush … What I heard is that Bush is now positioned to have victory after victory and that his second term is going to be one of triumph, which is pretty strong stuff. … He’ll have Social Security reform passed. He’ll have tax reform passed. He’ll have conservative judges on the courts. And that basically he is positioned for a series of dramatic victories which I hope will hearten him and his advisers. They don’t have to be timid in this matter because the wind is blowing at his back, and he can move forward boldly and get results.
January 3, 2006:
Bush is going to strengthen in 2006. The fall elections will be inconclusive, but the outcome of the war and the success of the economy will leave the Republicans in charge…
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And the war in Iraq is going to come to a successful conclusion. We’ll begin withdrawing troops before the end of this year.
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There will be earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornados — volcanic eruption. The coasts will be lashed by storms and disasters and, yet, this still isn’t the big one. Bigger ones are even coming, but that’s what’s going to be — going to be happening.
Now he says there’s going to be a terrorist attack on a major city in the US this year, that it might be nuclear, and that it will lead to chaos. So what? When he says that god told him something, you have a choice of viewing that as voices in his head, wishful thinking, or an outright lie intended to frighten people. Even a theist knows not to believe that their infallible lord would give out such fucked up information.
On a number of occasions, Robertson has claimed that some incident was punishment from god.
I have said last year that Israel was entering into the most dangerous period of its entire existence as a nation. That is intensifying this year with the loss of Sharon. Sharon was personally a very likeable person. I am sad to see him in this condition. But I think we need to look at the Bible and the Book of Joel. The prophet Joel makes it very clear that God has enmity against those who, quote, “divide my land.” God considers this land to be his. You read the Bible, he says, “This is my land.” And for any prime minister of Israel who decides he going carve it up and give it away, God says, “No. This is mine.” And the same thing — I had a wonderful meeting with Yitzhak Rabin in 1974. He was tragically assassinated, and it was terrible thing that happened, but nevertheless, he was dead. And now Ariel Sharon, who was again a very likeable person, a delightful person to be with. I prayed with him personally. But here he is at the point of death. He 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, the United Nations or United States of America. God said, “This land belongs to me, you better leave it alone.”
You know, it’s just amazing, though, that people say the litmus test for [Supreme Court nominee John G.] Roberts [Jr.] is whether or not he supports the wholesale slaughter of unborn children. We have killed over 40 million unborn babies in America. I was reading, yesterday, a book that was very interesting about what God has to say in the Old Testament about those who shed innocent blood. And he used the term that those who do this, “the land will vomit you out.” That — you look at your — you look at the book of Leviticus and see what it says there. And this author of this said, “well ‘vomit out’ means you are not able to defend yourself.” But have we found we are unable somehow to defend ourselves against some of the attacks that are coming against us, either by terrorists or now by natural disaster? Could they be connected in some way? And he goes down the list of the things that God says will cause a nation to lose its possession, and to be vomited out. And the amazing thing is, a judge has now got to say, “I will support the wholesale slaughter of innocent children” in order to get confirmed to the bench. And I am sure Judge Roberts is not going to say any such thing. But nevertheless, that’s the litmus test that’s being put on, the very thing that could endanger our nation. And it’s very interesting. Read the bible, read Leviticus, see what it says there.
Then there are his calls for and threats of violence against those who don’t share his views. Violence by man…
You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don’t think any oil shipments will stop. But this man is a terrific danger and the United … This is in our sphere of influence, so we can’t let this happen. We have the Monroe Doctrine, we have other doctrines that we have announced. And without question, this is a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us very badly. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It’s a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.
And violence by god.
If there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God, you just rejected him from your city… And don’t wonder why he hasn’t helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I’m not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that’s the case, don’t ask for his help because he might not be there.
And just to round things out, let’s look at some of the comments he’s made about religions other than his own and the people who believe in them:
When I said during my presidential bid that I would only bring Christians and Jews into the government, I hit a firestorm. “What do you mean?” the media challenged me. “You’re not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe in the Judeo Christian values are better qualified to govern America than Hindus and Muslims?” My simple answer is, “Yes, they are.”
Source: The New World Order, page 218
The Constitution of the United States, for instance, is a marvelous document for self-government by the Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian people and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society. And that’s what’s been happening.
Source: The 700 Club, Dec. 30, 1981
You say you’re supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense. I don’t have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist. I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don’t have to be nice to them.
Source: The 700 Club, January 14, 1991
If anybody understood what Hindus really believe, there would be no doubt that they have no business administering government policies in a country that favors freedom and equality. … Can you imagine having the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as defense minister, or Mahatma Gandhi as minister of health, education, and welfare? The Hindu and Buddhist idea of karma and the Muslim idea of kismet, or fate condemn the poor and the disabled to their suffering. … It’s the will of Allah. These beliefs are nothing but abject fatalism, and they would devastate the social gains this nation has made if they were ever put into practice.
Source: The New World Order, page 219
The point, quite simply, is that he’s a crackpot. He’s in the news not because he’s important, but because you big shots put him there. He no longer controls enough followers to make a difference, he’s an embarrassment to his fellow evangelicals, and he’s too hateful to be considered funny — although I’m willing to admit that when he claimed he could lift more weight than anyone else in the world, that was funny enough to put him on the news. But please, when crazy ol’ Pat announces that the baby Jesus has been whispering in his ear, pay no attention. It’s not news.
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