More Psycho-babble from Pat Robertson

[JohnRM]

Robertson suggests God smote Sharon

Evangelist links Israeli leader's stroke to 'dividing God's land'


(CNN) -- Television evangelist Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, which Robertson opposed.

"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 [European Union], the United Nations or the United States of America,'" Robertson told viewers of his long-running television show, "The 700 Club."

"God says, 'This land belongs to me, and you'd better leave it alone,'" he said.

Robertson's show airs on the ABC Family cable network and claims about 1 million viewers daily.

Sharon, 77, clung to life in a Jerusalem hospital Thursday after surgery to treat a severe stroke, his doctors said.

The prime minister, who withdrew Israeli settlers and troops from Gaza and parts of the West Bank last summer over heated objections from his own Likud Party, was breathing with the aid of a ventilator after doctors operated to stop the bleeding in his brain.

In Washington, President Bush offered praise for Sharon in a speech on Thursday.

"We pray for his recovery," Bush said. "He's a good man, a strong man. A man who cared deeply about the security of the Israeli people, and a man who had a vision for peace. May God bless him."

Daniel Ayalon, Israel's ambassador to the United States, compared Robertson's remarks to the overheated rhetoric of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Full story)

He called the comments "outrageous" and said they were not something to expect "from any of our friends."

"He is a great friend of Israel and a great friend of Prime Minister Sharon himself, so I am very surprised," Ayalon told CNN.

Robertson, 75, founded the Christian Coalition and in 1988 failed in a bid for the Republican presidential nomination. He last stirred controversy in August, when he called for the assassination of Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez. (Full story)

Robertson later apologized, but still compared Chavez to Hitler and former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in the process.

The same month, the Anti-Defamation League criticized Robertson for warning that God would "bring judgment" against Israel for its withdrawal from Gaza, which it had occupied since the 1967 Mideast war.

Robertson said Thursday that Sharon was "a very likable person, and I am sad to see him in this condition."

He linked Sharon's health problems to the 1995 assassination of Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin, who signed the Oslo peace accords that granted limited self-rule to Palestinians.

"It was a terrible thing that happened, but nevertheless, now he's dead," Robertson said.

Rabin was gunned down by a religious student opposed to the Oslo accords. The killer, Yigal Amir, admitted to the crime and was sentenced to life in prison.

Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, criticized Robertson's comments Thursday, saying the televangelist "has a political agenda for the entire world."

"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 written statement.

"A religious leader should not be making callous political points while a man is struggling for his life," he said. "I'm appalled."

Ralph Neas, president of liberal advocacy group People for the American Way, said "it is astonishing that Pat Robertson still wields substantial influence" in the Republican Party.

"Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance," Neas said in a written statement.

According to The Associated Press, Robertson spokeswoman Angell Watts said of people who criticized the comments: "What they're basically saying is, 'How dare Pat Robertson quote the Bible?'"

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

HAAHAHHAHA, what a nut!

This guy needs his own television sh....errr....damn!

Well, he certainly can be entertaining.

 

[Kayak]

I wonder want Robertson thinks about those parts of ancient Isreal that are currently in Syria and Jordan.

 

[GeneralZed]

He needs to fill up his life with something else than god... what about Civ4? Then he can at least shut up for the next phew months

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Sharon has a stroke, and its not because the mans 77 years old and obese, no, its because god disagrees with his politics, so he's punishing him I wish it was Roberston that dropped dead and not Sharon.

 

[Che Guava]

"God says, 'This land belongs to me, and you'd better leave it alone,'"

Well, it's official: Pat Robertson is speaking for god, which I guess makes him a latter-day prophet. Tell me Pat, where should I send my money to? Should I vote for you for President? Is there anyone that needs to be smited?

How is this nut still on the air??!!!

 

[Bozo Erectus]

How is this nut still on the air??!!!

The taller the corn, the lower the I.Q.s.

 

[IglooDame]

The taller the corn, the lower the I.Q.s.

Easy there, shipmate, I know plenty of low-IQ areas where the only foliage is pot plants in window boxes.

As for Robertson, I'm thinking that by his own logic, an assassin would simply be doing God's work by showing up on the 700 Club and offing the guy in mid-pronouncement.

 

[JohnRM]

As for Robertson, I'm thinking that by his own logic, an assassin would simply be doing God's work by showing up on the 700 Club and offing the guy in mid-pronouncement.

STOP TEASING ME!

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Easy there, shipmate, I know plenty of low-IQ areas where the only foliage is pot plants in window boxes.

Yeah but you know what I mean. All a guy has to do is show up in a snazzy suit and say the word 'Jesus', and the yokels from the rural red states start opening their wallets. And they'll vote how he tells them to.

As for Robertson, I'm thinking that by his own logic, an assassin would simply be doing God's work by showing up on the 700 Club and offing the guy in mid-pronouncement.

I applied for the job, but I was turned down because Im too near sighted.

 

[Kayak]

STOP TEASING ME!

I wonder if you were caught and throw in jail afterwards could you then "get religion" after doing Gods work?

 

[IglooDame]

Yeah but you know what I mean. All a guy has to do is show up in a snazzy suit and say the word 'Jesus', and the yokels from the rural red states start opening their wallets. And they'll vote how he tells them to.

And there's an urban blue state equivalent, but I'm not going to insult anyone's intelligence by spelling it out.

And @John HSOG, Bozo, and probably others (including me): fear not, for I suspect the Mossad is probably doing some mission planning of the sort even as we speak. And let's face it, the Mossad acting as Robertson's hand of God is really too ironic to pass up.

 

[IglooDame]

I wonder if you were caught and throw in jail afterwards could you then "get religion" after doing Gods work?

The problem in his case is, John's already 'got religion' so I'm not sure whether it would work...

 

[Bozo Erectus]

And there's an urban blue state equivalent, but I'm not going to insult anyone's intelligence by spelling it out.

You mean (looks around) S-H-A-R-P-T-O-N?

 

[IglooDame]

You mean (looks around) S-H-A-R-P-T-O-N?

Shhhh, he might hear us. But yeah, he'd certainly be a blue equivalent of our buddy Pat.

 

[toothgnip]

Robertson is a joke, plain and simple, and he sounds much like the 15th century Roman Catholic church in that his answer for everything is either God did it or God will do it. If he loves God so bloody much he ought to do the Big Man a favor and take himself off the air.

 

[Che Guava]

Shhhh, he might hear us. But yeah, he'd certainly be a blue equivalent of our buddy Pat.

I thought you were going to say Louis Farrakhan

Either way, there's nuts on all sides of the spectrum...

 

[SoCalian]

Robertson is a joke, plain and simple, and he sounds much like the 15th century Roman Catholic church in that his answer for everything is either God did it or God will do it. If he loves God so bloody much he ought to do the Big Man a favor and take himself off the air.

or marry Him.

 

[IglooDame]

I thought you were going to say Louis Farrakhan

Either way, there's nuts on all sides of the spectrum...

I didn't say anybody, but Pat and Al have about the same visibility. Louis would be more at the level of an also-ran televangelist.

 

[skadistic]

What about Jessy Jackson he along with Shapton and screwy Luis FarraCON are worse the Pat in that they not only feed on the wallets of the faithful but cry raceism at every turn. Patty boy needs some meds for gods sake.He seems to get more loopy every week.

 

[Che Guava]

What about Jessy Jackson he along with Shapton and screwy Luis FarraCON are worse the Pat in that they not only feed on the wallets of the faithful but cry raceism at every turn. Patty boy needs some meds for gods sake.He seems to get more loopy every week.

I don't see how those guys are any worse than Pat. For all his loopiness, I don't see Sharpton calling out for the assasination of world leaders or celebrating the death of them when it happens by more natural causes...