Pat Robertson: Sharon’s stroke is God’s wrath

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » January 5, 2006 11:38 pm

Pat Robertson: Sharon’s stroke is God’s wrath
Televangelist suggests illness is divine punishment for ‘dividing God’s land’

Updated: 7:48 p.m. ET Jan. 5, 2006
NORFOLK, Va. - 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.

Invokes 1995 Rabin slaying
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.”

Pro and con
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.”

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Post by **SMLCHNG** » January 5, 2006 11:44 pm

Nonsense...

More here:

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44030

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » January 5, 2006 11:51 pm

Thanks, I missed that one!

ejr · Post by **ejr** » January 6, 2006 12:02 am

Every time this man opens his mouth..............(fill in your own response)

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » January 6, 2006 4:04 am

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » January 6, 2006 6:49 am

ejr wrote:Every time this man opens his mouth..............(fill in your own response)

Jesus winces and a demon gets his wings?

Prthd119 · Post by **Prthd119** » January 6, 2006 7:01 am

Just talking about this man makes me feel like Linda Blair and my head starts spinning around.....

I knew a couple , back home in Charleston? They went without food or paying their light bill...their kids were hungry...and cold! So they could send money to Mr Robertson......They believed his word was THE truth...THE way..and THE light.....

It is so not right......

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » January 6, 2006 7:14 am

Prthd119 wrote:Just talking about this man makes me feel like Linda Blair and my head starts spinning around.....

I knew a couple , back home in Charleston? They went without food or paying their light bill...their kids were hungry...and cold! So they could send money to Mr Robertson......They believed his word was THE truth...THE way..and THE light.....

It is so not right......

Probably one of the many things Pat will get to answer for when God finally calls him home..

IrishG · Post by **IrishG** » January 6, 2006 7:20 am

Prthd119 wrote:Just talking about this man makes me feel like Linda Blair and my head starts spinning around.....

I knew a couple , back home in Charleston? They went without food or paying their light bill...their kids were hungry...and cold! So they could send money to Mr Robertson......They believed his word was THE truth...THE way..and THE light.....

It is so not right......

the quack that lived in my apartment before me was/is a member to Benny Hinn's ministries. I get a flyer from them EVERY month asking for money.

Yeah, this non-profit quack who heels the crippled and blind just happens to have a several million dollar house in Malibu and drives a bentley

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » January 6, 2006 7:24 am

IrishG wrote:
Prthd119 wrote:Just talking about this man makes me feel like Linda Blair and my head starts spinning around.....

I knew a couple , back home in Charleston? They went without food or paying their light bill...their kids were hungry...and cold! So they could send money to Mr Robertson......They believed his word was THE truth...THE way..and THE light.....

It is so not right......
the quack that lived in my apartment before me was/is a member to Benny Hinn's ministries. I get a flyer from them EVERY month asking for money.

Yeah, this non-profit quack who heels the crippled and blind just happens to have a several million dollar house in Malibu and drives a bentley

"Jesus has richly rewarded me for my humanitarian acts of healing the sick... PAAAARAAAAAAAIIISEEEEEEEEE GEEEEEEZZZZZUUUUUSSSSSSS!!!!"

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » January 6, 2006 8:01 am

Christians

Cribiansol · Post by **Cribiansol** » January 6, 2006 8:49 am

You know I can't wait until something happens to Pat R. Chances are that he'll have some health problems eventually. Cancer? Heart attack? How is he going to explain those away?

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » January 6, 2006 9:10 am

Cribiansol wrote:You know I can't wait until something happens to Pat R. Chances are that he'll have some health problems eventually. Cancer? Heart attack? How is he going to explain those away?

He'll be dead, it'll be the survivors makin' comments..

CrznDnUS1 · Post by **CrznDnUS1** » January 6, 2006 12:39 pm

Every time this guy opens mouth, he says something dumber than the last thing he said.

citcat · Post by **citcat** » January 6, 2006 1:01 pm

Guys like him make us Christians look bad. Some of these nuts make up the rules, speak for God, and put their own spin on words from the Bible, twisting the words to fit their doctrine. That is just another form of evil. It's gonna get ugly when they meet their maker !!!!

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » January 6, 2006 1:03 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:Probably one of the many things Pat will get to answer for when God finally calls him home..

What goes around, comes around.......

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » January 6, 2006 1:05 pm

12vmanRick wrote:Christians

Not all of Christians....

Mother Teresa was also a Christian.

NYCPORT · Post by **NYCPORT** » January 6, 2006 1:05 pm

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...What an a**hole!

CrznDnUS1 · Post by **CrznDnUS1** » January 6, 2006 3:39 pm

maybe he needs a good dose of http://panexa.com

rsgeist · Post by **rsgeist** » January 6, 2006 3:44 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:Probably one of the many things Pat will get to answer for when God finally calls him home..

When God calls he'll probably get a busy signal because Pat will already be occupied chatting with the voices in his head.