Pat Robertson says Muslims will be turning to Jesus Christ in 2005

[alexisfree]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200501040010

Robertson: God "will remove judges from the Supreme Court quickly"

On the January 3 edition of Christian Broadcasting Network's The 700 Club, Reverend Pat Robertson, host and Christian Coalition of America founder, made predictions for the New Year based on what he said God told him during a recent prayer retreat. Robertson said that God told him: "I will remove judges from the Supreme Court quickly, and their successors will refuse to sanction the attacks on religious faith." Robertson also said that he "heard it from the Lord" that President Bush will have Social Security and tax reform passed and that Muslims will turn to Jesus Christ.

Robertson currently features on his official website, under the heading "Operation Supreme Court Freedom," a letter released following the June 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas that decriminalized homosexual sodomy. In the letter, Robertson asked his supporters to pray for liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justices to retire: "Would you join with me and many others in crying out to our Lord to change the Court? ... One justice is 83 years old, another has cancer, and another has a heart condition. Would it not be possible for God to put it in the minds of these three judges that the time has come to retire? With their retirement and the appointment of conservative judges, a massive change in federal jurisprudence can take place."

When asked to clarify his remarks, according to a July 17 Associated Press report, Robertson said that "he was not talking about any particular Supreme Court justices when he asked his television audience to pray that three liberal justices retire." Robertson stated: "I don't care which three, I mean as long as the three conservatives stay on. ... There's six liberals, so it's up to the Lord." The AP also noted: "Justice John Paul Stevens was born in 1920 and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had colon cancer surgery in 1999."

On the 700 Club broadcast, Robertson touted his 2004 New Year's prediction that President George W. Bush would win re-election by "a blowout" as an example of a past prediction that turned out to be correct. On January 2, 2004, Robertson stated: "I think George Bush is going to win in a walk. I really believe I'm hearing from the Lord it's going to be like a blowout election in 2004. It's shaping up that way." As Media Matters for America has noted, Bush's margin of victory was the smallest for a reelected incumbent president since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.

Other Robertson predictions have fared less well. According to a February 15, 1988, Washington Post article, Robertson said, "I heard the Lord saying 'I have something else for you to do. I want you to run for president of the United States.'" The same article noted that during one campaign stop during the 1988 presidential race, Robertson stated: "This is where God wanted me to be. ... Here I am in New Hampshire, before a major primary." He then said, "I assure you that I am going to be the next president of the United States," according to a February 15 Washington Post article. After trailing George H.W. Bush and Senator Bob Dole in the Republican primaries, Robertson's 1988 presidential campaign ended before the Republican convention. A February 2004 article in Church & State magazine (published by Americans United for Separation of Church and State) noted several Robertson predictions that turned out to be false, including that Russia would invade Israel in 1982, and that there would be a worldwide economic collapse in 1985. The article went on to mention that "In his 1991 book, The New World Order, Robertson predicted that U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller would be elected president in 1996."

Robertson's predictions for 2005:

* The economy: "Again, 2005 is going to be a year of extraordinary prosperity for this nation and for CBN . And I think the American stock market is going to surge upward, if I heard from the Lord. Again, ladies and gentlemen, don't go and buy stock on my recommendation, but that's what I feel in my heart. The Lord was saying it's going to be a super good year."
* George W. Bush: "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."
* Muslims and others turning to Jesus Christ: "In America, again if I'm hearing God right, we will see a tremendous incident of miracles in the year 2005. ... God's spirit is going to be moving in dramatic power around the world. And his spirit is going to be touching the hearts of many in the Muslim world and they will be turning to the gospel, to Jesus Christ. I think many of them already are, but this is going to be an acceleration that will really amaze the world. ... 'Revival will break out throughout the Muslim world, my truth will penetrate their hearts. The hold of that falsehood that has gripped them will be broken.'"
* Terrorism and global security: "2005 will be another good year for the world. The terrorist threat will diminish. Nations will walk in peace, but it will be an illusion. The peril to Israel is greater now than it has ever been for she will be seduced into a false peace that will leave her vulnerable."
* The Supreme Court: "The vendetta against religion in America is about to end. ... 'I will remove judges from the Supreme Court quickly and their successors will refuse to sanction the attacks on religious faith.'"


— N.C.

Posted to the web on Tuesday January 4, 2005 at 6:56 PM EST

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. He's such an asshole

[barb162]

44. yep!

[DulceDecorum]

90. BRING MOSHIACH TODAY

2) In the second stage, the growing Noachide movement will seize political power — using only peaceful, lawful means — in the capitals of the Western nations. This, of course, will not take place until the Noachide society has grown to some threshold size. We do not know how large this needs to be nor which nations will join the revolution first, although the United States, as a fairly religious, conservative nation, certainly tops the list of prospects.
Upon seizing the reins of government, the new Noachide leaders will move quickly to implement a full agenda of reform.
http://www.ukar.org/gore10.html

The pre-existing Noachide judges and courts will replace the existing court system of each country,
and the legal code will be drastically rewritten to conform to halacha;
in the United States, the emphasis will be on restoring the authority of the Constitution
and abolishing all unconstitutional government programs and agencies.
The national debt will be foreclosed,
probably by paying off creditors with government land holdings,
thus averting economic disaster.
And law and order will be fully restored through the establishment of internal security measures,
again in accordance with Torah law.
http://www.noahide.com/finalwar.htm

[SoDesuKa]

2. Lots of Christians are Turning to Islam

Lots of Christians are finding that Islam "fills the hole". I don't wonder why, either. Christianity has been trivialized by people like Bush.

[TheKingfish]

6. Gotta fill the bullet holes with something

Im sure lots of Iraqi Christians will turn to Islam. Not that there is much difference, both are being highjacked by fundie freaks anyway. Sounds like Robertson wants to copy Irans style of government to me.

[WillieWoohah]

12. I know one guy who converted because he had a drinking problem

Weird reason to change religions IMHO but each to their own...

[SoDesuKa]

25. Actually, That's An Excellent Reason

If your religion isn't giving you peace of mind, change it! Excessive drinking is certainly a symptom of psychic disturbance. If Allah is the answer, go for it.

[shain from kane]

100. Frontline.

A repeated Frontline program on Tuesday night said * converted to fundamentalism to end his drinking problem.
But I seem to remember that Jesus Christ turned water into wine.
Maybe, He took a drink to see whether it was a successful transformation.

[yardwork]

3. SC Justices serve for life, so he's saying that he hopes they DIE

That is horrible. If one of us said something like that publicly, we'd probably get a visit from the Secret Service or Homeland Security. I have a hunch that people are serving life without a lawyer in Gitmo for having said less than that.

It's appalling that Robertson is considered Christian.

[saigon68]

93. He's a "Christian" as long as he can " Strip Mine" pockets of the sheep

He loves to do a "WALLETECOMY" on the pockets of the Misguided and gullible.

[rfranklin]

101. Maybe we should report him to the Feds?

After all, he is making TERRORISTIC threats against officers of the Supreme Court.

[Dulcinea]

107. Is he wishing death on the SCOTUS?

Not only is that sick, it's illegal, I think.

[Gman]

4. He can take medication for those voices in his head

I know someone schizophrenic that once had a fistfight with Satan, or so he thought.

[Az]

5. Put these predictions on the same list as Sylvia Brown's

Various skeptic circles keep track of some of the more prominent selfproclaimed psychics predictions. Then a year later we attempt to remind people how off they were. The sad part is people don't want to know they were wrong. We become the villains.

I would say keep a list of Pat's predictions but I predict his followers will come to the same conclusions. We are just persecuting poor Pat.

[RaleighNCDUer]

56. What somebody (who has a little money) needs to do is

take out a 1/4 page ad in the Sunday religious pages of the newspaper. List all of Robertson's unfulfilled 'prophecies' and then the biblical admonition to not follow false prophets; then follow with a caution to send him and his organization no more money. If done on a weekly basis, it might have the effect of prying any number of his sheep from his flock. When he finds himself unable to fleece them he might even, hopefully, sue. When he does that, let him prove in court that he is not a false prophet.

I don't know the book and verse, but it is in there -- By their works you shall know them.

If anyone needs persecution, its Robertson (my candidate for the Anti-Christ).

[King Coal]

79. Do ya reckon ol' Pat would like to make a wager?

Put your money where you talk out of your ass, Asshat.

[Az]

86. Frauds typically won't respond to challenges

They know if they get dragged out into the light they are going to be seen for the vermon they are. Thus Sylvia and Pat both will avoid any group that might put their claims to the test.

They don't need confirmation anyway. They have a steady stream of believers throwing every last dime they have to them. Its sickening really.

Here is an example. Peter Popoff used to be a faith healer. He had TV shows and road shows. He would do the stage thing. Call people out of the crowd. Diagnose their illness. And then put the whammy on them in the name of GOD!

A group of skeptics decided to check him out. They went to the show and brought a reciever with them. Seems Peter was getting knowledge not from God but from his wife. They would have people fill out cards when entering and keep track of where they sat. Then Mrs Popoff would relay the info via a transmitter to an ear bud in Peter's ear.

The group exposed Mr Popoff and it seemed his carreer was over. Unfortunately those who wish to be duped and need hope are ever ready to forgive or more likely be totally unaware. He is on the road again as well as TV. The exposure was just a bump in the road.

[Clarkie1]

7. I didn't know God had such an interest in social security and tax reform

This is blasphamey

[yardwork]

9. Not to mention the stock market! God says the market is up!

According to Brother Pat, anyway.

[elshiva]

19. Listen its not blasphemy

to say that God cares about social justice issues. What about all those injunctions about taking care of the poor and the elderly in the Bible. No, Robertson blasphemes to say God does not love homosexuals, when the Good Lord went to all the trouble in the first place to make them, why wouldn't he love them.
Favorite slogan: "Robertson speaks, Jesus weeps"
Of course some Muslims will convert, most won't, but this is all part of Robertson's anti-Muslim crap and I hate it. Allah is the same God Christians worship so I doubt S/HE cares if one is Muslim or Christian, just if you love your neighbor that the end all be all of religion, not this power hungry claptrap of clerics.

[ClintonTyree]

77. Homosexuality is a choice..............

or so goes fundie logic. They've made a choice to be gay or lesbian, as god only makes perfect beings. They can be converted back to heterosexuality with prayer. :eyes: Yeah, right.
Fundamentalism is damn dangerous in ANY religion. Just because Robertson is a so called "christian" doesn't make it so. He and "*" are two peas in a pod in that respect. Just because they say something has happened makes it so.
Robertson is a dangerous schizophrenic that needs professional Psychiatric help.
If there is a god, let him save us from his followers.

[Julius Civitatus]

51. Pat Robertson worships a Tiki god

I swear! The version of Christianity this guy pulls out of his rear end is beyond contempt, with this angry Tiki god that sends hurricanes to punish Floridians, "allows" 9/11 to punish America for the gays and the abortionists, and a god that now has vested interests in privatizing social security.

Why anybody would believe this FRAUD is beyond me! Do people really believe god has a direct line to this clown? Again, you can't underestimate the stupidity of some people.

In a fair country with a fair media, every time this clown appears in front of the cameras people should ask him about his support for African dictators, and his condoning of the atrocities committed by the Liberian bastards so Pat could made a bundle in those African gold mines. What's more, Pat exploited his Liberian gold-mining operations under the guise of his "Christian ministry."

Let's apply Pat's logic here: You see, apparently god wanted the rebels to massacre villages and cut the arms of children so Pat Robertson could make millions in his forced-labor gold mines.

Quite a god, huh! Well, when (if) Jesus comes back, boy is he going to be pissed at Robertson and the rest of the tele-evangelist con-men.

[Maple]

8. God is such a chatterbox

and in spite of having entire universes to take care of, he still watches the US stock market. Quite amazing. :D

[sakabatou]

10. "In America, again if I'm hearing God right..."

Pat must have wax in his ears.

[noonwitch]

57. God speaks to him in tongues, so Pat might have gotten the message wrong

Doonesbury made a similar joke about him in 1988. In that one, the reporter character went to his rally to see if Pat could cure his hemorroids. It was a funny series of cartoons.

[Solly Mack]

11. What a poopyhead

blech

[alexisfree]

13. Prozac, zoloft, shock treatment, litium can take care of those

voices in your head. I recommend for pat SHOCK TREATMENT 100,000 VOLTS

[saltpoint]

14. More spiritual sludge from a true master of the genre.

[paulie5]

21. Robertson is the vomit master

Yessa-sir-eee I puke every time I am force to look at this hypocrite’s face. He is what we call the "Holly Rollers" as in rolling drunks and idiots stupid enough to believe his bullshit.

He isn't worth a pot to piss in. He is the good friend of Satan. Try telling that to all those idiots he's duped into sending him money.

He gives real religion a bad name. If there really is a God then he'd strike him down with one lightning bolt.

Never forget he's a crook in sheep's clothing.

"Hey Pat ! Point that God thing somewhere else. It might go off and someone could get hurt."

F--king holly rollers. When they come to my door I always spill my drink on them before tell them to get the heck off of my property.

All of those TV preachers are a bunch of low life crooks trying to give fake values to their followers that they themselves could never live by. Just ask Jimmy Swindle(Swaggert) Jim Baker. All crooks. The only difference is Robertshit hasn’t been caught with his pants down yet. But he will. All of these assholes self-destruct soon or a later.


P5

[ClintonTyree]

81. Funny thing is...................

those "evangelists" who get caught with their pants down always "repent" and their "flock" (there's a very good reason they refer to them in that context)forgive them and take them back with open arms. Then the cash starts rolling back in. Gotta buy your way into heaven, you know.
Personally, I think god is a piss poor money manager. What does he have to keep sheering the flock constantly?

[BentleyJD]

34. well///

They don't do frontal lobotomies anymore unless the patient is so psychotic nothing else would work.
Wait, Robertson fits that description.
Everytime this fool opens his trap, I think shock therapy wouldn't hurt.
take care
tony and dietrich
PS did God say anything about Robertsons diamond mines?

[saltpoint]

119. Loved your post.

Thanks and good wishes.

: )

[punpirate]

15. Robertson must be...

... drinking dry-cleaning fluid of late....

[alexisfree]

17. hahhaha antifreeze on the rocks

[Turbineguy]

64. Green Hornets

Listerine and Aqua Velva

[deminflorida]

16. Really????

" The economy: "Again, 2005 is going to be a year of extraordinary prosperity for this nation and for CBN . And I think the American stock market is going to surge upward, if I heard from the Lord. Again, ladies and gentlemen, don't go and buy stock on my recommendation, but that's what I feel in my heart. The Lord was saying it's going to be a super good year."

Tues - 4 Jan Dow -98.65, NASDAQ -44.29

"NEW YORK - Stock indices tumbled Tuesday, as investors extended a spate of profit-taking that has erased nearly a month of Wall Street’s gains in the first two sessions of 2005."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/

If we see another drop starting tomorrow Pat, I guess we can safely say that God has hung the phone up on you.

:eyes:

[imenja]

18. he's a pathological liar

He knows very well God never said any such thing. I don't buy the idea that he is crazy either. He's a sociopath.

[neebob]

20. Uh, okay, Pat. nt

[Contrary1]

22. Make your checks payable to:

"* The economy: "Again, 2005 is going to be a year of extraordinary prosperity for this nation and for CBN..."

[alexisfree]

23. when rpaterson speaks jusus weeps!

I will send him my long distance bills!!

[flygal]

37. Jesus and pals - I love it

[BayouBengal07]

24. Wow...

"And his spirit is going to be touching the hearts of many in the Muslim world..."

- By the barrel of a gun!


"2005 will be another good year for the world. The terrorist threat will diminish. Nations will walk in peace, but it will be an illusion. The peril to Israel is greater now than it has ever been for she will be seduced into a false peace that will leave her vulnerable."

-Gotta keep up the threat to Israel; keep up the end times talk... it will be a banner year for peace in the world, except conveniently in Israel, where war will excellerate Jesus' coming, of course.

[Uroboros]

26. ....tremendous incident of miracles in the year 2005

Translation: every fundamentalist nut job will be able to get their own "grill cheese sandwich with the image of Mary" from eBAy in 2005. Yippie

:)

[FloridaPat]

27. The Muslim religion is 1200 younger than Christianity. Muhammad

claimed to be a return of Jesus and a lot of Christians joined the Muslim Faith because of what it taught. Then it soon became corrupted just like Christianity. If God only wanted Christianity, He/She would not have sent Muhammad down to earth to start a new religion.

[cookies7]

74. How do you know it was God who sent Muhammed? n/t

[verdalaven]

99. How do we know God sent Jesus?

Faith should not rule the world. Reason should.

[FloridaPat]

128. Muhammud said the same thing Jesus said. His religion validates

some of the Christian teachings - like the virginity of Mary. If the one was sent by God, then so was the other.

[pschoeb]

132. Actually Islam is only 500-600 years younger than Christianity

not that that is all that important.

[LynnTheDem]

28. I say Pat Robertson is a total dickhead asshole.

And far more people agree with me on that, than agree with the dickhead asshole's stupid "predictions".

[Old and In the Way]

29. I wonder if Kerry won.......

would God have changed his mind about the SCJ's?

Maybe Pat can ask him for us.

BTW, Pat, how are those diamond mine investments in Africa doing?

[Swamp Rat]

30. Goddamn lizard!... take him HOME Jesus!

[Bridget Burke]

47. He's certainly overdue for his reward.

Let's hope he doesn't have to wait.

[TWiley]

85. Swifty

!!!!

[Wapsie B]

31. "attacks on religious faith."

Really? Boy these people really play up the victimization. Last time I checked I wasn't stopping any wingnuts from worshipping at their churches.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

104. They're all about martyrdom n/t

It's part of their ethos. If the fundies didn't have that sort of thing to complain about, then they'd have to start treating others as they themselves want to be treated, loving the little children, supporting widows and the sick, and all that other New Testament rot.

:eyes:

[OneBlueSky]

32. the arrogance of the Christianoid right is astounding . . .

who the hell gave them the right to determine how others should worship? . . . their insistance that Christianity is the only "true" religion is disgusting, and thoroughly insulting to practitioners of all other religious traditions . . .

if you want to piss someone off, just tell them that their religion is false and that yours is better . . . yeah, that'll make us tons of friends in the Muslim world . . . what complete, arrogant assholes these people are . . . and they're about as Christian as Madeline O'Hare Murray . . .

[jdots]

33. Pat if God talked to you

he would tell you to stop telling people bullshit and stop using thier name in vain because you are the farthest thing from a man of God since Vlad the Impailer.

[Stevious]

52. he's not a man of God...

He's a snake oil salesman. He's running a business disguised as a church.

[ktowntennesseedem]

35. I have no doubt that God is speaking directly to Robertson!!!

But God isn't saying all those things Pat thinks he is hearing. What God is really saying to Pat is:

SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!

Robertson is so full of shit that his ears are clogged, and he can't hear too well anymore. Besides, he wouldn't recognize God's voice anyway, because God would never say some of the things Robertson claims to have heard God said.

Pat makes me sick!!!! :puke:

[Done]

49. God told me that He hasn't said anything to Pat.

:crazy: The voices...make the voices stop :crazy:

[classof56]

65. Thanks for the chuckle. And welcome to DU! n/t

[ktowntennesseedem]

109. Actually, when I asked God about this, God replied "Pat Who?"

[fujiyama]

36. He's a true psychopath

and I'd say he's the image of the US many have in other parts of the world.

And hell, if I didn't know other Americans, I'd assume that a majority of Americans were like him.

[rucky]

38. Does God tell him where the diamonds are? n/t

[Senator Lamb]

41. hahahaha

so true about that diamonds comment. He actually criticized the administrations stance of Charles Taylor just because he had a diamonds deal. what a man of Jesus.

[quaoar]

39. Pat doesn't mention whether God said anything

about that little thing going on over in Iraq. Is God upset at all about all the souls causing traffic to back up at the Pearly Gates?

[riverwalker]

40. Falwell/Taliban

CNN did a story on how some of the Arab media was reporting the tsunami as God's punishment for sins, and the whole tone was "those crazy old muslims, look what they're sayin". Then I remembered what Jerry Falwell said after 9/11. He went on TV and said 9/11 was God's wrath against the USA and our "punishment for sins and becoming secular". They sound exactly the same. Identical. Did CNN bother to remind us of what Falwell said? nah.

[Skidmore]

42. I've said it before....

Evil like Robertson, Falwell, Hinn, Phelps, and that bunch will live forever. Only the good die young.

[progressivejazz]

43. The question is....

when will the so-called Christians who follow Pat Robertson turn to Jesus Christ?

[Beware the Beast Man]

45. A rich schizophrenic is a prophet,

a poor schizophrenic is crazy.

I believe in God, I believe in miracles, but I honestly do not believe for a second that this scumbag has a secret pipeline to the Almighty.

[seaj11]

111. Me neither.

Jesus, Muhammed, Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), MLK Jr, and others had a direct pipeline to God. No matter which way you look at it, Robertson does not.

[UltraDem]

46. Pat Roberston says the wackiest things!!

That should be the follow-up to Bill Cosby's "Kid's say the darndest things!"
For the entertainment value alone, he's a keeper. Every week, Bill would have Pat on to comment on the various social issues of the day... and laughter would ensue after every remark (no need for canned laughter here!). He really is a funny guy. I don't think even Pat takes himself seriously. It's a shame so many Christians do. He really wouldn't end up in so much hot water if he would just remember to end every remark with, "Just kidding, you dunder heads!! Psyche!!"... then roll on the ground with maniacal laughter. I think he would be less scary, don't you?

[gollygee]

48. delusional and hateful

can't think of any other way to describe him.

[UltraDem]

50. Hey, whatever happened to Oral Roberts?

Is he still around?
Remember when God was holding Oral for ransom, saying that unless the US pledged 4 million dollars he would call Oral home? Didn't we send in our Special Forces to extract Oral from the clutches of God?

Poor guy... imagine having to grow-up with a name like "Oral". "Hey, Oral! How about some?" It's a wonder he didn't just throw in the towel and become a drag queen. Who knew he'd become a preacher instead? Talk about irony.

[Buns_of_Fire]

72. Still around. He's fared better than his little-known brother, Anal...

His parents had a rather strange sense of humor. :evilgrin:

[UltraDem]

80. So... are you saying that...

people prefer Oral to Anal? Goodness. No need to wonder anymore....

[JHB]

53. If I had a buck for every one of Pat's predictions & "Words of Knowledge"

...over the last 20-odd years that didn't pan out I'd be set for life.

Pat's like Rush: he counts on his audience not remembering what he said previously when it turns out to be flat wrong; they only remember the few he gets (and those are usually broadly-interpreted, like his claim of predicting Bush's "blowout" election -- even ignoring irregularities, only *-cheerleaders consider it a blowout).

[moggie]

69. He was misquoted

He said it'd be a blowjob election, with the media on its knees.

[txaslftist]

54. Criminutley....what a bone head!

Seriously, someone needs to video record all of these bogus predictions and come back and play them in 2006, once they've all proven false.

It would make a great segment on the Daily show.

It still amazes me how short the memories of reichwingnuts are that they can't see how balonious these predictions are from year to year.

Still, they keep sending him $.

Religion, the scam artists ultimate stock in trade.

[pdxmom]

55. If his predictions are so accurate

why haven't we seen them on the cover of Weekly World News??

[Turbineguy]

60. Yeah

"Pat Robertson has two assholes!"

[Rob H.]

58. Hang on a second...

"I don't care which three {retire}, I mean as long as the three conservatives stay on.... There's six liberals, so it's up to the Lord."

Six liberal Justices? :eyes: Apparently ol' Pat has forgotten the infamous 5-4 vote that put his favorite militant Christianist in the White House. Looks like in addition to being a whackjob, he's one o' them there "revisionist historians," too.

[ProfessorGAC]

59. Yeah! At Gunpoint!

The Professor

[RaleighNCDUer]

61. Christians like Robertson create atheists like me. n/t

[mattclearing]

62. Last I checked, God didn't have the authority to nominate judges.

That's why He had to install George W. Bush, right?

:eyes:

[JHB]

63. More Robertson blasts from the past:

Pat Robertson said on his CBN program on June 9, 1982: "I guarantee you by the fall of 1982, that there is going to be judgment on the world, and the ultimate judgment is going to come on the Soviet Union. They are going to be the ones to make military adventures...by the fall undoubtedly something like this will happen which will fulfill Ezekiel."

In 1998, Robertson offered similar dire predictions on his show and during a Y2K conference at his Founders Inn in Virginia Beach. At that event, Robertson said of Y2K, "What we are looking at is a man-made global crisis of such magnitude that nobody really can assess it."
http://handheldfriendly.net/RaptureReadyMobile/RR0nm0.htm

Robertson interpreted the message as meaning he was going to win. On the campaign trail in February 1988, he told supporters: "This is where God wanted me to be. . . . Here I am in New Hampshire, before a major primary. I assure you that I am going to be the next president of the United States."
http://www.humanismbyjoe.com/Pat_Robertson_Prophecies.htm

What else does Pat predict for 1996?

--No stock market crash. "Things will bump along as they have been." "A great disaster" will take place. A terrorist with a nuclear device? "I think it's the US but I don't know."
--No general revival in the USA, only in the church. America "has gone too far for the whole nation to turn."
--A period of extreme threat from Russia. (Nuclear weapons are still targeted at the US.)
--Past activity in Arkansas by Clinton and his associates do not bode well for his re-election.
--There will be a third party from the Left (Jesse Jackson?).
--God will bless CBN tremendously regarding a renewed world evangelization process. "There are several target countries."
--People will pay the price for worshipping false gods, but "God's going to look after his people."
--"The coming of the Lord is very near."

That's the good news.
http://www.buildingequality.us/ifas/fw/9601/robertson.html

[arwalden]

66. He's A Freak! A Lunatic!

Is it any wonder why so many people think poorly of Christianity with "leaders" like him. Where are the liberal Christian spokespersons who have a little clout and influence? Are there any?

[ashmanonar]

67. he sounds like a fortune teller! n/t

[Bouncy Ball]

68. He should hang his head in shame.

If he is truly Christian, hubris has no place in him or his life. And yet, that's all I see. Complete arrogance.

And the complete blasphemy of pretending to know God's will is just beyond the beyonds. Not to mention the idea of using God for political gains. I guess it's true that Jesus Christ was made a spokesperson for the republican party. For shame.

Again, he should hang his head, shuffle off into some corner, give back all his ill-gotten money and beg for forgiveness.

[ashmanonar]

70. oh, and another thing

isn't there something in the bible, or catholic dogma, or whatever...but isn't it impossible for man to talk with god, bc we'll like explode? doesn't god need an angel, a messenger to talk to people?

[Doctor Panacea]

71. Muslims converting to Christianity?

The notion that Muslims will convert to Christianity causes me to react as follows:

Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

[imabadman]

73. I don't know what he's been smoking...

but I want some!

[knight_of_the_star]

92. Ditto on that sentiment!

I know some people that would pay top-dollar for that stuff!

[secedeeconomically]

75. If there was a god,

he would have removed Pat Robertson sorry ass from the face of the earth a long time ago. Man would i love to bitch slap him.

[tandot]

76. and I just saw a pig flying right above my house

The ignorance and stupidity of some people is just f*cking unbelievable.

If there is a God she/he would certainly not give her/his time to a lying piece of hateful shit like Pat Robertson and the other f*cking hypocrites.

It is embarrassing and incomprehensible that so many Americans believe what he is saying.

[indepat]

78. Pat Robertson long ago turned away from Jesus and his doctrine IMHO

[liberal N proud]

82. Pathetic!

Just pathetic to think these people even call them selves Christian.
Does not match the definition of Christian at all.
Just Pathetic!

[UltraDem]

83. Didn't Miss Cleo make similar predictions?

Next, on Weekly World News: "Miss Cleo sues Pat Robertson for copyright infringement!!"

[alexisfree]

98. lol ...... Chaney & associates

can help ....

[Lady Effingbroke]

84. The key phrase, drawn like a strand of shiny tinsel from cat poop:

"Again, 2005 is going to be a year of extraordinary prosperity for this nation and for CBN."

It's all about the $$$. Obviously Rob'im'some wants to influence political decisions in this country. It is long past time to take away CBN's tax-exempt status and recognize it for what it is - a business.

[w4rma]

87. That nutcase gives us Christians a very very very bad name (nt)

[Virginian]

88. I thought Soothsaying was against his religion.

He is such a hypocrit. Robertson fired one of his 700 club employees for divorcing a woman who had abandoned her family. At the same time, Robertson was supporting and praising the first divorced president, Ronald Reagan.

He doesn't preach about GOD anymore, he preaches about the GOP. He distorts the word of the Lord.

[PresidentErnestTBass]

95. This guy says the Christian thing to do is to kill Pat Robertson

Haul Pat Robertson's sorry butt out... AND STONE HIM TO DEATH!!

[buddysmellgood]

89. Robertson is batshit crazy. People in mental hospitals should write

letters to the editor demanding equal time for their views. Why not run a column of views from mentally ill people? One week it could be from an obsessive compulsive, then next it could be from someone (other than Pat) that hears voices. There could also be a column from mental health professionals.

[oneold1-4u]

91. In the work of God

Robertson, Falwell, Bush and all others of this same ilk are truly aiding GOD to give their Xtian followers a very personal look at any hell where they will all abide for eternity!
The first look at christianinty was a good picture. More looking and the eye was sorely offended. Surely God is somewhere, but seldom in the Xtian churches today, and may have only dropped into the white house once or twice, but not in this century.
I can not be a christian as long as any christian is both rich and powerful. That isn't in the book and they cannot "enter" heaven until a camel walks through the eye of the needle!

[demo dutch]

94. Oh please!

[nickgutierrez]

96. If there is a god...

May he strike Pat Robertson where he stands.

[Johonny]

97. wait

God will get us Judges that will protect churchs from attachs on religous faith. Then Pat bashes Muslims. Which means God will apoint judges that protect Muslims and me from people like Pat who bash my faith. Damn it God it's about time.

[jobycom]

102. Wait, when did Muslims turn away from Jesus? Maybe he means Christians

Muslims already venerate Jesus as the penultimate prophet, and consider his words and his life as perfect examples of how to live. Maybe Robertson should begin to try to convince his own followers of that. THEY are the ones who have turned away from Christ.

I wonder, does God stutter when he speaks to Pat? Does his voice sound mysteriously like his own? Or does it sound more like John Wayne? Someone needs to check Pat's "prayer retreat" for hidden speakers.

One last thing: I love the way God says "I will remove judges from the Supreme Court quickly, and their successors will refuse to sanction the attacks on religious faith." Kind of like "If you attack Persia, a mighty empire will fall."

[The White Tree]

103. Maybe Pat Roberston should turn to Jesus Christ in 2005

then he might realize what a hypocrit (dare I say pharisee) he is.

[UltraDem]

105. Better yet, what if Pat Robertson turned INTO Jesus in 2005?

Ooops! I think I gave away the "700 Club" Season Finale for 2004.
Sorry.

[ldf]

106. it was a typo

robertson said that all muslims were going to turn INto jesus in 2005.

that way, all the christians can have their own "personal jesus".

(cue depeche mode, thump, thump, thump, thump...at 120 beats per minute).

[UltraDem]

112. Wait, that's it! "Into Jesus"

Somehow, Pat Robertson is going to convince the entire Muslim population to legally change their first name to "Jesus". My God, THE MAN'S A FREAKING GENIUS!!!

[Hunter_1253]

108. Like the part...

of Monty Python's The Holy Grail where the peasant laughs at Arthur for taking supreme executive control of the country based on some strange aquatic ceremony (sword + lake + lady in lake = king), the fact that this nutjob says he talks directly with God and likes to report his conversations is no basis for a system of government. It amazes me that we lock away people who talk to spirits and people that are invisible, yet this assclown gets a TV show, tons of money, fancy suits, and has a direct tie to the executive office in the biggest super power in the world. I'm not saying Pat is a con artist or full of shit...I'm wondering if the guy is just plain crazy go nuts? I just can’t hold Pat Robertson in the same company as other people who supposedly talked to God, because frankly, Pat is an asshole.

[ktowntennesseedem]

113. I disagree with you on one point:

You said, "I'm not saying Pat is a con artist or full of shit..."

I say he IS a con artist, and he is MOST DEFINITELY full of shit!!!


:puke: / :hurts: / :mad:


Fully agree with everything else, though!!!

[UltraDem]

115. A "con artist" would imply...

that he is purposely lying to his victims. If Pat were just a con artist, I wouldn't mind. The fact is that he actually BELIEVES all the crap that comes out of his mouth. For example, when Pat says God talked to him and told him all these things, I take him at his word that he actually believes this. THIS IS WHAT IS SOOOOOO SCARY!!

If Pat were just saying this to get rich, I wouldn't give a damn. But he isn't. He believes this stuff. Pat honestly thinks he has a mandate from God himself. There is nothing more powerful than belief. His belief is what gives him his aura of sincerity. It is this sincerity that seduces so many misguided idiots to follow him... in exactly the same way suicide bombers follow their leaders.


So no, he isn't a "con artist". He's just plain delusional.

[ktowntennesseedem]

116. You've got a valid point,

but I tend to believe that Pat has been dilusional for so long that he is conning himself. (Repeat a lie often enough and you finally start to believe it yourself.) I guess in a literal sense the term "con-artist" doesn't exactly fit, but it's a fine line that separates cons from whatever Pat is, IMO.

Regardless, Pat is dangerous, scary, and nuts.

[Megahurtz]

110. I don't trust anyone who

thinks they're hearing voices in their head.

Idiot. How does he know it's God talking to him? :evilfrown:

[greyfox]

114. No wonder people call us....

poor fundamentalists <g> CRAZY... that makes me queasy and I are one!!! I think.

[d_b]

117. Ahem

:crazy:

[u4ic]

118. So god cares

about the economy? :shrug:

Hmmm. I thought Wall Street was the only place not touched by his presence...

[mtnester]

120. He is going to be in for SUCH a surprise

Oh to be the fly on the wall when he arrives at the Pearly Gates.

[mitchum]

121. I WILL celebrate the day that Pat Robertson dies...

call me bad or whatever, I truly hate that smarmy, lying, grifting piece of shit

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

122. what does he say about ben and j-lo?

will they be getting back together or not? i need pat's miss cleo powers to tell me the truth.

remember when he claimed norfolk was about to be nuked? funny how no one called him on it when it didn't happen.

also, why isn't pat speaking out on moral issues since kid rock is playing the GOP youth inaugural ball. will pat be joining him onstage to sing on "you never met a motherfucker like me" or "balls in your mouth?"

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

123. more examples of pat just making shit up off the top of his head

from the same article:
"A February 2004 article in Church & State magazine (published by Americans United for Separation of Church and State) noted several Robertson predictions that turned out to be false, including that Russia would invade Israel in 1982, and that there would be a worldwide economic collapse in 1985. The article went on to mention that "In his 1991 book, The New World Order, Robertson predicted that U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller would be elected president in 1996."

[Contrary1]

127. Color me old...

"...will pat be joining him onstage to sing on "you never met a motherfucker like me" or "balls in your mouth?"

Are these titles of actual songs?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

129. yep

and he's the guy the party of "moral values" picked to represent its face to the kids in their "youth inaugural ball"

[HeeBGBz]

124. Whether they want to or not...

* The Supreme Court: "The vendetta against religion in America is about to end. ... 'I will remove judges from the Supreme Court quickly and their successors will refuse to sanction the attacks on religious faith.'"

Um, is he quoting/channeling God here? I can do that too. Shall we have a GODuel?

[GOPBasher]

125. The Lord's talking to me, too.

He's telling me, "Pat Robertson will continue to do everything in his power to help the ultra right wing. He hates everybody, and he wants that hatred poured into United States Law. He's going to get a lot of what he wants, because Bush and the Republican senate will rubber stamp the judges that will turn this nation into a theocracy."

[Telly Savalas]

126. It'd be nice if more conservatives would turn to Christ.

If our nation's leadership would follow the message of Jesus, then the war in Iraq would end and the war on poverty would begin.

[Cleita]

130. Something my husband told me about Morrocco.

He lived there when he was young and made the acquaintance of an Anglican missionary, who had been there for twenty years. Although the people accepted the missionary and his help, he confided in my husband that he had not made one convert in that time because Muslims are nearly impossible to convert to any other religion than Islam. So Pat Robertson isn't talking to the right diety IMHO.

[alexisfree]

131. Pat needs batteries for his hearing aid?

We need to chip in and get Pat a new hearing aid, -perhaps, a new set of batteries? - he, obvciously, is not listening to GOD