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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....

...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.

* 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.'"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200501040010

 

[mattiewheels]

ISN'T GOD AWESOME?!

 

[kumanoki]

Pat Robertson's dirty secret:

Magic Eight Ball.










This does sound familiar, though. Perhaps Pat Robertson is a fan of Luc Besson? "Let all those who love me, follow me!"

 

[BigJonsson]

Douchebag of idiocy

 

[hXc_thugg]

We have an awesome God.

 

[Triumph]

My prediction for 2005: God will wake up after taking a nap over the course of about one celestial afternoon(roughly 2,000 years or so), notice what's going on, and immediately will send a videotape depicting unspeakable sex acts between Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Ripclawe, Sean Hannitty, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Rielly, Rush Limbaugh and a herd of sheep to all major media outlets. Also, he will feel sorry for me and give me a bitchin' new car, like maybe a Delorean or some shit.

 

[Crow357]

I really wish Pat Robertson (and people like him) would just shut up. It really makes the rest of us normal Christians look like idiots.

 

[kumanoki]

I really wish Pat Robertson (and people like him) would just shut up. It really makes the rest of us normal Christians look like idiots.

It's okay. We know, we know. There's a special level of non-denominational secularist hell for people like Pat Robertson.

 

[Loki]

Did he really say that God told him that it was going to be a good year in the markets? I didn't want to sully myself by clicking the link... : /


Man, what a tard. Now we just need to go after these athletes who think that every TD or basket is an act of providence. Too bad this moron has a wider audience than your average gridiron hero...

 

[videogamer]

I really wish Pat Robertson (and people like him) would just shut up. It really makes the rest of us normal Christians look like idiots.

Considering his audience and what he's been able to do, his brand of Christianity might just be "normal". Or at least not too far out from what is "normal".

Personal anecdote: I can see several classmates saying something similar to the Muslim comment. Maybe not the prediction part, but the spirit of the comment.

 

[FightyF]

If Pat Robertson claims to have recieved revelation from God...doesn't that make him a Prophet?

 

[Loki]

If Pat Robertson claims to have recieved revelation from God...doesn't that make him a Prophet?

False prophet, perhaps...

 

[Crow357]

Prophets are only considered to be prophetic when their prophecies turn true.

 

[Loki]

Prophets are only considered to be prophetic when their prophecies turn true.

So if the stock market surges this year, Robertson's a prophet? Seems an awfully shaky criterion if you ask me...

 

[kumanoki]

Prophets are only considered to be prophetic when their prophecies turn true.

Don't prophesies require non-involvement by the sayer in the factors working toward the end goal? That's the point, right? Non-involvement, knowledge of the unknowable.

I guess Pat is right out, then.

 

[doncale]

Pat Robertson is such an annoying CUNT. :lol

it looks like his son is the same way.

 

[MetatronM]

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.

Why don't people read that and assume that the man is insane? When you hear voices in your head, YOU ARE INSANE.

 

[kumanoki]

Why don't people read that and assume that the man is insane? When you hear voices in your head, YOU ARE INSANE.

When you hear voices in your head, have a bajillion dollars, a television network, and a cult following, you are MERELY ECCENTRIC.

 

[NLB2]

Pat Robertson talked to god?
I thought there weren't anymore prophets according to Christianity...

 

[Crow357]

So if the stock market surges this year, Robertson's a prophet? Seems an awfully shaky criterion if you ask me...

Well, I was really thinking of teh Biblical context, but yeah, that's kinda the general criteria...

For instance, many believe that Nostradamus is a prophet.

That being said, I wouldn't care if Pat predicted the exact second of my death, I still wouldn't consider him a prophet or a valid representative of Christianity.