Chicago Tribune | Pat Robertson Warns Pa. Town of Disaster
You know what? Pat Robertson has a pattern of shooting off his mouth, getting wide reportage, and then issuing a “statement” about what he really meant to say. In the article, he’s threatening fire and brimstone on the town of Dover, PA, whose citizens were intelligent enough to vote the intelligent-design rascals off their school board. It’s painfully apparent that the whole ID issue is all about injecting religion into the nations schools and tearing a big whole in the wall separating Church (big C) and State (big S). The Child Evangelism Society is right behind them, aided in no small part by our newest Supreme Court nominee, Judge Samuel Alito Jr.
But come on, Pat, this statement is sheer idiocy:
“God is tolerant and loving, but we can’t keep sticking our finger in his eye forever,” Robertson said. “If they have future problems in Dover, I recommend they call on Charles Darwin. Maybe he can help them.”
Listen, Pat, God is great. Nobody can vote Him out of office. They can, however, vote out rascals, incompetents, cronies, cranks, wingnuts, and fanatics.
I shudder to think what would happen if someone like you got in office, because you’s nuts. However, this fear is tempered by the mental image of the Three Stooges doing an eye-poke schtick on the Big Man Upstairs.
“Don’t make me come down there!”
Is is a slightly befuddled elder statesman of the Religious Right, or a dangerous lunatic? Since he seems to be sidelining himself and embarrassing his compatriots every time he spouts off, I’m thinking the former, with a generous dollop of loony on the side.
Good post. You seem to remember what Pat Robertson cannot seem to understand … that God is in charge. As far as theories, neither God nor evolution would have brought about a world of pain, sickness, suffering, and death. There is another explanation.
Nutty. I think Pat’s about to join the Reagan-Heston club.
Dave: Pat is the p-nuttiest! Would you say crunchy, or extra creamy? he can bring the sandwiches next time.
Prophet: I’d be interested in hearing your explanation. As a person of faith, I believe God created everything there is. I don’t believe in Satan; much that is evil in the world is created by Man, and much else is encouraged by Man’s neglectful stewardship of this world and the living things on it. As a person of Science, I also believe in things like chaos, order, and entropy.
Interestingly, in nature sometimes order comes from chaos (snowflakes, and life forms that become more complex and more specialized over eons of time). More often, though, it’s the other way around.
How do I resolve these two world views? God created everything, but not all at once.
He was the First Scientist, and the universe is His lab. We’re the lowly grad students, struggling to understand it all. If we apply ourselves and work hard, we pass. There is no fail; we just have to keep trying until we get it right. We get extra credit if we remember to look around with wonder and awe.
Pat does indeed discredit the Religious Right every time he … well, opens his mouth. Unfortunatetly, he tends to discredit Christianity as a whole (if not all religion).
I like the suggestion that we all pray for his healing …