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(via Fundies Say the Darndest Things!)
[I]f you get into that business where those who are involved in martial arts, before they start, are actually inhaling some demon spirits (some of them do that, by the way) that, uh, enormous strength comes about, not from a human source, but from a demonic source. You don’t want to have anything to do with any of that.
— Pat Robertson
Huckabee: Amend Constitution to be in ‘God’s standards’
“But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god. And that’s what we need to do — to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.”
— Mike Huckabee, January 15, 2008
Mike Huckabee admits he wants to turn the United States into a theocracy.
Pat Robertson: God told me of ‘mass killing’ in 2007
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) — Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a “mass killing” late in 2007.
Oh really?
(via Media Matters for America)
On the March 8 edition of CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck, Rev. Jerry Falwell
baselessly suggested that 18-year-old Sulejman Talovic,
who shot nine people at
a Salt Lake City mall in
February, was a “radical Islamic terrorist,” before adding, “[b]ut the press
never mentions that — most of the press — because they are trying to keep Islam
in a good light here in this country.” In fact, media outlets have
reported that Talovic is a Muslim while also reporting that authorities say
there is no evidence that his faith played a part in his actions.
Talovic, a Bosnian
immigrant, killed five
people at Salt Lake City's
Trolley Square
shopping center before he was shot and killed by police. As Media Matters for America noted when right-wing radio host Michael Savage
made a claim similar to
Falwell's, a February 14 Associated Press article did, in fact, address the possibility that Talovic's
actions were motivated by religion,
terrorism, or both. The
article reported that “authorities
tried to figure out why a teenage Bosnian immigrant committed the rampage and
how he got his hands on a gun. FBI
agent Patrick Kiernan in Salt Lake
City said the bureau had no reason to believe Sulejman
Talovic, who was killed by police, was motivated by religious extremism or an
act of terrorism.” The article also quoted Ajka Omerovic, Talovic's aunt, as saying, “We are Muslims, but we are not
terrorists.”
Just because Falwell (and Beck) automatically “think” Muslim == terrorist doesn’t mean the rest of the media has to do so too.
See also: Out of Respect
(via Hecate)
Robertson Says “Only Those With Strong Religious Faith” Have Children
In order to have babies, you’ve got to have a hope in the future … If you don’t believe in God, if you have an existential view of life, if this life is all there is, then, as Peggy Lee sang “why don’t we break out the booze and have a ball?” Why do we go to all that trouble? It’s only those with strong religious faith who have children. That’s the truth.
— Pat Robertson
Absolute and total bullshit!
Pat Robertson: God told me of ‘mass killing’ in 2007
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) — Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a “mass killing” late in 2007.
“I’m not necessarily saying it’s going to be nuclear,” he said during his news-and-talk television show “The 700 Club” on the Christian Broadcasting Network.
“The Lord didn’t say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that.”
Robertson said God told him about the impending tragedy during a recent prayer retreat.
God also said, he claims, that major cities and possibly millions of people will be affected by the attack, which should take place sometime after September.
Last year, Radical Cleric Pat Robertson said God told him … America will be lashed by storms… …may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.
Even though the U.S. was not hit with a tsunami, Robertson on Tuesday cited last spring’s heavy rains and flooding in New England as partly fulfilling the prediction.
In Pat Robertson’s world: Heavy rains and flooding in New England == something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.
As I said before, Robertson is just making shit up whenever he claims God speaks to him.
And there’s this gem from Pharyngula:
Hang on there. A possible nuclear attack by terrorists? We’ve heard this possibility discussed before as a justification for torture. Robertson knows something. Quick, call Kiefer Sutherland and let the waterboarding begin!
(via Pharyngula)
And speaking of Fundamentalist Idiocy, Radical Cleric Pat Robertson says God told him storms and possibly a tsunami will hit America’s coastline this year.
If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms,
…
There well may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.
– Pat Robertson (May 8, 2006)
the coasts of America will be lashed by storms — You’re really going out on a limb there, aren’t you, Pat. When has there ever been a year the coasts of America weren’t lashed by storms?
There well may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest — WTF does that me? I suppose earthquakes, flooding, fires, or volcanic eruptions would count as being “bad as a tsunami.”
Come on, Pat, what’s the point of God revealing this information to you if it’s so vague that it is totally useless? Oh wait, it’s just you making shit up.
(via Media Matters)
I have said last year that Israel was entering into the most dangerous period of its entire existence as a nation. That is intensifying this year with the loss of Sharon. Sharon was personally a very likeable person. I am sad to see him in this condition. But I think we need to look at the Bible and the Book of Joel. The prophet Joel makes it very clear that God has enmity against those who, quote, “divide my land.” God considers this land to be his. You read the Bible, he says, “This is my land.” And for any prime minister of Israel who decides he going carve it up and give it away, God says, “No. This is mine.” And the same thing — I had a wonderful meeting with Yitzhak Rabin in 1974. He was tragically assassinated, and it was terrible thing that happened, but nevertheless, he was dead. And now Ariel Sharon, who was again a very likeable person, a delightful person to be with. I prayed with him personally. But here he is at the point of death. 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 EU, the United Nations or United States of America. God said, “This land belongs to me, you better leave it alone.”
— Pat Robertson (From the January 5, 2006 edition of CBN’s The 700 Club)
Hmmm — using his logic, if Pat Robertson gets gravely ill, it’s a sure sign of God’s displeasure with him.
Robertson Says Town Rejects God:
“I’d like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God — you just rejected Him from your city,” Robertson said on his daily television show, “The 700 Club.”
“And don’t wonder why He hasn’t helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I’m not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that’s the case, don’t ask for His help because he might not be there,” he said.
What’s scary is this clown has millions of followers and powerful members of a certain political party (rhymes with repugnican) are afraid to offend him.
PZ Myers @ Pharyngula sums up Robertson’s version of Christianity:
I like it. The message is clear, it’s not hard to figure it out…Christianity is like an extortion racket, see, and if you don’t cough up, well, Lew here might have a little accident with your car, or your house, or your little girl. And then Mr Big wouldn’t be able to do nothin’ for you. He doesn’t mean nothing by it, he likes you, see, but if you don’t show him a little respect, you can’t expect him to trouble himself with your worries, OK? Me and Vinnie’ll be by tomorrow, and you will have that little donation ready.
(from the this sort of thing makes the baby Jesus cry dept.)
Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuela’s president:
You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don’t think any oil shipments will stop. But this man is a terrific danger and the United … This is in our sphere of influence, so we can’t let this happen. We have the Monroe Doctrine, we have other doctrines that we have announced. And without question, this is a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us very badly. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It’s a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.
— Pat Robertson, The 700 Club (August 22, 2005)
The Korean War must have been fun.
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