Pat Robertson Warns Pa. Town of Disaster

[whitesoxfan101]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051111/ap_on_...rtson_evolution

 

Pat Robertson Warns Pa. Town of Disaster 42 minutes ago

 

 

 

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson warned residents of a rural Pennsylvania town Thursday that disaster may strike there because they "voted God out of your city" by ousting school board members who favored teaching intelligent design.

 

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All eight Dover, Pa., school board members up for re-election were defeated Tuesday after trying to introduce "intelligent design" — the belief that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power — as an alternative to the theory of evolution.

 

"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 the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club."

 

Eight families had sued the district, claiming the policy violates the constitutional separation of church and state. The federal trial concluded days before Tuesday's election, but no ruling has been issued.

 

Later Thursday, Robertson issued a statement saying he was simply trying to point out that "our spiritual actions have consequences."

 

"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."

 

Robertson made headlines this summer when he called on his daily show for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

 

[NUKE_CLEVELAND]

When is this guy just going to shut the hell up?

 

 

:rolly

[Flash Tizzle]

Did Indred Cold visit him?

 

/too obscure?

[kapkomet]

This guy is a jackass. Period.

 

And the thing is there probably is a couple of people in Soxtalk land that agree with him, and that's even more scary.

[southsider2k5]

Does Pat Robertson even own a copy of the New Testament?

[Wong & Owens]

Now hold on a sec, shouldn't we wait and see if Dover, PA gets hit by any hurricanes or tsunamis before we rush to judgement?

[FlaSoxxJim]

Did Indred Cold visit him?

 

/too obscure?

Mothman, right? Yes, pretty obscure.

[Mercy!]

I think Jon Stewart has captured Pat Robertson’s essence pretty well.:

 

“If this guy was not wearing a nice suit and didn't have a television show, he would be a urine-soaked barker on a street corner, the kind of guy who has a megaphone and is just yelling at people on the street.”

I’m hoping Stewart takes a moment to train his wit on this moroon again and gives us a laugh about the Dover, PA remarks.

 

Maybe this has been posted before, but for those who haven’t seen it and have four minutes to spare, Stewart’s bit about Robertson’s call for Hugo Chavez’s assassination is really good:

 

http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/002322.html

[kapkomet]

I think Jon Stewart has captured Pat Robertson’s essence pretty well.:

I’m hoping Stewart takes a moment to train his wit on this moroon again and gives us a laugh about the Dover, PA remarks.

 

Maybe this has been posted before, but for those who haven’t seen it and have four minutes to spare, Stewart’s bit about Robertson’s call for Hugo Chavez’s assassination is really good:

 

http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/002322.html

Jon Stewart is about right on with this one. I hope he does something too on this, like show a earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, and tornado rolling right through the tv studios of the 700 club and stupid Robertson sitting there like nothing has happened.

[JUGGERNAUT]

How easily some of you are mislead:

Robertson: "If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city."

 

Yet somehow you translate that to Robertson wanting disaster to fall upon that city.

 

The absence of logic drives the people to insanity. See France.

[FlaSoxxJim]

How easily some of you are mislead:

Robertson: "If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city."

 

Yet somehow you translate that to Robertson wanting disaster to fall upon that city. 

 

The absence of logic drives the people to insanity.  See France.

 

Everybody knows what Pat was saying, nobody (except Robertson followers) has been misled.

 

To make sure of it, Pat's follow-on clarification cuts to the chase

 

Later Thursday, Robertson issued a statement saying he was simply trying to point out that "our spiritual actions have consequences."

 

The action in question, clearly, is the Dover vote. What do you think Robertson has in mind when he cautions to be on the lookout for the consequences of that action?

 

The absence of logic drives the people to the 700 Club.

[Rex Kickass]

The absence of logic drives the people to insanity.  See France.

 

It's nice of you to understand that a tipping point reached after decade upon decade of ignoring, disenfranchising and systemically discriminating a large segment of the population can be chalked up to the absence of logic.

 

I'm sure you thought it would have just been logical for Rosa Parks to follow the rules too.

[santo=dorf]

I thought ID had nothing to do with God.

 

 

:rolly:

[sox4lifeinPA]

If my name was "Ben" I'd have a great laugh...

 

Ben, Dover, PA

[JUGGERNAUT]

Only in these forums would someone be _____ enough to equate mentioning God in the classroom to discrimination of blacks in the south nearly 1/2 a century ago :rolly

[FlaSoxxJim]

Only in these forums would someone be _____ enough to equate mentioning God in the classroom to discrimination of blacks in the south nearly 1/2 a century ago  :rolly

The comparison was between France today and the social tension in the American south 1/2 century ago, in response to your chalking the entire current French situation up to an absence of logic.

[JUGGERNAUT]

Only in these forums would someone be _____ enough to equate a firestorm of rioting spreading across 300 French towns to discrimination of blacks in southern America nearly 1/2 a century ago.

 

These Frenchies (who probably would all vote for Democrats if giving the chance) were just looking for an excuse to engage in civil unrest. If you believe they were all acting under a noble cause you're a bigger ____ than I thought you were.

[FlaSoxxJim]

Only in these forums would someone be _____ enough to equate a firestorm of rioting spreading across 300 French towns to discrimination of blacks in southern America nearly 1/2 a century ago. 

 

These Frenchies  (who probably would all vote for Democrats if giving the chance) were just looking for an excuse to engage in civil unrest.  If you believe they were all acting under a noble cause you're a bigger ____ than I thought you were.

I was only pointing out your apparent struggles with understanding of content context in your misrepresentation of what Rex had written.

[KevHead0881]

Only in these forums would someone be _____ enough to equate a firestorm of rioting spreading across 300 French towns to discrimination of blacks in southern America nearly 1/2 a century ago. 

 

These Frenchies  (who probably would all vote for Democrats if giving the chance) were just looking for an excuse to engage in civil unrest.  If you believe they were all acting under a noble cause you're a bigger ____ than I thought you were.

 

How insightful.

[Steff]

I was only pointing out your apparent struggles with understanding of content context in your misrepresentation of what Rex had written.

 

 

Oh shut up, you _____.

[JUGGERNAUT]

I was only pointing out your apparent struggles with understanding of content context in your misrepresentation of what Rex had written.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

No. I think you were pointing out that you don't ____ basic logic such as: A = B, B = C so therefore A = C. It's pretty obvious in that thread path.

Edited November 14, 2005 by JUGGERNAUT

[Soxy]

I feel like I should tell you to knock it off, Juggs, but I have no clue wtf you're doing. So, I can't tell you to knock it off. . .

[FlaSoxxJim]

No.  I think you were pointing out that you don't ____ basic logic such as: A = B, B = C so therefore A = C.  It's pretty obvious in that thread path.

 

Here is the thread path:

 

JUGGS: The absence of logic drives the people to insanity. See France.

 

Rex: It's nice of you to understand that a tipping point reached after decade upon decade of ignoring, disenfranchising and systemically discriminating a large segment of the population can be chalked up to the absence of logic. I'm sure you thought it would have just been logical for Rosa Parks to follow the rules too.

 

And this leads to your assertion that Rex has equated mentioning God in the classroom to discrimination of blacks in the south nearly 1/2 a century ago???

 

OK, now I get it. You are making an object lesson of yourself and showing us first hand what the absence of logic looks like.

[zach61]

Here is the thread path:

 

JUGGS: The absence of logic drives the people to insanity.  See France.

 

Rex: It's nice of you to understand that a tipping point reached after decade upon decade of ignoring, disenfranchising and systemically discriminating a large segment of the population can be chalked up to the absence of logic.  I'm sure you thought it would have just been logical for Rosa Parks to follow the rules too.

 

And this leads to your assertion that Rex has equated mentioning God in the classroom to discrimination of blacks in the south nearly 1/2 a century ago???

 

OK, now I get it.  You are making an object lesson of yourself and showing us first hand what the absence of logic looks like.

 

 

hmmm. Now I thought that if A=B and B=C, then it was Gods will for A=C and had nothing to do with Math and Science.

[JUGGERNAUT]

hmmm. Now I thought that if A=B and B=C, then it was Gods will for A=C and had nothing to do with Math and Science.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

___ intellect makes this tedious. A=B represents the mischaracterization of Pat Robertson's quotes. They relate to God. They are the subject of this topic. :rolly