Re: Televangelist Robertson warns town of God's wrath

I guess HIS God objects to people with a modicum of intelligence. It was
hard to hear Robertson's words however, seeing as how his head is so far up
his ass.

Hollis,
http://www.AmericanJunta.com


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> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative Christian televangelist Pat
> Robertson told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected
> God by voting their school board out of office for supporting
> "intelligent design" and warned them on Thursday not to be surprised if
> disaster struck.
>
> Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate and founder of the
> influential conservative Christian Broadcasting Network and Christian
> Coalition, has a long record of similar apocalyptic warnings and
> provocative statements.
>
> Last summer, he hit the headlines by calling for the assassination of
> leftist Venezuelan Present Hugo Chavez, one of President George W.
> Bush's most vocal international critics.
>
> "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 broadcast from Virginia,
> "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.
>
> The 700 Club claims a daily audience of around one million. It is also
> broadcast around the world translated into more than 70 languages.
>
> In voting on Tuesday, all eight Dover, Pennsylvania, school board
> members up for re-election lost their seats after trying to introduce
> "intelligent design" to high school science students as an alternative
> to the theory of evolution.
>
> Adherents of intelligent design argue that certain forms in nature are
> too complex to have evolved through natural selection and must have been
> created by a "designer." Opponents say it is the latest attempt by
> conservatives to introduce religion into the school science curriculum.
>
> The Dover case sparked a trial in federal court that gained nationwide
> attention after the school board was sued by parents backed by the
> American Civil Liberties Union. The board ordered schools to read
> students a short statement in biology classes informing them that the
> theory of evolution is not established fact and that gaps exist in it.
>
> The statement mentioned intelligent design as an alternate theory and
> recommended students read a book that explained the theory further. A
> decision in the case is expected before the end of the year.
>
> In 1998, Robertson warned the city of Orlando, Florida that it risked
> hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist bombs after it allowed homosexual
> organizations to put up rainbow flags in support of sexual diversity.
>
>
> http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-11-10T211653Z_01_SCH076551_RTRUKOC_0_US-RELIGION-ROBERTSON.xml&archived=False
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