Re: Televangelist Robertson warns town of God's wrath

Post a link to any evolutionists who say that the planet is not old enough.
Never heard that one before.
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Phil Wilson
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"tubeguru" <tubeguru@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Holliston Perni wrote:
>
>> 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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>>
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> The ID people do have a point (although I don't think ID is ready to be
> taught in schools) which is that the evolutionists themselves admit that
> the planet is simply not old enough for the generally accepted Darwinian
> process of evolution to have occurred on Earth. That leaves at least two
> other possibilities: 1) that life on Earth came from elsewhere or 2) that
> life on Earth was influenced by forces not of the Earth.
> At any rate, the theory of evolution is seriously flawed. (As is evidenced
> by many of the posts on this newsgroup)
> Tubeguru
>
>>"Stupid Stanley" <stupid.stanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:11n8aaea4b97698@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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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