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January 06, 2006
Smite Wing Conspiracy
Pat Robertson's at it again. An evangelical Christian combination of Osama bin Laden and Tom Green, Robertson has a knack for saying incredibly stupid things for effect, things that would be simply unfunny if it weren't for the flock on unthinking, blithering sheep who are ready to follow his every word and die for their religious cause. This week, he's decided that an overweight 77 year old in poor health having a second stroke is somehow God's wrath.
“God considers this land to be his,” Robertson said on his TV program “The 700 Club.” “You read the Bible and he says ‘This is my land,’ and for any prime minister of Israel who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says, ‘No, this is mine.”’
Ariel Sharon's sin, in Robertson's eyes, seems to be that Sharon withdrew from Gaza and pursued peace talks with the Palenstinians. Yeah, peace.... what an unGodly concept, huh? Robertson also invoked the 1995 assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, suggesting that Rabin's death too was God's retiribution for working for peace with the Palestinians. “It was a terrible thing that happened, but nevertheless he was dead,” he said.
Unlike some people whose opinion I respect, I don't see Robertson as a harmless sideshow freak, a distraction not to be taken seriously. The man's a menace to society. The man has a dedicated flock of bleating sheep a couple of million strong who are willing to accept at face value the idea that he is in effect speaking for God. And he's out there suggesting that even assassinations are simply unfortunate expressions of God's wrath. Case in point:
Robertson spokeswoman Angell Watts said of critics who challenged his remarks, “What they’re basically saying is, ‘How dare Pat Robertson quote the Bible?”’ “This is what the word of God says,” Watts said.
When you have an Islamic fundamentalist suggesting that holy texts and the word of God include assassinations and death as retribution for crossing his version of God's will, we call him Osama bin Laden. The only difference between bin Laden and Pat Robertson is the Prophet they follow and the book they believe is holy. It's not too far of a stretch to predict that Pat Robertson could eventually start calling for Christian suicide bombers to die for God's word in the holy battle against the heathens, and to start exacting retributions on "enemies of Christianity," like oh, say, Muslims or Arabs first, then homosexuals, then women's clinics, then liberal Hollywood... and his sheep would follow.
(Don't think he'd say something like that? He's already called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, so it's not like you can say he takes those whole Commandment things seriously or anything. Don't think the sheep would follow? Ask Eric Rudolph why he set bombs off at women's clinics and gay nightclubs, or committed terrorist attacks on the Atlanta Olympics. Ask any of the murderers who've shot doctors who perform abortions. Don't think it couldn't happen, kids, or that Robertson's above it. It could, and he's not.)
Note to God: If you're in a smiting mood, I'd strongly -- if humbly -- suggest Pat Robertson. He's giving you an awful bad name down here, and is dangerous enough to harm an awful lot of people. Of course, Robertson is 75 years old... so you wouldn't have to do anything dramatic like raining down sulphur or turning him into a pillar of salt. You could just give him a stroke, and I'd take it as proof of your displeasure.
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Don't forget dropping nukes on the State Department as an act of God. Is God capable of smiting Hellspawn?
On a side note, Good will for Sharon. He is an importat part of the "war for peace" in the Middle East. Things my get uglier without him.
Posted by: Cuzin Jose at January 6, 2006 07:21 AM
I don't know man, I'd still like to see pillar of salt -- and then turn a bunch of hardcore liberals into deer and have them lick it up and poop it out.
Posted by: thebeav at January 6, 2006 10:33 AM
Pat Robertson is an asshole.
Posted by: Sarah at January 6, 2006 12:38 PM
Who has dibs on him in the Celebrity Death Pool?
Posted by: eden at January 6, 2006 01:31 PM
Eden, I was just going to ask that.
Posted by: Jill at January 6, 2006 03:31 PM
HEHEHEHEHEHE
Get a load of this guy. He is your poster child for everything your always preaching about the right.
Posted by: Cuzin Jose at January 7, 2006 12:45 AM
Looks like you're on to something with this comparison...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002723550_pat06.html
Posted by: Brent at January 7, 2006 10:12 AM
Kind of funny that you're more concerned with what, in some exaggerated hypothetical, Pat Robertson *might* be capable of, then what Osama Bin Laden *has* done.
I mean really. What's the point of a moral equivalency argument like this? It's so tired. "Whats the difference between Osama Bin Laden and Pat Robertson?" The difference is that Osama Bin Laden crashes airplanes into buildings, kills 3000 people, and then brags about it. If you people can't see the distinction there, then you're a lost cause.
I couldnt care less about Pat Robertson, but these BS relevancy arguments are a mindless distraction that accomplish nothing beyond creating inertia. Its almost like Osama Bin Laden has a PR dept out there fixing his image by making sure bloggers endlessly defend him with "Is so and so, any better!" comparisons.
Posted by: Quantum Flux at August 19, 2006 03:13 AM
