Pat Robertson warns God will destroy America over same sex marriage

[LynneSin]

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/06/pat-robertson-warns-god-will-destroy-america-over-same-sex-marriage/

Pat Robertson warns God will destroy America over same sex marriage

Television evangelist Pat Robertson responded to New York’s decision to legalize same sex marriage by warning Monday that the result would be America’s destruction.

“I think we need to remember the term sodomy came from a town known as Sodom and Sodom was destroyed by God Almighty and the thing that they practiced was homosexual activity and even they tried to rape angels who came down there, so that’s the kind of people they were,” Robertson said. God “sent an angel down there and He said to Lot and his family, ‘get out now because I’m gonna destroy this whole area.’”

“We’re heading that way as a nation. In history there’s never been a civilization ever in history that has embraced homosexuality and turned away from traditional fidelity, traditional marriage, traditional child-rearing, and has survived. There isn’t one single civilization that has survived that openly embraced homosexuality. So you say, ‘what’s going to happen to America?” Well if history is any guide, the same thing’s going to happen to us,’” he predicted.

Robertson also admitted that Jesus “didn’t say anything about the homosexuality.”

I think the most powerful thing this idiot said was that last sentence there.

Jesus came to the earth to forgive us of our sins. If for some reason Homosexuality was not part of that forgiveness don't you think Jesus would have said something like "Homosexuality is a Sin and not part of the deal"?

Nuff said.

[Lex]

1. Jesus never mentioned homosexuality. At all. And . . .

it didn't even make the Top 10 (Commandments).

[LynneSin]

8. Jesus was a liberal hippie Jew and Robertson wouldn't even recognize Jesus

if he were return to earth.

Because Jesus probably wouldn't waste time with people like Pat Robertson but instead reach out to those people who truly could use a helping hand.

Jesus was cool like that back during his first time on earth.

[MrScorpio]

34. Jesus never mentioned America either nt

[Lex]

55. Touche'.

[hobbit709]

2. Pat comes out with a "God wil destroy America" pronouncementl

about once a week over whatever gets his attention.

[LiberalAndProud]

3. It's interesting that the teachers and preachers have interpreted that legend as they have.

Lot gave two men travelling together sanctuary in his home. The townspeople wanted to do violence to know them. I suggest that the townspeople didn't like two men travelling together and wanted to do harm to them. I think the world hasn't changed as much as Pat Robertson would like to believe.

[Obamanaut]

33. Does Pat ever talk about Lot offering up his own daughters

to the townspeople? That doesn't seem all that 'fatherly' to me.

Genesis 19:8 (King James Version)

"Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof."

[LiberalAndProud]

50. Except

there is also the story of Abraham and Isaac
and consider John 3:16

The theme repeats.

[Mimosa]

59. That fable made me feel low as dirt when I was a little girl

I read the bible a lot (even though I was Catholic and we weren't biblio-centric) when I was a kid. I found quite a few contradictions which nobody could explain. But the tribal patriachal hate of women bothered me when I was a baby scholar. *LOL*

[jorno67]

4. I think Pat is deflecting the blame here...

I mean if Pat Robertson was a better religious leader we'd all be the same. You're a failure Pat, but it's OK because God forgives ALL of us.

[Lex]

5. I think this will definitely put God on the TSA no-fly list.

nt

[brooklynite]

6. You know, I was wonder how Pat would respond, but I figured....

...he'd wait for the next flood / tornado / hurricane / plague of locusts before rendering God's verdict.

[snooper2]

7. Well you better leave now then you stupid ignorant fuck

[JuniperLea]

9. Sure, Pat, you doddering old fool...

That's why God destroyed the other countries that already allow same sex marriage... oh, wait, she didn't!

Pat Robinson is a stupid fuck, and he insists on proving that fact over and over again.

[Angry Dragon]

10. But pat says it is okay to rent as many prostitutes as you want

because that is what he did when he was in the army while in Korea
and he called his daddy to get him off the front lines
he became the LIQUOR OFFICER

Suppling liquor and using whores is okay with pat........I wonder if he was in love with all those he had sex with??

[Ganja Ninja]

11. Yes it's not the cheating, exploitation, killing, corruption, pollution, starvation ...

destruction and general havoc our military industrial complex has unleashed on the world that pisses God off. God likes that.:eyes:

[okieinpain]

12. I'm still waiting on the anarchy to happen in new york.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=6667583

[LynneSin]

15. "So two men will never be able to show a woman how to be a woman. And that's just simple."

What a dumbass Tyree is.

BTW, if it wasn't for my father I would have never learned anything about the Birds and the Bees. My mother was always repressed and it my father who taught me these things.

[spanone]

13. hey pat, bite me.

[spanone]

14. hey pat, bite me, again

[MilesColtrane]

16. God's pissed about gay marriage, but he's totally cool with you...

doing business with a war criminal?

Fuck your God, Pat.

[Taverner]

17. Shut the fuck up, Pat. YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT!!!

[Rebubula]

19. This is what happens....

...when you find a stranger in the Alps.

[MountainLaurel]

18. Just like God has destroyed Canada

And Spain and New Zealand and the other countries out there that allow gays equal rights

[undeterred]

20. Pat's God gets into a rage over love but not over hatred and violence.

Don't piss him off.

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[LynneSin]

22. He's like Harold Camping - always with the doom and gloom but no end results

Losers both of them.

[Maru Kitteh]

44. Why do you feel the need to use hateful misogynistic language to make a point?

[rucky]

23. This convinced me to reverse my opinion on the issue.

:rofl:

[Cali_Democrat]

24. I thought God loves us

Why would he want to destroy us? :(

[AsahinaKimi]

25. I don't think "God" has to, the Republicans have done enough

in that direction.

[LeftinOH]

26. Yawn. Whatever, you old duffer. n/t

[Terry in Austin]

27. Robertson's god

Must be a pretty darned wimpy deity that can't even speak for himself!

:evilgrin:

[IcyPeas]

28. headline should read:

Pat Robertson will destroy America.

[SpiralHawk]

29. God didn't lift a finger over Adulterous Diaper Sex with Hookers (R)

So apparently that's ok. If you're a Republicon.

[KamaAina]

30. "In history there’s never been a civilization ever in history"

Looks like whatever Caribou Barbie's got is spreading. :eyes:

Besides, there's never been any civilzation that has survived over the long term. The closest so far is probably the Chinese, who -- surprise! -- have historically taken a laid-back attitude toward homosexuality. There's even a gay character in what is believed to be the first novel ever written, Dream of the Red Chamber.

[jmowreader]

31. The Bible is full of "true stories" that were warped to fit an agenda

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah

There were six kingdoms on the Jordan Plain--Sodom and Gomorrah were the biggest, and then there were the towns of Admah, Zeboim, Zoar and Bela. The whole Jordan plain belonged to the kingdom of Elam. After thirteen years of putting up with Elam's shit, the kings of all except Zoar conducted a rebellion to run the Zoarian army out of the Jordan Plain. They were eventually successful.

This is when the Biblical S&G story comes out. We all know the official church teaching is that God sent three angels down to warn Abraham to get the hell out of Sodom because Sodom is full of wicked people. After the townspeople find out they're there, they all go over there and demand the three men be sent outside to be gang-raped.

This is what I'm thinking: King Chedorlaomer, leader of Elam, is pissed about losing the Jordan Plain. Most people would be. So, he decides to send his army back to the Jordan Plain to destroy it. Whether you call it "Sherman's March to the Sea" or "the old number six" is immaterial; King C wanted the cities on the Jordan Plain and everyone living there off the planet.

These three men caught wind of it, went to Abraham's house and told him to get everyone out of town. The townspeople decided to go over to Abraham's house and kill the three men because they're Elamites and the townspeople didn't want them around. One thing led to another and next thing you know, the Elamite Army has destroyed the Jordan Plain with fire and brimstone. (In other words, the War of 1812 moved to the banks of the Jordan, or Sherman's March to the Sea...or the ol' number six.)

Then a succession of homophobic Bible translators turned this story into "God wiped the Jordan Plain clean because it was full of gay people." Which leads to the logical question: if Sodom and Gomorrah were towns populated exclusively by gays, how did they make it past the first generation?

No, Pat Robertson needs to look up what the Bible says about pharisees and false Christs.

[Pacifist Patriot]

32. Robertson's opinion is slightly less important to me than a sea cucumber's.

But he's always good for a laugh in a sort of "Oh good grief, thanks for the reminder the ignorant hateful jerks are still around" kind of way.

[LiberalAndProud]

45. My sea cucumber doesn't care what Pat Robertson said,

as far as I can tell. Smart creature that one.

[patrice]

35. He blasphemes. nt

[Hubert Flottz]

If Pat wasn't gay, he wouldn't worry so much about what other...

gay people do with their lives, IMHO.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

36. I remember Hannity hanging on Pat's every word when the rev predicted a terrorist strike on Norfolk

Ol' Pat said it would come in the form of a nuclear attack.

Never happened, but he and FOX didn't apologize and they never mentioned it again.

Robertson is just a more media-savvy Harold Camping.

[NNN0LHI]

37. Robertson knows that people who can least afford it will send him money with this scam

That is the scariest part about this.

Don

[justiceischeap]

38. For the Bible Tells Me So...

For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)

In this Sundance documentary, director Daniel Karslake goes to the Bible to examine the ways in which conservative Christian groups have used -- and sometimes exploited -- holy Scripture to deny human rights to gays and lesbians around the world. Highlights include interviews with V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican Communion, and Chrissy Gephardt, the lesbian daughter of former U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt.

Just watched this last night and there is a section that talks about "literalists" and that's what Fundies are, literalists (when it suits). From wiki:

Biblical literalism (also called Biblicism or Biblical fundamentalism) is the interpretation or translation of the explicit and primary sense of words in the Bible.<1><2> A literal, Biblical interpretation is associated with the fundamentalist and evangelical hermeneutical approach to Scripture, and is used almost exclusively by conservative Christians.<3> The essence of this approach focuses upon the author's intent as the primary meaning of the text.

The reason I bring this up is that many Biblical scholars feel literalists get the Sodom story wrong. That the real sin was not being hospitable. The reason homosexuality comes into this is because that was how warring men used to denigrate the losers, by raping them anally. So really, it isn't about homosexuality at all (if you are to believe the scholars).

[Octafish]

39. Pat should know.

He and his fascist collaborators are making it happen.

[tanyev]

40. So...when are you going to leave, Pat?

[stuntcat]

41. They'll start blaming all kinds of things on teh gaiety from now on.

I just know they will.

[justiceischeap]

42. Start? They've been blaming us gays for a long time now

Hurricane Katrina? Our fault, 9/11, our fault. The tornado's this spring? Our fault. It goes back further than that too, I just don't feel like doing the research. But yeah, they started blaming thing on teh gaiety a long time ago.

[Faux pas]

43. Yeah Pat, that's the one that God's going to destroy us over...

Not the wars, genocide, thievery, corruption, greed or anything like that, it's all about same sex marriage. Stick a sock in it old fool.

[Bluenorthwest]

46. Ah, the 'faith community' chimes as usual

Hot air from a liar, a cheat, and a partner of Charles Taylor, vicious dictator. Robertson in an international con man, nothing more.

[Stevenmarc]

47. Pat, God loves Gays the Bible says the kingdom heaven is made of many mansions....

Who do you think gets to decorate?

[Sirveri]

48. God already destroyed America when he blessed us with Reagan!

Not to mention Robertson, Falwell and their like.

[treestar]

49. He may be wrong about (among other things) no civilization ever before

accepting homosexual activity. I've read about Native American tribes where it was accepted and had a place.

[JHB]

51. Yawn

Pat has been predicting God will destroy America over one thing or another for decades.

[WatsonT]

52. What if we add as a rider to this bill "no angel rape"

would that be ok?

[bvar22]

53. Take a lesson from New Orleans, Pat.

The only area GAWD saved from the floods of Katrina were:
The lower Esplanade Neighborhood (Faubourg Marigny), which is the Gayest part of New Orleans,
http://frenchquarter.com/nightlife/FaubourgMarigny.php
and
The French Quarter/Bourbon Street.


Ok, Ok...there was also a small strip along St Charles & the Mississippi that avoided the flood,
but that was an accident. .

[ej510]

54. Pat is a scam artist.

Here's a link showing "Rev." Robertson flashing the "Hail Satan" sign with one hand while praying, and it also claims Robertson is a 33rd degree Mason: http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/chan...contentid=2995 The CBN Network got started in 1966, same year "Rosemary's Baby" came out. Turn the 9 upside down and you get 666.

Then we know that "Rev." Robertson is a very rich man. Worth at least $140 million, according to some estimates. See http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7027/business.html
He lives in a mansion on the top of a mountain in Virginia with it's own private airstrip. He own the "Ice Capades." So how did "Rev." Robertson get so rich when he has been a "minister of the gospel" most of his adult life?

One reason is he built up his network with contributions from Christians and then recently sold that network for tens of millions of dollars, which he put in his own pocket. And did he sell the network to a Christian? No, but to none other than Australian Jewish neocon billionaire Rupert Murdoch, the same "Married...With Children" and "The Simpsons" Rupert Murdoch. So now Robertson's network only has a couple hours a day of "Christian" programming, mostly his own mostly Republican politics show, and an hour a day of "Sabrina The Teenage Witch."


http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=121093

[Mimosa]

60. Funny but not true

UPTOWN was largely spared. And quite a few gays lived uptown. Metairie was hit or miss. ;)

[krispos42]

56. Oh, so God works through Republican economic policy?

Predatory capitalism, globalization, and plutocracy?

[davepc]

57. Yet god will let us skate on not loving our neighbor as ourselves

[Initech]

58. Hey Pat... you're no longer relevant. Let that sink in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIk3j9vvIAQ