Robertson warns Pennsylvania voters of God's wrath
Eight 'intelligent design' school board members lost election
Thursday, November 10, 2005 Posted: 2227 GMT (0627 HKT)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Conservative Christian broadcaster 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 Thursday not to be surprised if disaster struck.
Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate and founder of the
influential Christian Broadcasting Network and Christian Coalition, has
made similar apocalyptic warnings and provocative statements before.
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, eight Dover, Pennsylvania, school board members up
for re-election lost their seats after trying to introduce a statement on
"intelligent design" to high school biology students.
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.
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| Title: Re: Sheesh...it's crazy Pat again!! |
11 Nov 2005 11:20:36 PM |
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Doc wrote:
Robertson warns Pennsylvania voters of God's wrath
Eight 'intelligent design' school board members lost election
I saw that last night on one of the news sites (can't recall which).
It's gotten to the point where I find it difficult to believe anyone
takes him seriously anymore. I think his next stop is either a nursing
home or a rubber room.
Woods
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