Thursday, May 18, 2006

Pat Robertson, the 700 Club Weatherman

Ok, Pat Robertson has done many things for evangelism-some good, some very questionable (calling for dictator assassinations, etc). But now he's a meteorologist. or maybe he's a prophet. I guess we'll see.

P.S. On a technical note, hurricane season starts in June, so if we see tropical storms starting to brew in the next few weeks, maybe it's just normal weather patterns-not the wrath of God.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - In another in a series of notable pronouncements, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says God told him storms and possibly a tsunami will hit America's coastline this year.
Robertson has made the predictions at least four times in the past two weeks on his news-and-talk television show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network, which he founded.
Robertson said the revelations about this year's weather came to him during his annual personal prayer retreat in January.

"If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms," Robertson said May 8. On Wednesday, he added, "There well may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest."

Robertson has come under intense criticism in recent months for suggesting that American agents should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

he is one of the main reasons people think Christians are crazy, like he is! with these outlandish stories he could most certainly get a job at the enquirer or some other supermarket tabloid. crazy man!!!