ATTACK!
He and Falwell got together on this one, on the 9/11/2001 attack,
Pat Robertson's Comments Preceding the Falwell Interview:
PAT ROBERTSON: And we have thought that we're invulnerable. And we have been so concerned about money. We have been so concerned about material things. The interests of people are on their health and their finances, and on their pleasures and on their sexuality, and while this is going on while we're self-absorbed and the churches as well as in the population, we have allowed rampant pornography on the internet. We have allowed rampant secularism and occult, etc. to be broadcast on television. We have permitted somewhere in the neighborhood of 35 to 40 million unborn babies to be slaughtered in our society. We have a court that has essentially stuck its finger in God's eye and said we're going to legislate you out of the schools. We're going to take your commandments from off the courthouse steps in various states. We're not going to let little children read the commandments of God. We're not going to let the Bible be read, no prayer in our schools. We have insulted God at the highest levels of our government. And, then we say 'why does this happen?'
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A group of fundamentalist leaders issued a joint statement about the Sept 11 attacks:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]"Our choices have consequences. Our rebellion has results. In many ways, the results of the recent days are a reflection of the crumbling foundation of America. [It is] now easier in many schools to bring a weapon than a Bible. Commandments are out and condoms are in....Our rebellion is bringing us destruction and allowing our enemies to triumph over us. We need to pray that God will restore the walls of his protection around our nation." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]Signers include: [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]Pat Robertson (Christian Coalition); [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]D. James Kennedy (Coral Ridge Ministries); [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]Bill Bright (Campus Crusade for Christ);[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]Charles W. Colson (Prison Fellowship);[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]James Dobson (Focus on the Family);[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]James Merritt (Southern Baptist Convention);[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]Lloyd Ogilvie (U.S. Senate chaplain)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]And on Katrina[/FONT]
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, some religious conservatives have speculated that the storm was sent by God as an omen or as a punishment for America's alleged sins. Media Matters for America has documented such statements from three religious conservative media figures: Pat Robertson, Hal Lindsey, and Charles Colson. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]Pat Robertson: Katrina linked to legalized abortion[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]On the September 12 broadcast of the Christian Broadcasting Network's The 700 Club, host Rev. Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition of America and a former Republican presidential candidate, linked Hurricane Katrina and terrorist attacks to legalized abortion:
ROBERTSON: You know, it's just amazing, though, that people say the litmus test for [Supreme Court nominee John G.] Roberts [Jr.] is whether or not he supports the wholesale slaughter of unborn children. We have killed over 40 million unborn babies in America. I was reading, yesterday, a book that was very interesting about what God has to say in the Old Testament about those who shed innocent blood. And he used the term that those who do this, "the land will vomit you out." That -- you look at your -- you look at the book of Leviticus and see what it says there. And this author of this said, "well 'vomit out' means you are not able to defend yourself." But have we found we are unable somehow to defend ourselves against some of the attacks that are coming against us, either by terrorists or now by natural disaster? Could they be connected in some way? And he goes down the list of the things that God says will cause a nation to lose its possession, and to be vomited out. And the amazing thing is, a judge has now got to say, "I will support the wholesale slaughter of innocent children" in order to get confirmed to the bench. And I am sure Judge Roberts is not going to say any such thing. But nevertheless, that's the litmus test that's being put on, the very thing that could endanger our nation. And it's very interesting. Read the bible, read Leviticus, see what it says there.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]On the September 1 broadcast of The 700 Club, Robertson also claimed that, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Roberts can "be thankful that a tragedy has brought him some good," inasmuch as Democratic senators may be less likely to question him aggressively.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif]Religious conservatives claim Katrina was God's omen, punishment for the United States | Media Matters for America[/FONT]