Via WaPo: White House Denounces Robertson’s Remarks on Sharon
Speaking on his Christian Broadcasting Network’s “700 Club,” Robertson said yesterday that God was punishing Sharon for dividing the land of Israel.“Sharon was personally a very likable person, and I am sad to see him in this condition, but I think we need to look at the Bible and the Book of Joel. The prophet Joel makes it very clear that God has enmity against those who ‘divide my land,’ ” Robertson said.
Sharon was “dividing God’s land, and I would say: Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the E.U. [European Union], the United Nations or the United States of America,” the 75-year-old Baptist minister said.
Here’s an alternative theory: Sharon is 77-years-old, overweight (to put it mildly), has a high-stress job (to put it mildly) and has had health problems recently.
Robertson is an embarrassment to any who profess Christianity and often a general embarrassment to the United States, when he makes comments like this that, no doubt, get international attention.
The Permanent Guest Blogger commented on this the other day as well.
No surprise that the White House doesn’t want anything to do with the comment.
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Comment by Subcomandante Bob — Saturday, January 7, 2024 @ 12:15 pm
[…] I’ve said it before, and I will say it again: Pat Robertson is an embarrassment . Whether it is in his stating that Ariel Sharon’s stroke was God’s punishment for dividing the lands of Israel, or calling for the assassination of Hugo Chavez or promising God’s wrath on a town because of their views on evolution or any number of other things, I don’t understand how any Christian (let alone anyone else) can take the man seriously. […]
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