October 08, 2004

Here's another one

I mentioned Michael Savage as being one "by whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of." Susanna over at cut on the bias points out another one: Pat Robertson.

"I see the rise of Islam to destroy Israel and take the land from the Jews and give East Jerusalem to [Palestinian Authority Chairman] Yasser Arafat. I see that as Satan's plan to prevent the return of Jesus Christ the Lord," said Robertson, a Christian broadcaster.

Tell me, isn't God supposed to be all-powerful? But apparently Pat thinks that God isn't powerful enough to overcome Yasser Arafat's title deed to Jerusalem.

He said he "sends notice" to Osama bin Laden, Arafat and Palestinian militant groups that "you will not frustrate God's plan" to have Jews rule the Holy Land until the Second Coming of Jesus.

Only God should decide if Israel should relinquish control of the lands it captured in the 1967 war, including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem, Robertson said, in a reference to Sharon's plan to pull out of Gaza next year.

"God says, 'I'm going to judge those who carve up the West Bank and Gaza Strip,'" Robertson said. "'It's my land and keep your hands off it.'"

Robertson here crosses the line from stupidity--ignoring one of the most basic doctrines of Christianity, the religion Robertson supposedly follows--to false prophecy. And, as a commenter on Cut on the Bias says, "you know what the Bible recommends as consequences for false prophets."

Posted by Blog Jones at October 8, 2004 03:44 PM | Category: Religion

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