NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 5 (AP) - The Protestant broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine punishment for "dividing God's land."
"God considers this land to be his," Mr. Robertson said on "The 700 Club," his television program. "You read the Bible and he says, 'This is my land,' and for any prime minister of Israel who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says, 'No, this is mine.' "
Mr. Robertson said he had prayed about a year ago with Mr. Sharon, whom he called "a very tenderhearted man and a good friend." He said he was sad to see Mr. Sharon in his current medical condition.
But he also said that in the Bible, the prophet Joel "makes it very clear that God has enmity against those who 'divide my land.' "
Mr. 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 European Union, the United Nations or the United States, Mr. Robertson said.
The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. -- Pat Robertson, fundraising letter, 1992
I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household and the husband is the head of the wife, and that's the way it is, period. -- Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, January 8, 1992
Yeah, Jon Stewart went to town with that one... very funny.
Honestly, I just laugh at most everything he says now, because it's so ridiculous, but then again I get a little creeped out by how many people watch his show and think the way he does. (Sorry, was talking about Pat Robertson there, not Jon Stewart)
either leno or letterman made a comment last night about if the stroke was a message to sheron.. then what was he saying about the prostate problems robertson had a while back, Payback for being such a pain in the @$$. It made me giggle.