Pat Robertson: God would have stopped the tornadoes had more people prayed

[pokerfan]

Makes sense to me. How many people is that, Pat? Why, enough people to convince God to stop the tornadoes.

In the aftermath of the tornadoes that devastated parts of the Midwest, television evangelist Pat Robertson is adding his two cents about the situation. Not enough people prayed, he said — because if they had, God would have intervened.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/pat-robertson-if-enough-people-were-praying-god-would-have-stopped-the-tornadoes/

[JaneQPublic]

1. Exactly how many do you need for God to consider it a quorum?

I imagine its a sliding scale based on the severity of the Act of God, right?

[laconicsax]

11. In Judaism, you need 10 adults for a minyan.

Whether or not those adults need to be male depends on the level of orthodoxy the synagogue prefers.

[atreides1]

2. So tell me.

Why isn't this crazy f**k not bouncing off padded walls, yet?

Shouldn't he be committed by now...especially with all the crazy shit he's said in the past!

[laconicsax]

12. "The true horror of religion...

It allows perfectly decent and sane people to believe by the billions what only lunatics can believe on their own" -Sam Harris

[cleanhippie]

15. What makes him any different from any other believer in god?

[izquierdista]

3. Oh, that fickle fucker....

When are they going to figure out prayers that work? My prayers were answered, you don't see people drowning in floods of marinara sauce, DO YOU??

[libinnyandia]

4. Maybe if enough people prayed Pat Robertson might regain his sanity.

[They_Live]

5. But I guess we'll never know for sure...

...will we, Pat?

[cbayer]

6. Almost as good as "God's wrath caused Katrina"

also brought to us by Mr. Robertson.

[virtualobserver]

7. God is a numbers guy.....I would imagine that a hell of a lot of people were praying, though

[deacon_sephiroth]

8. Thank you Pat

I had almost forgotten to dispise you today...

[Lint Head]

9. And God killed Breitbart.

[dmallind]

10. If you accept an omnibenevolent omnipotent god, then yep - even without prayers

Such a god both could and should, by definition, have stopped a whole host of disasters.

The newer kinder gentler sophisticated liberal believers who hang around here keep telling us that this is silly because their idea of a god doesn't go in for meddling miracles. Fair enough, but then the question must be asked: what use is a god like that to humanity? What do we get as part of the deal - the carrot for our reward? If God doesn't care, why bother with him at all? Especially as the same type of Christian shies away from the whole burn forever stick (and schtick) approach - if there's no stick and there's no carrot why give a crap either way about God even if you do believe?

[skepticscott]

18. It just means that

they get to keep that god-shaped hole in their hearts filled, which seems to be of critical importance to them.

[MindMover]

13. Could enough people pray to stop Pat???....

[AlbertCat]

14. had more people prayed

I'm sure, Pat, that everyone caught in one of those tornadoes prayed.

Did the ones who's prayers were cut short due to their deaths.... did theirs count?




Some woman who yelled at a bunch of students in front of a school to go back inside.... thus saving them, said "I know that's why god put me there...." So why did god put the storms there in the 1st place? So this woman could save some people, but not others?

[Warren Stupidity]

16. He's neck and neck with Westboro Baptist for fucked up religious utterance of the week.

[Kablooie]

17. He's just emulating John Stewart and trying to be funny.