Pat Robertson foresees war soon in Mideast

[Blue_Tires]

Source: The Virginian-Pilot

Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson is urging prayer before Election Day to stave off an imminent Middle Eastern war he said could bring nuclear attacks on the United States.

In a letter on his Web site, www.patrobertson.com, Robertson said his opinion was that Israel would bomb Iranian nuclear sites between Nov. 4 and the inauguration of the United States' new president.

Robertson tied his warning to biblical prophesy. His letter, which starts out describing his concerns about Russian aggression in Georgia, predicted that Russia would also enter the war, though the United States wouldn't.

"However, we may not be spared nuclear strikes against coastal cities" in America, he wrote.

A version of the letter was sent in September to members of Regent University, where Robertson is founder and president. He is also founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and host of its daily show, "The 700 Club." The network and university are based in Virginia Beach.

"We have between 75 and 120 days before the Middle East starts spinning out of control," Robertson wrote. "If there was ever a time for fervent prayer, it is now."



Read more: http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/pat-robertson-foresees-war-soon-mideast

[TwilightGardener]

1. Thanks, Pat! Guess I better vote for the GOP, is that what you're trying to say?

[dipsydoodle]

2. I have to assume

there's somthing about fuck off and stop being a nuicance which he can't quite grasp.

[soleft]

3. I wish they would ask Palin about this tonight

[tom_paine]

4. Sounds like ol' Pat's ego HAD to find a way to let him spill the beans on the October Surprise

After all, what better way for a charlatan-preacher to keep his creduluous fools in line than making a "prediction" (about the Iran assault) that he already KNOWS is in the works.

Smart, from a con-man point of view (and that IS Pat's FIRST CALLING), but dumb from the point of view of a Bushie Conspirator trying to keep the lid on it.

As usual, if that is indeed the October Surprise, an Israeli attack or nuking of Iran, it won't matter how many of the Amerikan Subject Populace sees through Robertson's thin ploy (just as it didn't matter how many Germans saw through the transparently obvious Nazis) because such will be denied any microphone or venue where they could voice these suspicions that would be all almost certain to be true.

In other words, as with everything else in Imperial Amerika...the commoners will scream but nothing will come out... as usual.

And I count the Bailout among them. Sure they Bushies gave us our "feel good" victory. Then they made the bill WORSE for ordinary Americans and shoved it down our throats ANYWAY.

Yeah, a real expression of resistance, that was.


:rofl:

[Graybeard]

5. "...a time for fervent prayer..."

Sounds to me like he's asking for prayers to make this all happen. This is his end of days wet dream.

BTW, nice avatar... sigh.

[peacetalksforall]

8. Fervent prayer - doe that equal 1 or 2 million for his pocket?

[Blue_Tires]

46. there's always next year n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

6. he is sort of leaving out the part about the intelligence God gave to the actual

world leaders, here in the 21st century. That which sets us above the animals, as the only creatures who have a sense of the past and the future.


Can't have it both ways, Pat.

Aren't we always supposed to be seeking the higher level and be more like God, who most assuredly does not want this world to end? He needs to read Noah again, maybe

I love the way these same ole prophecies keep resurfacing year after year, decade after decade, century after century, each time 'predicting' a new date of End Time Follies.

In the year 1000 AD they all knew the world was going to end.
Look at what happened in 2000?

[Algorem]

7. Maybe we can prevent this.Who would Jesus assassinate,Pat?

[Larry Ogg]

29. Who would Jesus assassinate?

That’s irrelevant in the minds of those who follow the likes of Pat Robinson and Jim Jones. You see…, what Jesus said 2000 years ago was then, and this is now. And the Jesus followers are convinced that Jesus speaks through the mouths of people like Pat Robinson, Gorge Bush and Sara Palin, et al.

And what does Jesus supposedly say?




Don’t misjudge the power of psychopaths, once they gain political or religious power.

[rshots2001]

9. Whatever, Pat...

...just so long as the first targets nuked are CBN and Regent University.

[scarface2004]

10. i say we lose maybe 10, 20 million tops!!!!

bring it on!!

[pokerfan]

57. I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed

[truthisfreedom]

11. Pat Robertson, Psychic.

For 70 bucks he'll tell you how your relationship will work out.

[Xipe Totec]

14. He's Retro-psychic; he can predict the past (nt)

[jbane]

12. How many times has the world ended now Pat?

Oh and by the way isn't there a couple of wars ALLREADY IN THE MIDDLE EAST or do Iraq and Afghanistan not count anymore?
Wasn't Pat on T.V. the other day firing the Oakland Raiders coach, oh, that was Al Davis.

[Frustratedlady]

13. The Ol' Coot is Still Alive and Kicking, eh? Right on schedule....

He'll have the undecideds on their knees by noon. Can the Rapture be far behind?

How old is he, anyway?

[torbird]

15. "Pat Robertson Foresees Headlines About Pat Robertson"

[dgibby]

16. Pat Robertson, Patron Saint of the Terminally Stupid!

[BREMPRO]

17. we have nothing to fear.... but Christo-republican fear mongering

fuk Robertson and his fascist agenda.

[Roland99]

18. Pat misspoke. He actually prayed FOR war to happen. End Times, bay-bee!!

I can haz Rapture?

[Ikonoklast]

19. I predict Pat Robertson is a loon.

I win.

[madmom]

20. So Pat if Israel is going to bomb Iran, maybe we should hold the

proverbial gun to Israel's throat to stop them! After all isn't that the main objective, no war? Yeah right!!!!!!:sarcasm:

[DemoTex]

21. Pat's been sipping too much absinthe from Jesus's Magic Bowl.

Or is it Magic Jesus's Bowl?



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4146808

[greyl]

22. Totally religulous. nt

[Matariki]

23. Isn't he the same guy who said he needed millions of dollars or God would kill him?

[tomg]

26. You're getting Oral

Roberts confused with Asshole Robertson. Understandable mistake - they are both complete loons.

[Matariki]

31. Heh - those fundie nutjobs all look alike to me.

:evilgrin:

[Azooz]

41. 18 million by the weekend, or else

Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrYE4a1BmE

Pat Robertson, I once though all American preachers were like that - SORRY :)

[TomClash]

24. There already is a war in the ME

Or hasn't he noticed the body bags?

Who's going to nuke U.S. coastal cities?

Gee, Pat, can you think of a reason why "Islamic terrorists" would NOT do that even if they could?

[Buenaventura]

25. Lets sacrifice Pat to appease the gods and save our coastal cities!

[noonwitch]

27. He foresees war in the Middle East-does one really need the gift of prophecy to do that?

Really, what are the odds of a war in the Middle East? It's not like we can't all see that coming, or like there aren't at least two wars already going there (the Israelis vs Lebanon/Syria and the war in Iraq).

[tomg]

28. I don't know. I read his entire letter

and he has some pretty sophisticated analysis:

"Where will the United States be in all of this conflict? According to Ezekiel, the “young lions of Tarshish” will be questioning the Russians about their aggression – questioning, but not acting to stop it. Who are these “young lions of Tarshish?” Tarshish was the region beyond Cadiz in Spain. In antiquity, explorers from Tarshish came to Ireland, then across the ocean to North America, traveling the Mississippi River as far as the present-day site of Davenport, Iowa.

I believe the term “young lions of Tarshish” refers to England and the United States of America."

Aw come on. Do I have to?. You mean someone on DU might think . . . Okay, here it is. Jeeez. :sarcasm:

[Doctor_J]

30. Are there any limitations what is called LBN?

Yikes. What's next - Sludge headlines? World Nut Daily?

[Hugabear]

32. Biblical prophecy - that's been so damned accurate so far, hasn't it?

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go get '666' tattooed on my head in anticipation of Obama's reign.

[apnu]

33. Wow, that's dumb, war is already there. Thanks for the insite Pat. (nt)

[Love Bug]

34. Did he have a hard-on when he said it?

More apocalyptic, fundamentalist revenge fantasies...

[bdamomma]

35. Unbelieveable these people are, just want more death and

destruction.

[damntexdem]

36. Oh, that's just Robertson's wishful thinking!

He's tried and tried, but just hasn't been able to get the war going yet.

[LeftyMom]

37. Predicting war in the ME is like predicting the sunrise.

:eyes:

[Doremus]

38. Do his followers even care when his predictions turn out to be bogus?

[timtom]

39. That's a good one!

What the **** does he think has been going on for the past 5 years????

"Remove the blindfold, please."

"Golly, Mysto, you've done it again! How do you know these things?"

[tanyev]

40. Let me guess...the letter concluded that people should send him more money?

[Umbriage]

42. The omniscient Pat Robertson

Who see it all and knows it all. Amen.

[Strelnikov_]

43. Starts? n/t

[ryanmuegge]

44. Trying to scare people who watch him that may be worried about how they're going to eat.

People who care about phony religious issues and take him seriously may be influenced to vote for McCain based on this shit.


I find it surprising that anybody, even within the religious community, takes him seriously aftee he supported that fascistic, bigoted, cross-dressing, murderous adulterer Giuliani.

[undeterred]

45. What happened to that rain he prayed for?

[Crowman1979]

47. This is coming from a punk who's senator daddy got him out of fighting in Korea.

And put in a billet of liquor officer and frequented prostitutes in Japan, while his peers were fighting along the 38'th parallel. Guess he likes war, as long as someone else is doing fighting, so fuck that piece of shit chickenhawk!!!!

[LanternWaste]

48. And I do laugh-- at both sides of the coin.

Gotta be honest here. His predictions really don't seem to be too different in form, if not in function of many of the "end-timer, wars-and-rumors-of-wars, economic-meltdown, stock-up-on-ammo-and-rations, soon-to-be-a-civil-war-in-the-US, black-helicopters, fascist-government-around-the-corner" posts we read almost daily on DU.

As much as we may laugh at him for his fortune telling, I think we must then laugh at ourselves for the precise same type of sky-is-falling prognostications we are guilty of.

And I do laugh-- at both sides of the coin.

[DavidDvorkin]

49. Surely not LBN.

[yellowcanine]

50. Robertson has been watching Jack van Impe on teevee again. Got that bible prophesy thing going.

Stand by for the rapture. Rapture index sits at 164, btw. (High of 182 on Sept 24, 2001, just to get some perspective). For anything above 160 we are to "fasten our seatbelts". Which doesn't make any sense, because wouldn't that slow down being raptured?

http://www.raptureready.com/rap2.html

[ITsec]

52. I sat in church and was forced by my parents to listen to JVI in 1967 as a kid...

and he was predicting the rapture would occur before 1970. He even had diagrams and mathematical "proof". Something about Daniel's seven weeks and the 6 day war that just occurred.

He must have slipped a decimal point or two somewhere, cause it never happened, and he's still around.

[foxfeet]

51. Given where Robertson's head is, no wonder all he sees is shit. eom

[KamaAina]

53. KamaAina foresees sunrise in East

possibly as soon as tomorrow morning. :-)

Earth to Marion (his true and actual name): There's already a war in the Mideast. And you know what? We started it. :grr:

[spanone]

54. gee pat, that's osama's job.....

[Initech]

55. Um..... there isn't war going on in the middle east already?

:crazy:

[Swamp Rat]

56. the cuckoo in a turban

[IndianaGreen]

58. Biblical prophecy? The Bible is only good for as toilet paper!

These superstitious Middle Eastern religions have done more harm than good and should be relegated to the dustbin of history.