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November 10, 2005
Plagues of Locusts over Dover
As I pointed out on Tuesday night all eight Dover, PA school board members who backed teaching creationism in biology classes were ousted in the general election. It was only a matter of time before God's own Drew Rosenhaus, Pat Robertson, chimed in.
"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city," Robertson said on his daily television show broadcast from Virginia, "The 700 Club."
"And don't wonder why He hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for His help because he might not be there," he said.
Does that mean the 11 Christian churches in Dover closed their doors this week? Maybe the good citizens of Dover prefer to keep their creation myths in their churches and their science in their schools.
It's not that surprising considering Robertson fellow traveler Falwell blamed 9/11 on gays and Fred Phelps blamed the 2004 tsunami on the (gay) Swedes. I'll bet Pat was upset he couldn't work a gay reference into his damning of Dover.
Posted by Half-Cocked at November 10, 2005 10:55 PM
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With his usual grace and eloquent manner of speaking religious zealot Pat Robertson has once again made headlines by saying something retarded.
From the Associated Press:
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Yeh he is such a moron. I can't believe he is even allowed to speak on TV. I liked his last comments when he advocated for the assassination of the Venezuelan president; but this is almost just as good. I thought the election itself was hilarious since basically all of the ID advocates were fired.
Posted by: Hokie Explorer at November 10, 2005 11:17 PM
i believe he shouldn't be allowed to speak on tv because tv is an inherently scientiffic invention. if tv had a magical intelligent designer, robertson would only be broadcasting from his cell in the nuthouse.
Posted by: julee at November 11, 2005 09:40 AM
p.s. time to send in an email-a-prayer for life-saving scientiffic inventions! or revival of dancing with snakes...pick one!
Posted by: julee at November 11, 2005 09:41 AM
Interesting -- but not surprising -- that Robertson's prediction, like ID, is not falsifiable. If a disaster of some sort strikes Dover, God did it because He is pissed off (and a bit spiteful). If a disaster doesn't strike Dover, God is merciful and good, but still pissed off. Best of all, Robertson's words will still be found accurate even if the "disaster" is human-initiated. The human in question, of course, will have been "directed by God", who is, of course, pissed off.
Posted by: Mr. Wilson at November 11, 2005 11:03 AM
I guess it doesn't bother him if the 'scientists' working at his local nuclear power plant were lackadaisical, and when there is a problem that could lead to a meltdown, they'd just say, "Oh, I guess god wants everything in a 100 mile radius irradiated." Because that's what Intelligent Design seems to encourage... that if something's not easily & immediately explained, we should just give up and say, "Oh, god made it that way."
Posted by: Chloe at November 11, 2005 05:46 PM