[Kamikaze]

Note: Pat Robertson is *****ing about this case in which the voters booted out the ID supporters from the school board.

Things like the recent Kansas School Board decision on ID and Pat Robertson's rant are really chipping away at my faith in humanity.

From http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9995578/

WASHINGTON - Conservative Christian televangelist Pat Robertson told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected God by voting their school board out of office for supporting “intelligent design” and warned them Thursday not to be surprised if disaster struck.

Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate and founder of the influential conservative Christian Broadcasting Network and Christian Coalition, has a long record of similar apocalyptic warnings and provocative statements.

Last summer, he hit the headlines by calling for the assassination of leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, one of President Bush’s most vocal international critics.

“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.

The 700 Club claims a daily audience of around 1 million. It is also broadcast around the world, translated into more than 70 languages. (People for the American Way provided a video file of the 700 Club statement.)

In voting Tuesday, all eight school board members up for re-election in Dover, Pa., lost their seats after trying to introduce “intelligent design” to high-school science students as an alternative to the theory of evolution.

Adherents of intelligent design argue that certain forms in nature are so complex that they are best seen as the handiwork of a designer rather than the result of natural selection. Opponents say it is the latest attempt by conservatives to introduce religion into the school science curriculum.

[phatosealpha]

Robertson is a moron.  I didn't think that was any big secret.  I'd sooner base my opinions on humanity on The Other Sister then on him.

[WMCoolmon]

(00:07:42) WMCoolmon: well, if God is pissed at people for thinking, he doesn't sound like the kind of guy i'd want to live with anyway.
(00:08:34) WMCoolmon: " In 1998, Robertson warned the city of Orlando, Fla., that it risked hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist bombs after it allowed homosexual organizations to put up rainbow flags in support of sexual diversity."
(00:08:43) WMCoolmon: isn't that dangerously close to being a bomb threat?

Anyway, I'm going to assume that Pat Robertson doesn't represent the majority of Christians.

[Black Wolf]

He predicted Florida would be hit by hurricaines because of the rainbow flags? The man's a genius!!!

Note - nobody actually thinks he's a genius.

[karajorma]

I look at it from the other angle. A bunch of w**kers who wanted to teach ID in science class just got booted out. Sounds like there is hope for humanity after all.

[Setekh]

Anyway, I'm going to assume that Pat Robertson doesn't represent the majority of Christians.

Good assumption.

[Black Wolf]

I look at it from the other angle. A bunch of w**kers who wanted to teach ID in science class just got booted out. Sounds like there is hope for humanity after all.

An excellent point. Anyone know how many people generally sit on a school board BTW? 8 seems like a big number for what I would consider a 'board', but who knows... it's American, and they're always doing something weird. Like spelling [colour] without the "u".

[Flipside]

It would appear that the Vatican disagrees with Mr Thompson...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051104/ap_on_sc/vatican_science

[aldo_14]

I look at it from the other angle. A bunch of w**kers who wanted to teach ID in science class just got booted out. Sounds like there is hope for humanity after all.

Indeed.  Well, a little bit.

[Grey Wolf]

As always, the word televangelist is a red flag, indicating you should ignore him.

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

OMFG......... I live about 10 miles away from Dover when I'm not at college.  How can Robertson even think about taking interest in my little part of the world?  People are nuts.

[DeepSpace9er]

Pat Robertson is one of those over zealous preachers that pushes too hard when he yells "be healed!" Personally I think the Christian Right has too many people like him that give us a bad name.