Jer 14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Jer 14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Jer 14:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Jer 14:16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
Deu 13:1 If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder,
Deu 13:2 and if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, “Let us follow other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,”
Deu 13:3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deu 13:4 It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.
Deu 13:5 That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
Pat Robertson If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms. There well may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.
God has told you what to do.
You can actually watch Satan flap Robertson’s lips at Media Matters.
Mark Paris says
I’ve said it before: these people had better hope that the god they claim to worship does not exist, because if it does, they are going to be in big trouble.
George Cauldron says
How ridiculous. I bet the silly douchbag had never HEARD the word ‘tsunami’ before December 26, 2004.
BigDumbChimp says
One day I’ll have to blog about my encounter with Pat Robertson, the secret service and a letter I wrote during the 1988 pres campain but…
On Pat, check out what Johnanthan Rowe has uncovered.
BigDumbChimp says
eek, typos. Sorry Johnathan for butchering your name.
J-Dog says
Way to go PZ – Taking the Big Tub O’Lard down with his own book’s words is very cool, and appropriate.
Storms on the coasts? Wow. Way to go out on a limb Pat… Maybe you could build up the old credibility even more and predict that the sun will come up in the East!
I took a look at my divene book, and quiote the follwing passage: Verily I say unto thee – The Fat One is going down. I will suffer him to regurgitate fecal matter until I puttest him into hellfire and brimstone for eternity. And taking a look at the fat bloated hog that is a Pat Robinson, I say to you that the cholesteral will takest him down sooner rather than later.
Thou shallst count on it dawg.
Kristine says
Love the qualifier: “If I heard the Lord right.” Maybe the Lord was just singing his favorite song aloud and didn’t know that anybody was listening?
I guess Pat Robertson’s god is not the same as George Puppy Bush’s, because apparently the NWS predicts calmer weather for 2006 (thus explaining Bush’s cynical exhortation for us to “pray that there are no hurricanes” so that he can say “Georgedidit!”).
And I can’t believe that this hasn’t occurred to Dembski et al: “‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test'” (Matthew 4:7) although IDiots certainly practice that, while not preaching it!
woofsterNY says
Take note of the “live vote” feature attached to this story, which asks “Do you believe Pat Robertson received warnings from God about storms and tsunamis?”
With about 9,000 responses as of the time I looked, 77 percent said No, only 11 percent said Yes. (12 percent said Not Sure.)
By a margin of about 7 to 1, Pat Robertson appears to be a lying idiot.
(Of course, there’s the filter effect of all those Robertson supporters who don’t or can’t read.)
Jim Anderson says
Going along with j-dawg above, Pat has left plenty of wiggle room in his “prediction,” just like any good psychic scammer. Maybe he just heard the Lord wrong.
Jim Anderson says
Oh, and how could he have missed this in his pre-emptive apologies?
George says
Being a preacher is a very cushy job. You can say just about anything you want, as long as it is in BibleSpeak. A four-year-old can do it (e.g., Marjoe). You don’t have to know very much (in fact, the less you know the better). You take advantage of the suffering of others to advance your career. You need only possess a talent for spouting B.S. Those who can’t do, preach.
Lya Kahlo says
Hmm. He makes prophecy seem so easy. Let’s see if I can do it.
On a Sunday afternoon this summer, it wil rain in Seattle, Washington.
Now praise me and send me your money and I’ll tell god to back off on the rain thing.
Lya Kahlo says
“You need only possess a talent for spouting B.S. Those who can’t do, preach.”
Bingo. I learned from a mod at GifS that her nephew got a “calling from god” after he failed the bar exam. Now, he gets his house paid for, an allowance for car payments and life insurance, because he’s a preacher.
MikeM says
It’s pretty much just the same ol’, same ol’, isn’t it?
“Nice little country ya got here. It’d be a pity if something bad happened to it.”
Nice twist here, though. “When I left the bar this morning, I THOUGHT I heard the boss mention he’s lookin’ for a… And then I couldn’t quite hear the last couple words. Mighta said tsunami; mighta said spumoni.”
Someone wrote a great letter to the Bee today:
From http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/14256633p-15071556c.html
George says
“Villagers offer gifts, but volcano angrier.”
Everyone knows the most effective way to propitiate an angry god is human sacrifice.
AJ Milne says
Pat has left plenty of wiggle room in his “prediction,” just like any good psychic scammer.
Yeah. And he made such a startling prediction. ‘If I heard the Lord right’. Right, Pat. Storms on the coast, he says? No. Really?
Wait… wait… I’m hearing something too… What’s that, you say, oh sonorous, solemn voice from the heavens… Hold that thought, a moment, dude… I need to get my pen:
Okay. The magical sky daddy would like me to pass the following on to you: Apparently, (i) It will rain in Louisiana, (ii) it will be very cold in Antarctica, (iii) Bush or members of his administration will use the phrase ‘turning the corner’ with reference to Iraq, (iv) people will laugh grimly at (iii), and (v) Pat Roberston will continue with every public utterance he makes to reach new lows in demagoguery.
AJ Milne says
(Apologies to Lya. I was still taking down my prophecies when your oracle spoke, apparently.)
A Hermit says
I would have thought God would know the difference between a storm and a tsunami…
Paul Riddell says
Personally, I use the same Old Testament passage to describe anyone dumb enough to listen to Pat Robertson as I use to describe the Cat Piss Men who wet themselves every time George Lucas announces the latest blue-sky Star Wars project: Proverbs 26:11. It’s worked remarkably well over the years, and I manage to get disowned by my viciously Catholic grandmother every time I bring it up in casual conversation. Everyone wins.
Kristine says
“Villagers offer gifts, but volcano angrier.”
I thought that volcanoes were pimples on the face of Gaia.
Greco says
I thought that volcanoes were pimples on the face of Gaia.
And this one is a bit sore, apparently. Maybe some lotion would help.
386sx says
Wow, Mr. Robertson says it looks like the Pacific plates are tearing apart. As the greatest entertainer of all time, Mr. Ed McMahon, might say: I.Did.Not.Know.That!
Stanton says
Why hasn’t he been deported already?
tc399 says
One day the Liberals will look around and wonder why the churches are empty and the country clubs are abandoned. They will marvel at how the devout seem to have vanished into thin air seemingly “in the twinkling of an eye”. They won’t have heard the trumpets of Revelation, the Pearly Gates that will have opened for the faithful and for Jesus Christ’s flock will be invisible to them. The Demoncrats and the Jews and the Muslims will have the entire planet to themselves. I say let them have at it. Let them destroy themselves and kill everybody in ignorant quests to further their own false doctrines.
We the righteous will be in Heaven enjoying Gods splendor! Worshipping at Christ’s annointed feet, singing His praises for eternity! Glory! The planet will destroy itself without us to reign it into control. Secularism is Satan’s feeble attempt to stop this inevitability. He will fail miserably. Christ is a warrior and will protect and shield us from this Rapture. We will be risen. We will ascent bodily into the sky to meet Almighty Father.
I can’t wait. I can’t wait for us all to be looking in glorious wonder at Gods Holy visage. I can’t wait to fall to the ground in praise at the feet of our Lord and Saviour. I can’t wait till we are watching the damned writhe in agony in Hell. I can’t wait to join Jesus in triumph over those who would rather live faithless existances than just follow the Holy Bibles teachings.
So when you unsaved heathens and Satanists and Wiccans and Catholics and everyone else who doesn’t tithe here look around one day soon and see the Mercedes are absent from the roads you’ll know why. You’ll notice the banks are empty and the private beaches are barren and there are far fewer private jets flying overhead. Do not mock Jesus by wondering about it because you’ll know what happened. You’ve all been warned and told repeatedly to repent and JOIN US. You failed to do it and by the time you notice us gone, it will be too late. Enjoy Hell sinners!
Bless the good True Christians⢠who dedicate their time and their money to Landover Baptist Church. We are truely Jesus’ favorite church and our congregation is the finest this side of Heaven.
by Chaplain Marshall as told to Pastor Al E Pistle
Landover Baptist(TM)”Guaranteeing Salvation(r) since 1612.”
386sx says
I guess Pat Robertson’s god is not the same as George Puppy Bush’s, because apparently the NWS predicts calmer weather for 2006 (thus explaining Bush’s cynical exhortation for us to “pray that there are no hurricanes” so that he can say “Georgedidit!”).
I think the exhortation in question was step one of his two-step hurricane preparedness plan:
I’m not sure if I can quite make out what step two is, but I think it has something to do with forgetting about all the prayer stuff if it ever gets beyond step one because that’s when it’s time to take things very seriously.
Lya Kahlo says
“(Apologies to Lya. I was still taking down my prophecies when your oracle spoke, apparently.)”
Now you’ve angered me and my god and it will rain on your house all summer. And when it doesn’t actually happen, I’ll pretend I meant NEXT summer.