Pat Robertson and God's Playground

by emptywheel

Many of you have already seen the news that Pat Robertson is busy discerning God's Wrath again. Nope, not the wildfires in TX. Robertson is ghoul enough to claim that God has caused Ariel Sharon's massive stroke to punish him for splitting up Israel.

The prophet Joel makes it very clear that God has enmity against those who, quote, "divide my land." God considers this land to be his. You read the Bible, he says, "This is my land." And for any prime minister of Israel who decides he going carve it up and give it away, God says, "No. This is mine." And the same thing -- I had a wonderful meeting with Yitzhak Rabin in 1974. He was tragically assassinated, and it was terrible thing that happened, but nevertheless, he was dead. And now Ariel Sharon, who was again a very likeable person, a delightful person to be with. I prayed with him personally. But here he is at the point of death. He was dividing God's land, and I would say woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the EU, the United Nations or United States of America. God said, "This land belongs to me, you better leave it alone." [Media Matters' emphasis]

I'm not convinced, however, that Pat has accurately identified the source of God's wrath.

How are you sure, Pat, that God is pissed that Sharon is trying to establish peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Are you so sure he isn't pissed you've made a mockery of "his land" by arranging to build an Evangelical theme park on it? After all, Robertson is just about to finalize his deal for some kind of Evangelical Disney Land. I'd call the timing rather ominous.

The Israeli government is planning to give up a large slice of land to American Christian evangelicals to build a biblical theme park by the Sea of Galilee where Jesus is said to have walked on water and fed 5,000 with five loaves and two fish.

A consortium of Christian groups, led by the television evangelist Pat Robertson, is in negotiation with the Israeli ministry of tourism and a deal is expected in the coming months. The project is expected to bring up to 1 million extra tourists a year but an undeclared benefit will be the cementing of a political alliance between the Israeli rightwing and the American Christian right. [my emphasis]

Hmm. "A large slice of land." Sounds a lot like dividing up God's land to me. And a biblical theme park? Either sounds like the movie set for Left Behind or one hell of a graven image.

Pat, I gotta say. It's been some years since I fancied I could discern God's will. But if I were you, I might be a little worried about God's wrath myself.

Comments

[Mimikatz]

I thought America was God's Country. Wouldn't that mean God would get angry at anyone who tried to be a divider, not a uniter? Might that not explain some recent developments?

Does he have any explanation for the West Virginia mine disaster?

[emptypockets]

(Pennsylvania not WV).

On http://www.fletchwon.net/flscript8.html>Bibleland:

138 EXT. GROUND - NIGHT (MATTE SHOT)

Jimmy Lee giving Fletch the grand tour in his golf cart which bears the licencse CHARIOT 1. A Christmas motif gift shop is loaded with merchandise featuring Jimmy Lee's picture. We pass a Mississippi River Boat with "Captain" Jimmy Lee's picture smiling down.

JIMMY LEE
When we're finished - when we've been able to expand
- Bibleland will be a kind of Heaven on Earth. There's
the hotel. we call it the Heavenly Hilton and Convention
Center. Beyond it, the "Farnsworth Bible College". Over
there is the "Jog for Jesus Trampoline Center".

FLETCH
Is that like "Prayerobics"?

[Mickey]

You can talk to Pat Robertson directly at:
http://www.cbn.com/contact/feedback-700club.asp

[kim]

Seems to me that Pat is an expert in dividing God's land.

[Sara]

Actually I think God has watchmaker qualities, and has pre-programed fat men (at least 125 los overweight) to give up the ghost when they are in their mid 70's if not before. It has little to do with land, it has a lot to do with overindulging in the honey, wine and fruits of the land. I've always thought that Sharon had much in common with Henry Hyde and Helmut Kohl in this matter of self indulgence and admiration of essentially useless fat, that culturally interpreted is about personal "significance."

Someone needs to tell Pat Robertson that massively overweight folk get heart disease, hove strokes and all the rest. It has nothing to do with land -- it has to do with too much fruit of the land.

[4jkb4ia]

Oy! Sharon's having a stroke may cause the Israeli public to think about who they would choose to replace him, and they may pick Labor again. It is not so simple.

[4jkb4ia]

Sharon needs that kind of punishment only if the chaos in Gaza is what he expected in the first place.

[sunyasi]

I thought God gave the Land to Abraham? If God gave the Land to Abraham, then gives Sharon a stroke for subdividing, it wasn't a gift in the first place. If he gives me some land, especially in Israel, I'm telling Him to keep it as it's not as liquid as I like my land.

[emptypockets]

Ai yi yi. For some reason I took it upon myself to "correct" Mimikatz about where the mine disaster was. It goes without saying she had it right, as always, and I had it totally wrong.

The good news is, as long as Mimi has her facts straight and I am totally confused, we can rest assured that all apparently is in balance in the universe. And when I say that, you can obviously believe it.

[Patts]

Sharon wanted to start a third party and immediately had a stroke. The second one was possibly a misdiagnosis.

Sharon, like Bush, went throught the same problems with retired intelligence agents following Plame. Like Italy and France, maybe its all a coincidence, but the third party ending is so American and so was the dem on the intelligence committee who followed up Plame's work at Congress's Private Army of going after the President of the United States the day of the ending stroke for Sharon.

So, no third party and another losing country that did not go along with the Plame group at Congress's Private Army. The other countries appear to have been luckier.

[wtmesq]

EW -- have you done a piece on Sibel Edmonds? I noticed that you kept abreast of this post on wotisitgoodfor.blogspot.com (http://wotisitgood4.blogspot.com/2005/12/sibel-edmonds-brewster-jennings_28.html) but I was wondering if you did had done or will do your own piece?

[Minion of the Dark Lord]

But George Bush Jr. supports giving the West Bank to the Infidel Palestinians. Shall we continue to believe that Jr. is the Messiah?

[Paul Lyon]

and they may pick Labor again.

Good for them.