Pat Robertson: Dead

[wicked]

Pat Robertson, conservative evangelist and Christian Coalition founder, dies at 93

Spread a lot of hate in his day, like Falwell and other contemporaries.

 

[Scout]

Good

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Cross him off then.

 

[Driftwood]

Kenneth Copeland .... come on down. You're the next contestant.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

 

[dixiehack]

Better heel for drawing heat: Iron Sheik or Pat Robertson?

 

[The Big Ragu]

Live shot from heaven right now:

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

What is everyone having for lunch today?

 

[wicked]

Kenneth Copeland .... come on down. You're the next contestant.

Never heard of the guy until now. He sounds like a scumbag.

In 2015, Copeland, in a broadcast alongside fellow televangelist Jesse Duplantis, defended the use of private jets as a necessary part of their ministry, comparing flying in a commercial plane to getting "in a long tube with a bunch of demons".

As many lost their jobs in the economic crisis that the (COVID-19) outbreak caused, Copeland advised the faithful to continue paying tithes to a church even if they had lost their jobs.

 

[The Big Ragu]

In fairness, you can do god's work much faster and more efficiently with a private jet.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

It’s not really a private jet, it’s God’s jet and He has chosen me to decide where it goes.

 

[wicked]

Once heard what was probably an apocryphal story about Mother Teresa. She refused to buy a ticket to get on a flight. When she was confronted, she told the crew "this is God's plane." A quick Google finds no evidence of this story, but it sounded good to a 15-year-old.

 

[jr/shotglass]

I'd like to think he started out with good intentions. But damn, it didn't play out that way, did it.

 

[wicked]

In case you need some evidence of the tomfoolery:

The Wrath of Pat Smites Dover, Pa.

Pat Robertson says Haiti paying for 'pact to the devil' - CNN.com

Televangelist Pat Robertson thinks gay men have a secret ring that transmits HIV

Religious conservatives claim Katrina was God's omen, punishment for the United States

Robertson Says Senate Testimony Documents Cuban Missiles — in 1988



I'm sure I could find more if I wanted to waste five more minutes on this.

 

[DanOregon]

Always struck me how he could say the most asinine and hateful things about people suffering in a time of need in the most grandfatherly voice. Most people - whether they were Christians, people of other faiths or neither - would say "How can we help?"

 

[Driftwood]

My fourth great grandfather was a ship's captain turned Methodist circuit rider around the year 1800.
I'm reasonably sure if he carried merchandise and the message by sail and saddle, these jackass TV preachers could, too, if that was their true goal.

 

[dixiehack]

I did a search of my friends’ Facebook posts and Pat Robertson created a great deal of unity over the years. From the most fundamentalist MAGA to the most performative check-your-privilege liberal, they all despised the guy.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

God created Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart and Jerry Falwell (among others) to make Pat Robertson seem a bit sane. But then, God got distracted and let Robertson stay on Earth a bit too long and the bat**** crazy became obvious.

 

[Neutral Corner]

In fairness, you can do god's work much faster and more efficiently with a private jet.

And God needs your money to do the upkeep and buy gas.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Part of a long family of Virginia racists. Another asshole who graduated from Yale for the connections and prestige it gave him, then spent his life railing against the "elites."