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bishop · May 18, 2006, 10:08 am

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Robertson: God Says Tsunami Possible For U.S.

POSTED: 9:19 pm EDT May 17, 2006
UPDATED: 5:14 am EDT May 18, 2006

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The Rev. Pat Robertson says God has told him that storms and possibly a tsunami will hit America's coastline this year.

The founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network has told viewers of "The 700 Club" that the revelations came to him during his annual personal prayer retreat in January.

"If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms," Robertson said May 8.

He added specifics in Wednesday's show.

"There well may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest," he said.

Robertson has come under intense criticism in recent months for suggesting that U.S. agents should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip.

Zhavric · May 18, 2006, 10:24 am

O RLY??

Bad storms? Hitting America? No... that NEVER happens...

Someone tell Pat to sit down and get back to writing forture cookies.

bishop · May 18, 2006, 10:29 am

*if i heard the lord correctly, he just told me to kiss his ass.*

heh, and not any ol' bad storm.. a tsunami!

how old is this guy? old enough to be senile?

Kite · May 18, 2006, 12:36 pm

Confidentialy, that wasn't God talking to him. I put a hiddden loudspeaker in his house, and I occasionally speak into it and pretend to be God. Sorry guys!

Rive · May 18, 2006, 12:52 pm

I hear god sometimes, he tells me to burn things

Kite · May 18, 2006, 12:52 pm

Yeah, me agian.

**Jack** · May 18, 2006, 01:36 pm

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If I heard the Lord right

Now there's a less than ingenious "out" to cover his ass. What, was the lord mumbling, perhaps lapsing back into Aramaic or something?

Kite · May 18, 2006, 01:50 pm

Lord? Lord? You're breaking up! *static*

Sonart · May 18, 2006, 01:57 pm

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Quote by: Isherwood

Now there's a less than ingenious "out" to cover his ass. What, was the lord mumbling, perhaps lapsing back into Aramaic or something?

"...or maybe He said, "A host of Americans will cash in on porn." Yeah, that's it. Or maybe it was, "The boasts of Americans will be matched by foreigners." It's hard to tell what God's saying sometimes... he has an accent, y'know."

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rcne · May 18, 2006, 02:02 pm

Lets see now, larger and more hurricanes the last few years -wait - I had a vision--- this year we will have hurricanes.

As far as a tsunami goes - he's been watching PBS and thinks that global warming will knock another chunk of glacier off causing the Northwest tsunami.

I had another vision -- the Canary island La Palma volcano will erupt and split the island in half causing a 100 ft tsunami to wash ashore on our east coast and submerge Florida - unless you change your ways.

Sonart · May 18, 2006, 02:17 pm

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As far as a tsunami goes - he's been watching PBS and thinks that global warming will knock another chunk of glacier off causing the Northwest tsunami.

Target... Oregon. They passed Doctor Assisted Suicide legislation.

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Clarence · May 18, 2006, 02:36 pm

Or somebody has figured out how to make small earthquakes happen. Man made earthquakes? possible?

Anyhow, if man figured out how to make synthetic acts of god, a false prophet would soon follow. no doubt. It'd be someone in the loop, I'll bet.

I was about to post this article to see what people would say about it. I really don't know what to make of it.

rcne · May 18, 2006, 02:40 pm

So thats why Pat had the vision of a tsunami hitting Oregon. :) Does he remind anyone else of Alfred E. Newman ?

bishop · May 18, 2006, 03:04 pm

let's see...

RickSp · May 18, 2006, 03:30 pm

The fool said more or less the same thing back in 1989 claiming that God would send natural disasters to Florida after Disney World had a "Gay Day" at its theme park.

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After Orlando, Florida, city officials voted in 1998 to fly rainbow flags from city lampposts during the annual Gay Days event at Disney World, Robertson issued the city a warning: "I don't think I'd be waving those flags in God's face if I were you. ... [A] condition like this will bring about the destruction of your nation. It'll bring about terrorist bombs, it'll bring earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor."

Paradoxicaly, he has denied that God would specifially send a tsunami:

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Responding to a question from ABC host George Stephanopoulos about why a God "so involved in our daily life" would allow a tsunami to kill hundreds of thousands of people, Rev. Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition of America, replied: "I don't think He reverses the laws of nature." That statement, on the May 1 edition of ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, conflicts with other meteorological comments by Robertson, who has repeatedly linked natural disasters to the will of God.

Pat Robertson's contradictory theology: God won't stop a tsunami -- but might respond to Gay Days with an earthquake

PatrickHenry · May 18, 2006, 03:34 pm

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Quote by: Clarence

Or somebody has figured out how to make small earthquakes happen. Man made earthquakes? possible?

Anyhow, if man figured out how to make synthetic acts of god, a false prophet would soon follow. no doubt. It'd be someone in the loop, I'll bet.

Heh. Maybe Robertson has been talking to the SuitMonsters.
http://www.joevialls.net/sumatra/earthquake.html
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/12/306992.shtml
By the way, Joe Vialls died in 2005

Then again, Robertson is a frequent victim of "foot in mouth" disease.

Or maybe he heard from God. Who knows?

Milton Bradley · May 18, 2006, 05:56 pm

Pat, and God, and G. W. all probably have each other on the Blackberry, so they can keep in close contact.

gr8fuldaniel · May 18, 2006, 08:08 pm

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The Rev. Pat Robertson says God has told him that storms and possibly a tsunami....

Possibly a tsunami? So God is not much of a decider then. Is he? I thought God was all knowing. Maybe Pats God is a lesser god.

Milton Bradley · May 19, 2006, 08:34 am

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Possibly a tsunami? So God is not much of a decider then. Is he? I thought God was all knowing. Maybe Pats God is a lesser god.

That should be a safe bet. :)

Let's see now, could it be, oh, I don't know, maybee...SATAN!

PatrickHenry · May 31, 2006, 04:03 pm

Now ol' Pat says he can leg press 2000 pounds. heh.
http://www.cbn.com/communitypublic/shake.asp

Must be a miracle! Sorta like Sampson, ya' never can tell what God might give a guy the strength to do...

May 18, 2006, 10:29 am	#3 (permalink) (top)
bishop moderat-e/o-r Location: boston Posts: 11,184	if i heard the lord correctly, he just told me to kiss his ass. heh, and not any ol' bad storm.. a tsunami! how old is this guy? old enough to be senile? hope for america... http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

May 18, 2006, 12:36 pm	#4 (permalink) (top)
Kite Evil Overlord Location: A Geofront, somewhere in Antarctica Posts: 938	Confidentialy, that wasn't God talking to him. I put a hiddden loudspeaker in his house, and I occasionally speak into it and pretend to be God. Sorry guys! I know your type. You think, "I'll just get me a costume, rip off the neighborhood kids." Next thing you know, you've got a jet shaped like a skull with lasers on the front! -The Monarch

May 18, 2006, 12:52 pm	#5 (permalink) (top)
Rive little light of mine Location: In the shadows Posts: 127	I hear god sometimes, he tells me to burn things what are they gonna do when the lights go down? Without you to guide them all to Zion? What are they gonna do when the rivers overrun? Other than tremble incessantly

May 18, 2006, 12:52 pm	#6 (permalink) (top)
Kite Evil Overlord Location: A Geofront, somewhere in Antarctica Posts: 938	Yeah, me agian. I know your type. You think, "I'll just get me a costume, rip off the neighborhood kids." Next thing you know, you've got a jet shaped like a skull with lasers on the front! -The Monarch

May 18, 2006, 01:50 pm	#8 (permalink) (top)
Kite Evil Overlord Location: A Geofront, somewhere in Antarctica Posts: 938	Lord? Lord? You're breaking up! static I know your type. You think, "I'll just get me a costume, rip off the neighborhood kids." Next thing you know, you've got a jet shaped like a skull with lasers on the front! -The Monarch

May 18, 2006, 10:24 am	#2 (permalink) (top)
Zhavric SUSPENDED (1 Week) Posts: 3,571	O RLY?? Bad storms? Hitting America? No... that NEVER happens... Someone tell Pat to sit down and get back to writing forture cookies.

May 18, 2006, 02:02 pm	#10 (permalink) (top)
rcne Moderator/nobody Posts: 1,566	Lets see now, larger and more hurricanes the last few years -wait - I had a vision--- this year we will have hurricanes. As far as a tsunami goes - he's been watching PBS and thinks that global warming will knock another chunk of glacier off causing the Northwest tsunami. I had another vision -- the Canary island La Palma volcano will erupt and split the island in half causing a 100 ft tsunami to wash ashore on our east coast and submerge Florida - unless you change your ways. Live Long and Prosper (Genetics and Capitalism)

May 18, 2006, 02:36 pm	#12 (permalink) (top)
Clarence pregnant with truth Posts: 2,171	Or somebody has figured out how to make small earthquakes happen. Man made earthquakes? possible? Anyhow, if man figured out how to make synthetic acts of god, a false prophet would soon follow. no doubt. It'd be someone in the loop, I'll bet. I was about to post this article to see what people would say about it. I really don't know what to make of it.

May 18, 2006, 02:40 pm	#13 (permalink) (top)
rcne Moderator/nobody Posts: 1,566	So thats why Pat had the vision of a tsunami hitting Oregon. :) Does he remind anyone else of Alfred E. Newman ? Live Long and Prosper (Genetics and Capitalism)

May 18, 2006, 03:04 pm	#14 (permalink) (top)
bishop moderat-e/o-r Location: boston Posts: 11,184	let's see... hope for america... http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

May 18, 2006, 05:56 pm	#17 (permalink) (top)
Milton Bradley BANNED Location: Ohio Province, Rep. of Comerica Posts: 7,320	Pat, and God, and G. W. all probably have each other on the Blackberry, so they can keep in close contact.

May 31, 2006, 04:03 pm	#20 (permalink) (top)
PatrickHenry 9/11: Inside Job Location: Hawai'i, Big Island Posts: 10,437	Now ol' Pat says he can leg press 2000 pounds. heh. http://www.cbn.com/communitypublic/shake.asp Must be a miracle! Sorta like Sampson, ya' never can tell what God might give a guy the strength to do... "Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams