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Pat Roberston Update

Aaahhh... Pat Robertson. I have a soft spot in my blog heart for ridiculing everything P.R. does. (See here). In this, his latest stunt on CNN, Pat warns us of a terrorist attack in late 2007 that will kill lots of people. Yawn, it's a scary possibility, but hardly that big of a revelation and honestly, that's like saying there is going to be a tornado which hits a trailer park this year. More importantly are the following interesting tidbits from the article: "In 2005, Robertson predicted that Bush would have victory after victory in his second term. He said Social Security reform proposals would be approved and Bush would nominate conservative judges to federal courts. Lawmakers confirmed Bush's 2005 nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. But the president's Social Security initiative was stalled. 'I have a relatively good track record,' he said. 'Sometimes I miss.' "

Let's juxtapose that against the Bible:

"21 You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD ?" 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him." (Duet. 18:21-22)

So if he's ever wrong you can safely blow him off. Therefore, you can blow off everything P.R. says.

1 If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder, 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," 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. (Duet 13:1-3)

If he's right about there being a terrorist attack in 2007 and he tells you to follow some other Gospel, then you can safely blow him off.

3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 1 Timothy 4:3

So let's throw some politics into the fray: Our political media establishment needs someone to create drama as opposed to truth. P.R. is a terrific gear for the machine. The entire political establishment, especially the Republicans, benefits by creating fear of terrorists. Fear of terrorism strengthens supports for more surveillance, more war, more manipulation, more profit, and more control. So they gather P.R. around themselves to hear what they want to hear, so that he says what they want said. Instead of hearing what Jesus has to say over and over and over again, "Do not be afraid" here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Among other places.

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The Republicans do not try to "gather PR around themselves". As you have noticed, he has garnered far more negative attention of which they want no part, than positive in the past 5 or so years. They used to for sure, but no longer. When he actually makes sense, and for whatever reason it's relevant, both parties are after him. But that's rare. In practice, the D's use him far more than the R's because he such a nut- they try and paint him across all non-D's. The R's will rally around Jerry Falwell from time-to-time, but that's thin ice. Of course the D's have courted him as well. Dr. Dobson has replaced PR in the republican camp, but he's not as obtuse, ignorant or loud as PR.

Posted by: Nate at January 11, 2007 10:39 AM

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