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Agreeing with Jeffress: A Sign of the Apocalypse?
January 15, 2010Hell must have frozen over today.
Robert Jeffress and I agree on something.
It must be a Sign of the Apocalypse
Bobby J. -- the former pope of the First Baptist Cathederal in Hooterville Falls -- thinks Pat Robertson was goofy when he said the earthquake in Haiti was the result of a deal that the Haitians made with the Devil.
It was the stupidest thing I had heard since the TV evangelist blamed 9-11 on abortion.
Or when he said that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's debilitating stroke was God's retribution for Israel ceding land to the Palestinians.
Or when he said that Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment on New Orleans for having so many titty bars and gay rights parades.
Pope Bob -- who is now in charge of of the collection plate at First Baptist Church of Dallas, stopped short of calling Robertson a goofball -- probably because of that plank in his own eye -- but he did take exception to his Let's Make a Deal with the Devil remark.
"It is absolute arrogance to try to interpret any of God's actions as a judgment against this person or that person. ... Our duty as Christians is to try to help these people pray for these people and to help them," Jeffress said.
I agree.
I also don't believe that AIDS is God's judgment on homosexuals.
Let's see, who did I hear say that?
Let's all agree on one thing: Pray for Haiti.
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Posted by Nick Gholson at 8:03 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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I wonder if Pat Robertson's son is ready for the old man to retire yet. Saying stupid things in private is one thing, but saying something so mean on your own Christian network is intolerable.
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