Pat Robertson: Dead

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

 

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.

 

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?"

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 batshit crazy became obvious.

 

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

 

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."

 

Well, it's a good start to a Thursday.

 

Copeland's former son-in-law wanted to be the next Robert Schuller, right down to the medallion, and tried to do so in the United Methodist Church. That did not end well...

Following departure of controversial pastor, Epworth United Methodist tries to rebuild

 

I wrote the sports-related obit for Jerry Falwell for the Lynchburg paper back in the day. It was interesting work.