5 Reasons Pat Robertson Should Go To Hell

Pat Robertson’s recent remarks on the Haitian earthquake being the result of a pact made with the devil is just one in a series of ridiculous, insensitive, assholish remarks by the televangelist in his fifty years of religious indoctrination.

Wikipedia has a whole page dedicated to Robertson’s controversial statements and actions. If Hell exists, Robertson certainly belongs there. Here are five reasons why:

1)    Pat Robertson’s prayer powers
 
Robertson claimed to be a faith healer, capable of curing people of AIDS, proclaiming them cured after prayer.

Robertson also said he prayed to God to keep hurricanes away from his company’s headquarters in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and claims this kept Hurricane Gloria from destroying his property, although it did cause billions of dollars in damages elsewhere. He also prayed to God to keep Hurricane Isabel from wrecking havoc in Virginia Beach in 2003, but that didn’t stop the storm from causing damage to the city.

(I don’t know if these are hell-worthy offences per se, but it’s pretty dickish none-the-less).

2)    Robertson and the Gays

Evangelicals are no fan of the gays, that’s for sure, but Robertson’s comments take on a whole new villainy. Along with feminists and the ACLU, Gays are responsible for the terrorist attacks on 9/11, and the acceptance of homosexuality could lead to hurricanes, earthquakes, and “possibly a meteor.”

He also called Scotland “a dark land” overrun by homosexuals.

3)    Pat Robertson and assassinating Hugo Chavez

Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on The 700 Club. You’d think calling for a man’s murder might pose some kind of biblical or ethical compromise, but Robertson only had this to say:

“I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war, and I don’t think any oil shipments will stop.”

4)    Pat Robertson and Ariel Sharon’s stroke

Robertson is a well-known supporter of Israel, but that didn’t stop him from declaring former prime minister Ariel Sharon’s stroke in 2006 retribution from God for giving Palestinians more land (this was a response to the Sharon government's decision to withdraw settlers from the Gaza Strip). He also claimed Yithak Rabin’s assassination occurred for the same reason (Robertson later sent an apology to Sharon’s son).

This remark didn't stop a representative from the Israeli Tourism Ministry from calling Robertson a “long-term friend of the state of Israel.”

5)    Pat Robertson’s ties to African dictators

This is perhaps the worst and most criminal of Robertson’s sins. Robertson supported both Liberian President Charles Taylor and Zaire despot Mobutu Sese Seko. He denounced the U.S. State Department’s support for Taylor’s ouster, despite his arrest on war crimes charges. It turns out Robertson had business dealings with Taylor, whom he allowed to mine for diamonds in Liberia’s diamond-rich countryside.

He also used his charity organization Operation Blessing to smuggle diamond-mining equipment to his other company, the African Development Corporation, a joint-venture with Zaire’s Mobutu regime under the guise that he was airlifting refugees from Rwanda to Zaire. He issued pleas for money on The 700 Club to help finance the scheme. His ties to Virginia’s Attorney-General at the time kept him from ever being charged.