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Pat Robertson is the face of the new Republican party.
Top US evangelist targets Islam
Outspoken US Christian evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson has accused Muslims of planning world domination, and said some were "satanic". On his live television programme, The 700 Club, he said radical Islamists were inspired by "demonic power".
A US religious liberty watchdog called the comments "grossly irresponsible".
Mr Robertson had to apologise recently for calling for Venezuela's president to be killed, and saying Ariel Sharon was struck down by divine retribution.
His latest comments were expunged from The 700 Club's website, but Mr Robertson's Virginia-based Christian Broadcasting Network confirmed them with a transcript.
'Crazed fanatics'
On the programme, the 75-year-old preacher responded to a news item about the reaction of Muslims in Europe to the publishing of cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.
The footage showed Muslims screaming "May Allah bomb you! May Osama Bin Laden bomb you!"
Mr Robertson said the pictures "just shows the kind of people we're dealing with. These people are crazed fanatics, and I want to say it now: I believe it's motivated by demonic power. It is satanic and it's time we recognize what we're dealing with".
He went on to say that "Islam is not a religion of peace", and "the goal of Islam, ladies and gentlemen whether you like it or not, is world domination".
Mr Robertson said in a statement later he was referring specifically to terrorists as being motivated by Satan.
'Gasoline on the fire'
The Reverend Barry W Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, called the comments "grossly irresponsible".
"At a time when inter-religious tensions around the world are at an all-time high, Robertson seems determined to throw gasoline on the fire," he said.
Mr Robertson, who says his programme is watched by a million Americans daily, has come under intense criticism for recent comments.
He suggested that American agents should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez , and said the stroke that left Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a coma was God's punishment for Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
In both cases he issued an apology within days.
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Published: 2006/03/14 15:37:36 GMT
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Pat Robertson is the face of the new Republican party.
I think Pat is falling into senility. He's lost that filter between "keep this thought to myself" and "blab this thought on national TV."
Pat Robertson is right - the radical Muslims want total world domination. They want nothing more than to wipe the United States and Israel off the map.
Also, evil is perpetuated by Satan; and since the Jews are God's chosen people, they are a specific target of Satan's hatred. The radical muslims want Israel wiped off the map and totally anniliated as a nation - is it really such a stretch to say this hatred is motivated by Satanic influence?
somebody subscribes to the 700 Club newsletter.
Actually, no I don't. I just read the Bible and I love end-times prophecy.somebody subscribes to the 700 Club newsletter.
which verse says Islamists are trying to take over the world?
Was Islam in existence when the Bible was written? Isn't Islam a fairly new religion? By 'new' I mean the last 1000 or so years.
When was the Bible written?
I'll preface this post by saying that I am a secularist, I do believe in divinity, but i dont really believe in organized religion, prefering deism.
Now while I will acknowledge that Robertson is a first class idiot and he seems to lack the ability to recognize consequences, there are some very violent aspect of Islam. I have just finished reading a book by another secularist (whom i was at first skeptical of due to him comming from the Jewish tradition, however the book is almost entirely empiricall and quoranic evidence) on the tradition of Jihad in Islam. The book is "The legacy of Jihad" by Andrew Bostom. Bostom illustrates the Muslium want of empire and the cultural acceptance of violence to achieve that.
Now that being said, I fail to understand why anyone would group ALL musliums in this kind of category, especially when one understands the lenghts the violence the more extremist members of that community are capable of. It's mind boggling why anyone would want to provoke a response from a monster, and that's what robertson is doing here.
I dunno, 100 or 200 CE.
Sorry I wasn't completely clear in my previous post - I didn't mean that the Bible says the Muslims want world domination - that information comes from the Islamic leaders themselves.
I was referring to the comment about the Satanic influence fueling the hatred for the Jews - that comes from the Bible.
While the Islamic religion wasn't around during the time the Bible was written, the roots of the Muslim race and their hatred of the Jews goes back to the time of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac (the root of the Jewish nation) and Ishmael (the father of the Muslim race). Because of Abraham's sin in having a child with Hagar (Ishmael's mother) instead of waiting on God for the fulfillment of the promise of a child with Sarah (Isaac's mother), God said that the two races would forever be at odds. Hence, the problems in the Middle East!
Why must you mock me?
Do you know what 'CE' means? Do you know why we use BCE and CE instead of BC and AD?
Yes, it's the secular humanist's way of denying the existence of God and Jesus Christ!Do you know what 'CE' means? Do you know why we use BCE and CE instead of BC and AD?
damn liberals.
.....and that's why Hitler hated the Jews.
Is it "the Jews" or "Jews"?
we're wasting our lives
What are you talking about? I got higher education credit hours for a discussion almost identical to this very one.
"end-times prophecy"
... so bored with life only simplistic good-vs-evil armageddon bull gets your rocks off.
So its now a race between Islam, Jews and Pinky & the Brain to dominate the world...
My vbookie money is on Pinky & the Brain, and I'm always on the money.
If you cant beat'em, join'em
The Bible does warn of false prophets......
Mohammed?
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