Israel pulls plug on Pat Robertson deal

[lectrobyte]

Probably old news, but I just saw it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10802750/

JERUSALEM - Israel won't do business with Pat Robertson after the evangelical leader suggested Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's massive stroke was divine punishment, a tourism official said Wednesday, putting into doubt plans to develop a large Christian tourism center in northern Israel.

Avi Hartuv, spokesman for Israel's tourism minister, said officials are furious with Robertson's suggestion that the stroke was retribution for Sharon's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last summer. "We can't accept this kind of statement," Hartuv said.

Robertson is leading a group of evangelicals who have pledged to raise $50 million to build the Christian Heritage Center in Israel's northern Galilee region, where tradition says Jesus lived and taught.

[Wilms]

1. Talk about divine punishment. n/t

[teknomanzer]

2. Instant karma...

Just add foot to mouth.

[AndyTiedye]

3. Glad To Hear It!

[Raster]

4. Not to worry. Pat will move the center to Sierre Leone, right next to his

conflict diamond mine.

[spindrifter]

5. Good!

No one should be providing financial support for someone who makes such ridiculous statements about others as he has done. I have no idea whether this is some sort of brain f*rt, an attention-getting device that is guided by his poor judgment or he actually believes the drivel coming out of his mouth.

[AntiCoup2K4]

6. Wonder how Pat is going to spin "God's" motives on this one?

"...well, actually, the Lord talked to me just this morning and told me that because of the political uncertainties in Israel right now, because He smote Sharon, He decided that this wouldn't be the best time to dedicate "HolyLand" amusement park. This is God's will, and all this talk about the Israeli government cutting me off is just nonsense. None of it's true, I promise you. But we still need your love gifts to make this blessed vision a reality someday. So keep those checks coming, Praise Jesus!!"

[upi402]

7. Pat "eviler than evil" Robertson sacres Satan

:evilfrown: "I used to be soooo very evil before *HE* came along" :evilfrown:

[durablend]

8. Has he officially smited Israel yet?

Something like "{Please don't pray to GAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWD when disaster strikes because you forced him out"

[Cha]

9. patwah smites his

deal to shoot off his mouth.

[Tom Joad]

10. Strange, didn't bother Israel when Pat was advocating assassination of

Venezuela President. Didn't bother Israel when he was dehumanizing Gays. Or attacking Women's rights. Or attacking Palestinians. Or said that God would attack a town if the textbooks were not religious.

It didn't matter that Israel was giving land that is shared by Palestinian Christians to Pat Robertson.

Then Pat spoke badly of Sharon, in his own perverse way, and the relationship crumbled.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2006-01-01-bible-pa ...

Galilee biblical park on tap?
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is offering evangelical Christians a chunk of the Holy Land.

Thirty-five acres of rolling hills and rocky shores of the Sea of Galilee, tucked between key sites in Jesus' ministry, would be leased to an association of evangelists led by American religious broadcaster Pat Robertson, Israeli tourism officials say.