Pat Robertson warns town of God's wrath

I think Pat Robertson is a hypocritical and corrupt douchebag. And he makes crazy statements like this all the time (like the time he called for Hugo Chavez' assassination, or when he said the ERA would turn women into witches and lesbians!) For the last few years I have been paying close attention to this whole intelligent design "debate," and I am glad to see the people of Dover stood up for common sense. In light of the recent horrific disasters that have struck the USA, I am shocked, but not surprised by this religious zealot's reaction.

It's really sad because intelligent design is, basically, creationism in a pseudo-scientific guise. It's an attempt to indoctrinate children into a certain religious worldview. Furthermore, it's really bad and shoddy theology, look up and carefully read Genesis 1 and 2, they tell the creation story differently!
The Bible is a sacred book, but it is NOT a biology textbook! This kind of strict literalist thinking shuts off any kind of critical biblical scholarship.

But still, if they teach Intelligent Design,
I'll be supporting THIS designer.


(I've edited the article for brevity, but you get the idea-Steve)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative Christian televangelist Pat Robertson told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected God by voting their school board out of office for supporting "intelligent design" and warned them on Thursday not to be surprised if disaster struck.

"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city," Robertson said on his daily television show broadcast from Virginia, "The 700 Club."

"And don't wonder why He hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for His help because he might not be there," he said.

In voting on Tuesday, all eight Dover, Pennsylvania, school board members up for re-election lost their seats after trying to introduce "intelligent design" to high school science students as an alternative to the theory of evolution.