Pat Robertson Tells Grieving Mother God Let Her 15 Year Old Son Die So He Wouldn't Become an Atheist

[TexasTowelie]

Televangelist Pat Robertson on Thursday told a grieving mother whose teenaged son had died in January that God took him to prevent him from becoming an atheist or an alcoholic.

"Why does out Father allow us to go through this pain and torment?" a viewer identified as "Christina" wrote to Robertson, asking him to help her understand why her 15-year old son died.

Robertson had many choices in how to respond, but as Hemant Mehta writes at Friendly Atheist, he chose poorly.

"These things happen," Robertson told the mother, who, understandably says she is "confused and angry."

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[Turbineguy]

1. Well, you ask this POS a question,

and you get this for an answer.

It's like the story of the Frog and the Scorpion.

[LonePirate]

2. He is one evil and disgusting excuse of a human. Well be better off when he stops broadcasting.

[packman]

3. We'll be better off when he stops broadcasting or stops Breathing

God needs to call him home or maybe the other guy needs some wood for his fire.

[Mariana]

8. Someone just like him will step up and take his place.

Robertson's version of Christianity is awfully popular. His sheep won't be left unfleeced.

[hlthe2b]

4. All I can say is HELL (if there is one) must be overflowing if this SOB lingers on...

He just must be the most sociopathic of "religious" charlatons if NONE of the horrific comments he spews EVER gives him pause given their extreme contrast to the tenets of Christianity.

[Iggo]

5. He ain't dead yet?

[Act_of_Reparation]

6. Not physically.

But cognitively?

[Mariana]

7. Maybe he's right.

We have no way of knowing for sure, do we?

Anyway, lots of Christians apparently agree with the things he says. They haven't stopped sending him money. If they did that, he'd be off the air in no time.