Robertson retracts Dover, PA God's wrath comments (satire)

[bustarbusto]

Pat Robertson, the conservative Christian broadcaster and popular right-wing resident loon, today retracted comments he had made last week on his "700 Club" program warning the citizens of Dover, Pennsylvania that they "better not go crying to God if disaster strikes".

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Robertson apparently chose to retract his comments after being contacted by irate representatives of the Seattle-based "Discovery Institute", an organization funded by right-wing religious conservatives that has been lobbying for the acceptance of "intelligent design" doctrine as a scientific theory, and for the inclusion of the doctrine in school curricula.

According to sources close to Mr. Robertson, the representatives were concerned that Robertson was "going to blow the lid off the whole 'intelligent design isn't creationism' conspiracy".

Full article: Pat Robertson Retracts God's Wrath Statement on Dover, Pennsylvania School Board

[NorCalDem]

1. All you need to know

"According to sources close to Mr. Robertson, the representatives were concerned that Robertson was 'going to blow the lid off the whole intelligent design isn't creationism conspiracy.'"

What lid to blow? Anyone with a brain knows that ID is essentially creationism, and we don't need slips of Pat Robertson's tongue to tell us that!

[Dr.Phool]

2. They must have called him for comment on my LTTE

I sent this to the Tampa Trib, and St. Pete Times this morning.



America’s favorite stand-up comedian is at it again. Pat Robertson, of the certifiable straight jacket crowd, has warned the people of Dover, PA, not to seek God’s help when the inevitable disaster strikes their town because they’ve turned their back on him.

What did these evil people do to risk godly retribution? Did they burn down the churches? Revoke their tax exemptions? Adopt Satanism as the official town religion? Or burn George W. Bush and Rick Santorum in effigy?

No, it seems that they voted, misguidedly, to remove the teaching of the completely valid, scientific, Theory of Intelligent Design from their science classes. I say misguidedly, because everyone knows that Intelligent Design has nothing to do with religion or God