Worthy News: Robertson: Stroke Was God's Wrath - Fox News

[George]

Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine punishment for "dividing God's land."

http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,180774,00.html

[boblandis]

As mean as it sounds, I do believe Pat is right.

[dgolvach]

There goes Pat again. What is Pat gonna say when someone in his family or perhaps even himself, might experience bad luck in the health dept. Folks...NEWSFLASH!!! When you are 77 and that out of shape, anything can happen and it usually does. Pat sees everything as a supernatural sign from God. It might be anything from a killer storm to Grandma having a bad case of gas. GOD'S WRATH...I TELL YOU!!!! GOD'S WRATH. This is why so many rational people reject the Gospel. They see irrational people on TV trying to preach it. The old dude just had a stroke and thats all. Billy Gramn has Parkensons. What does Pat have to say about that? A specific wrath pf God?

"Be of a sober mind".

Dan

[mrcorey]

There goes Pat again. What is Pat gonna say when someone in his family or perhaps even himself, might experience bad luck in the health dept. Folks...NEWSFLASH!!! When you are 77 and that out of shape, anything can happen and it usually does. Pat sees everything as a supernatural sign from God. It might be anything from a killer storm to Grandma having a bad case of gas. GOD'S WRATH...I TELL YOU!!!! GOD'S WRATH. This is why so many rational people reject the Gospel. They see irrational people on TV trying to preach it. The old dude just had a stroke and thats all. Billy Gramn has Parkensons. What does Pat have to say about that? A specific wrath pf God?

"Be of a sober mind".

Dan

I happen to believe Dan's stand on it. I don't see why God would strike this man out of wrath for selling out part of the land. Maybe God isn't happy about it, but He doesn't seem to me to be the type of God that would cause this to happen. I just can't buy the "God's Wrath" theory.

in Him;

corey

[angels4u]

I believe its true too but don't forget he is 77 years old and overweight?

[Guest Its Winter Time 2006]

Although there have been several times when I thought Pat Robertson had misspoken, this time I think there may be some truth to what he has said.

When I saw Sharon demand Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last year, I knew something bad was going to happen. GOD has given Israel this land, and they are NOT suppose to hand it over to anyone, for ANY reason.

I believe Sharon did what he THOUGHT was a right in order to bring a level a peace, but we can NEVER yield ourselves, or anything GOD has given us to the devil, because he will never be satisfied, he also wants more, in fact he wants it all.

The question now is, How or Can they get it back?! Let's pray for Israel to be led in the RIGHT direction!

[O'Dannyboy]

77 and that out of shape

You have a point there but still we can't rule out God having a hand in Sharons condition.

[apothanein kerdos]

There goes Pat again. What is Pat gonna say when someone in his family or perhaps even himself, might experience bad luck in the health dept. Folks...NEWSFLASH!!! When you are 77 and that out of shape, anything can happen and it usually does. Pat sees everything as a supernatural sign from God. It might be anything from a killer storm to Grandma having a bad case of gas. GOD'S WRATH...I TELL YOU!!!! GOD'S WRATH. This is why so many rational people reject the Gospel. They see irrational people on TV trying to preach it. The old dude just had a stroke and thats all. Billy Gramn has Parkensons. What does Pat have to say about that? A specific wrath pf God?

"Be of a sober mind".

Dan

I happen to believe Dan's stand on it. I don't see why God would strike this man out of wrath for selling out part of the land. Maybe God isn't happy about it, but He doesn't seem to me to be the type of God that would cause this to happen. I just can't buy the "God's Wrath" theory.

in Him;

corey

Um...Old Testament?

Yes, age plays a factor, but at the same time, the man talks of giving up parts of Northern Israel (which would lead to Syrian occupation)....and has a stroke. He then comes back, says he wants to open up talks on giving up Old Jerusalem, and now he's removed from power. That is exactly how God opperates concerning Israel. Why is it okay to believe God protects and interacts against armies that try to invade Israel to take land, but not politicians? We have no problem believing that God aided in the killing of thousands of Syrians who wanted to take land from Israel....but when it comes to a politician giving up land without firing a shot, we think, "Oh no, God doesn't do that." Let's be consistent here.

[Razberry]

I don't think Pat's idea totally missed the mark. I don't know if it's God's wrath so much as God's plan coming to fruition though. IMO, there's no such thing as bad luck or coincidence. Sharon was giving away God's land. Maybe God's telling them they should rethink things.

I mentioned on another post that I thought it was more than coincidence that a week or so after Sharon gave up Gaza, and the U.S. gov't encouraged it, Katrina hit New Orleans. Food for thought anyway.

God is in control of everything.

[Ovedya]

Okay, well as much as I think that old Pat has a really bad habit of opening his mouth when prudence and wisdom should be telling him to keep it shut, I think that he is at least half right with this one. On the one hand he is absolutely wrong to tell us what is and what is not God's judgment upon Prime Minister Sharone. On the other hand he is right about the land!