Pat Robertson, Terrorism, Hurricane Katrina, and Abortion

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Here,we are interested in the truth.


So what exactly did Pat Robertson say about abortion, Hurricane Katrina, and terrorism?

From this weekend on CBS:

CBS News Sunday Morning

Broadcast April 9, 2006:

Rita Braver:

“But-- there was one-- at one point where you seemed to suggest that-- Hurricane Katrina and September 11th, the terrorist attacks, were divine retribution for abortion—“

Pat Robertson:

“Oh, I'll stop you on that one. There was Comedy Central that came out with a-- a-- a-- a-- a spoof saying Pat Robertson said Katrina was-- was-- divine retribution. And then the press picked it up. And Comedy Central said, ‘Hey fellas, we were just joking.’ I never said that.”

Rita Braver:

“So you never said that—“

(OVERTALK)

Pat Robertson:
“--I did—“

Rita Braver:

“--so this idea that you said-- that this-- that this was retribution for abortion—that–”

Pat Robertson:

“I never said it. “

RB:

“--never said it? “

Pat Robertson:

“Never said it.”


– CBS, April 9, 2006


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What did Pat Robertson say?


“You know, it's just amazing, though, that people say
the litmus test for is whether or not he supports the
wholesale slaughter of unborn children. We have killed
over 40 million unborn babies in America. I was reading,
yesterday, a book that was very interesting about what
God has to say in the Old Testament about those who shed
innocent blood. And he used the term that those who do this,
"the land will vomit you out." That -- you look at your --
you look at the book of Leviticus and see what it says there.
And this author of this said, "well 'vomit out' means
you are not able to defend yourself." But have we found
we are unable somehow to defend ourselves against some
of the attacks that are coming against us, either by
terrorists or now by natural disaster? Could they be
connected in some way? And he goes down the list of
the things that God says will cause a nation to lose
its possession, and to be vomited out. And the amazing
thing is, a judge has now got to say,
"I will support the wholesale slaughter of
innocent children" in order to get confirmed to the bench.
And I am sure Judge Roberts is not going to say any such thing.
But nevertheless, that's the litmus test that's being
put on, the very thing that could endanger our nation.
And it's very interesting. Read the bible, read
Leviticus, see what it says there.”


– Pat Robertson, Christian Broadcasting
Network's The 700 Club,
September 12, 2006


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On the terror attacks of September 11, 2001:

Jerry Falwell:

"The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for this."

Pat Robertson:

"Well, yes."

Jerry Falwell:

"And I know I'll hear from them for this, but throwing God out successfully with the help of the federal court system, throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools, the abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, – all of them who try to secularize America – I point the thing in their face and say 'you helped this happen'."

Pat Robertson:

"I totally concur, and the problem is we've adopted that agenda at the highest levels of our government, and so we're responsible as a free society for what the top people do, and the top people, of course, is the court system."

-- The 700 Club,
September 13, 2001


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