"Prophet" Pat Is At It Again

Pat the "prophet" Robertson is at it again.  For 2008, he's predicting a recession and major upheaval in the financial markets.  He's also predicting increasing violence and chaos around the world.  He even claims God told who who the next president will be.  Click here: Pat Robertson predicts violence, recession for 2008 | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

But before you go all sell of your stocks, don't forget that in 2006 God supposedly told Pat that a Tsunami would hit the Pacific Northwest, and that in 2007, God "told" Pat that millions of Americans would die in a terrorist attack.

I have two simple questions.  How can Robertson spew these falsehoods with a straight face?  God told Pat Robertson no such thing!  And why on earth does anybody pay any attention to this guy?

Well, I know the answer to the last question--the media thinks the guy is a total doof.  And yes, I am paying attention to him (I'll admit it) because his continuing false prophecies make the point about the importance of the sufficiency of Scripture.  If God has revealed himself in Christ, why do we need Pat Robertson?

I just wish the guy would shut up!  Retire already! 

Comments

[Wayne Rohde]

Sorry for the typo (re: whose!).

As quickly as I sent the last post, another thought came to my mind. Although we all live with a sense of anticipation of the soon return of Christ (in light of Rev. 22:20, etc.), shouldn't we all encourage one another to give serious heed to passages like Mt. 24:36,42,44, etc.? In fact, I intend to do this very thing with respect to my own circle of friends. I think there's a case to be made that all forms of "predicting the future" are the prerogative of God ... and thus that we should be careful to guard our lips in the matter of what we imagine might happen when in the future.

[Alberto]

Does anyone know if he belongs to a denomination? I ask because I do remember that he was ordained as a Southern Baptist but gave it up. I just remember seeing him in what seemed to be an ecumenical ordination ceremony some years ago.

[Zechariah]

Why do you give the guy the credibility of including him in the Body of Christ ? Or are you just holding him up as your dispensational whipping boy ?

His former cohost Danuta Pfieffer (soderman) for five years was a local radio host and is absolutley not a believer and if a person can be judged by thier fruts, Why even give the guy any press time ???

It is no different than holding up Paul Crouch or Joel Osteen as a reflection of the body of Christ.