Posted on 06/08/2023 5:48:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93.
Robertson’s death Thursday was announced by his broadcasting network. No cause was given.
Robertson’s enterprises also included Regent University, an evangelical Christian school in Virginia Beach; the American Center for Law and Justice, which defends the First Amendment rights of religious people; and Operation Blessing, an international humanitarian organization.
For more than a half-century, Robertson was a familiar presence in American living rooms, known for his “700 Club” television show, and in later years, his televised pronouncements of God’s judgment, blaming natural disasters on everything from homosexuality to the teaching of evolution.
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Prayers to his family and RIP, Mr. Robertson.
RIP!
Plenty of grave dancing going on at DU - perhaps you should take it there.
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The idea that he tried to make Christianity central to GOP politics was not a slight on your conscience. Every true Christian recognizes that Christianity only can be carried forward by individuals. That is why our Founders enshrined individual liberties in our Consitution, and also why Pat Robertson recognized that the push towards socialism is a toxic coercion to make individuals conform to group identity.
Robertson tried to work with large organizations to keep them from swallowing the socialist cultural fads of the Sexual Revolution. Compare with the Democrat National Committee, who booed God at one of their Obama-era platform meetings.
One of the giants. RIP.
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