Pat Robertson Predicts Worldwide Violence, U.S. Recession in 2008

Foxnews ^ | Wednesday, January 02, 2008 | AP

[sergeantdave]

Pat should start with smaller predictions to build his credibility, like:
I predict John Smith at 112 Maple St., in Detroit, Michigan, on a partly cloudy morning with a chance of showers in the afternoon, will eat two bowls of Wheaties for breakfast on June 23, 2008, followed by an adequate bowel movement, while chickadees chatter on his maple tree, and the Yankees lose their third game in a row.

If he gets that right, give me the winner of the third race at Arlington and I’ll seriously listen.

[steve-b]

Yes I know it says that in Deut but people always mess up by forgetting that some prophetic words, like those from Jonah and Isaiah, can be altered by what choices the "hearer" makes.

True, but not applicable to this case (unless you want to suggest that al-Qaeda was moved by Pat's words and called off their nuclear-attack plan).

[Cedric]

Are you implying that Pat Robertson and his ministries have been a “stumbling block to salvation”?

[AmericaUnited]

So according to your simple and narrow read of Duet 18:21+22, one of the greatest prophets of the Old Testment, the one who gave more prophecies of the coming Messiah than anyone else, was a false prophet. Simply shocking!

The Scriptures say Isaiah prophesied to King Hezekiah to get his house in order because he was going to die. HE DID NOT DIE AT THAT TIME. The prophecy "FAILED TO COME TO PASS".

[mdmathis6]

He never made a prediction like that, though I’ll take my words back if you find evidence of an actual quote to that effect. I remember the 88 election quite a bit. What I found so interesting about that is that Robertson actually won the Michigan state primary, but after about 1/2 a day’s mention, it was buried by the msm.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Pagans believe in fortune-telling, Pat.

[unspun]

Last time I looked into it, wikipedia had compiled some of Robertson's predicitions.

[Obadiah]

Indeed, I am saying that when Pat Roberston specifically states he has been given a prophetic message from God and that message proves to be false, that yes, he becomes a point of ridicule yet more importantly he harms the reputation of Christ by making such false claims and therefore becomes a potential stumbling block to salvation.

[stevio]

There’re Jesus’ all around me and none of them say anything about this. Come to think about it, none of them speak English.

[Cedric]

He could be sincerely mistaken.

[mdmathis6]

How about...”When the Chicago Cubs are leading 10 to 5 with 2 outs and 2 stikes in the ninth inning and are about to win their first World series in a hundred years, Christ will return triumphantly putting an end to the game as well as all evil off the face of the Earth.”

Yu can bet there will be disgruntled Chicago fans, even Christian ones who will sigh...”Couldn’t he have waited 5 minutes more!?”

[mdmathis6]

I think you have a good point regarding the potential of being a stumbling block!

[Polybius]

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson predicted Wednesday that 2008 will be a year of violence ....

In other news, Free Republic poster Polybius predicts hurricanes in the Caribbean, snowstorms in Siberia, fires in California and the deaths of several world-famous artists and entertainers in 2008.

That Polybius is amazing!

[LibLieSlayer]

I am still awaiting Pat’s prediction of Worldwide financial collapse... that he made in 1982! Even GOD laughs at Pat!

LLS

[woollyone]

um...did somebody switch your regular for decaf this morning?

I quoted a verse.
I then stated my opinion.

...and you raged.

So...Mr/Ms. Knowitall...
...what say you give us a complete hermeteutical exegesis on Duet 18: 21,22, it’s (in your expert opinion) context in the surrounding verses and the Bible as a complete work. Tell us what it REAAAALLY means.
...After that please explain why my opinion is not worthy of posting and deserves your rude reply.
...Lastly, please cite your educational credentials to substatnite your alleged expert opinions.

Or..you can simply apologize for being an ass.

[CDHart]

"Or..you can simply apologize for being an ass."

I don't think he's going to do that. He seems set in his ways.

Carolyn

[chuckles]

Yes, as a matter of fact. He predicted Bush would be re elected his second term. He got the same reaction he's getting on this thread because Bush was about as popular as he is now. He won, and nobody apologized for him being right then. He was made fun of on O'rieley, CNN, and others. Not a peep, when Bush won.

I frankly don't care what he says, but it really isn't fair to raz him and then when he's right, not admit it. That's why most people only think of him as a nut job, because he never gets any credit when he's right. He is a multi millionaire because he IS smart about money. Most think he just bilks people out of their money, but he is an excellent investor. Predicting recession is not really sticking your neck out that far. We are teetering on recession right this moment. What would happen with $150 oil, or another US attack? We have no clue yet how many people are going to lose their homes. May be manageable, maybe not.

We have worldwide violence every year anyway. Predicting it will get worse is also not a stretch.

Just because I don't subscribe to his preaching doesn't make him a nutcase. People on FR don't like him or Fallwell, so they never miss a chance to make their diggs. As far as I'm concerned, there are presidential hopefulls running in Iowa today that are more of a nutjob than him. And I'm talking Republicans that are in the lead.

[woollyone]

agreed.

Read through a number of his/her posts.
Leagalism and pride are the prevailing themes.

Knowledge puffs up.

peace

[AmericaUnited]

Since you can't argue/refute what I said you call names. Gee, what a great example /sarcasm

P.S. Don't lecture on a topic you can't walk in for 15 seconds. It makes you look like an ...

[Cedric]

Ya, it could be that he’s just old and sick and he’s sincerely confused or mistaking the effects of a bad prune danish for the voice of God.