It's been done!
Posted on 01/11/2006 6:03:04 AM PST by wichita_lineman
Mr Robertson is an influential figure in US politics Israel is pulling out of a $50 million deal with US TV evangelist Pat Robertson after he said Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution. Tourism Ministry spokesman Ido Hartuv said Israel would not sign a contract with Mr Robertson to build a biblical theme park by the Sea of Galilee.
Mr Robertson suggested on his popular TV show the stroke was a punishment for Israel's withdrawal from Gaza.
His remarks were condemned by the US government and American Jewish groups.
Mr Robertson was leading a group of evangelical Christians hoping to build the Galilee World Heritage Park.
You read the Bible: This is my land, and for any prime minister of Israel who decides he's going to carve it up and give it away, God says no, this is mine
Pat Robertson
The centre was expected to cover nearly 35 acres (14 hectares) north-east of the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus is believed to have delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
It would have had a park, an auditorium, a Holy Land exhibition, outdoor amphitheatres, information centre and a media studio.
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Whooops.
Guess the old saying "Better to be silent and thought a fool than it is to speak and remove all doubt" really applies here for ol' Pat
What goes around comes around.........
Maybe, but I guess it's easy to forget the thousands of Jews he helped relocate to Israel from Russia.
A Christian Disneyland? It sounds tacky.
We will know relatively soon if Sharon's stroke is divine retribution or not. If the next Israel leader suffers some kind of trajedy, then what?
This story will be posted over and over again just so certain people can slam Pat Robertson and really anything to do with conservative Christians.
However, I have always thought the park was a bad idea on Holy ground.
Pat Robertson may ask God to give you a stroke for that comment!
i guess ol' Pat can consider this as God's punishment for saying idiotic things
I'm glad the theme park won't be built. The area around the mount of Beatitudes is beautiful and unspoiled. It would be a travesty to construct a theme park there, and it would be an insult to the Christian religion to build a "Galilee Theme Park" in Israel. I spent three weeks in Israel last year with my family, including my four children, and they didn't need a "theme park" to keep them interested. Every day was a thrill, just to be in the land and to visit the places where Jesus lived and taught. If you need a roller coaster to make your trip to Israel interesting, then I would suggest you're making the trip for the wrong reasons. Save your money and go to Orlando instead.
Could this be "divine retribution" against Pat???
It's been done!
Now that's karma.
A Hollywood money maker theme park in Israel to honor Jesus? WWJT???
Wonder what Pat has to say about the US cozying up to Hamas over Jerusalem? Nothing good, I'd think.
Oh I have alot of respect for many of the things Pat has done, helping relocate Jews included. But, his recent comments about Sharon and his prior hitman comments really makes him look very, very out of line.
It's one thing to think it....it's another to actually say it.
Time to hand off the club to someone else Pat.
The plans for the Park include a garden and nature park, an auditorium, a Holy Land exhibition, outdoor amphitheatres, information centre and a media studio.Doesn't sound like the Disneyland-style park you all are trying to make it out to be. Sounds pretty reasonable to me.
It's also bad theology on Pat's part. He ought to reread Jeremiah--there was a time to unite, and a time to divide. I thought Sharon had no choice but to cede Gaza because it was utterly undefensible. Gather in the Israelis, and build that wall high and strong. Afterwards, it was instructive to see the consternation of the Egyptians who suddenly had their beloved Palestinians at very close quarters, and were stuck with keeping them out of Egypt! It was almost comical.
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