Robertson Links Sharon's Stroke to Wrath

"Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine punishment for "dividing God's land."

"God considers this land to be his," Robertson said on his TV program "The 700 Club." "You read the Bible and he says `This is my land,' and for any prime minister of Israel who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says, `No, this is mine.'"

"Sharon, who ordered Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last year, suffered a severe stroke on Wednesday."

I simply couldn't pass this up. I just posted yesterday about what a complete asshole this guy is, and here he goes and proves my point yet again. Notice how selective he is in choosing who suffers Gods' wrath. With all the death, disease, famine, etc., in the world, only those that, just by coincidence, do things he doesn't like, are subject to punishment by (his) God. Bad things happen to all types of people, including those who strictly adhere to Robertsons' brand of theocratic middle-ages dogma, yet, only a select portion of those are suffering Gods' wrath. The rest, presumably, just happen to be collateral damage, you know, victims of the "God works in mysterious ways" excuse.

He makes the case for the separation of Church and State so eloquently, much better than the advocates of continued separation, ever have or ever could.