Pat Robertson: ‘If Enough People Were Praying, [God] Would’ve Intervened’ to Stop the Tornadoes
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The violent tornadoes that raged through the Midwest and South over the past week have led to stories of extreme tragedy and loss. But could these horrific events have been prevented?
The Christian Broadcasting Network’s Pat Robertson thinks so. In fact, the well-known figure in both faith and media sectors had plenty to say about the horrific storms. On Monday, he proclaimed, to the dismay of some, that the tornadoes would have been prevented if people had prayed more fervently.
(Related: Donations to Mercury One Help Victims of the Indiana Tornadoes)
“If enough people were praying He would’ve intervened, you could pray, Jesus stilled the storm, you can still storms,” Robertson said on CBN’s “The 700 Club.”
Also, during the discussion he tackled the notion that people shouldn’t blame God for actions they take. For instance, if people know that tornadoes are bound to happen in a specific area, building houses in that vicinity is not the best of ideas.
“Why did you build houses where tornadoes were apt to happen?” Robertson asked. ”If you’re going to build a house in the San Andreas fault, you know there’s going to be a fault. You know the earth is faulted and there are going to be earthquakes. So, don’t blame God for doing something foolish.”
This isn’t the first time Robertson has made comments that have raised eyebrows. He asked last year if mac and cheese is “a black thing,” had some tough criticisms for the GOP presidential candidates and wondered if a crack in the Washington Monument caused by a Washington D.C.-area earthquake last summer was a “sign from the lord.”
(H/T: Huffington Post)
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Comments (183)
BubbaCoop
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:51amAs a Christian, I don’t understand why he would say something like this. Has he read Job? Who is he to say what God would or would not have done? God’s Word says we live in a fallen, cursed world due to sin. Disasters happen. Death happens. You can believe in prayer. You can believe in miracles. But you can’t pretend to know everything.
Isaiah 55:9-10
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:05amWhat do you mean? People pretend to know everything all the time. That‘s why they don’t listen.
Report Post »rockmanlinux
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:07amAgree, I think its a lame comment. Saying bad things only happen to bad people is the premise and I think he’s misguided on this statement and he may regret it later.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:10amAnd there once was a little child who rode his big wheel in the street when he wasn’t supposed to, and he begged his daddy not to take his big wheel away for a week. And the child said my daddy don‘t love me because he didn’t hear me, but the next day his friend who wasn’t punished by his own daddy was crushed beneath the wheels of a semi-truck.
Report Post »martinez012577
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:12amSadly he says these type things to make money I believe.
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:16amAntiChrist sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. (Thessalonians) The temple of God is the body of Christ. The body of Christ has been devalued and depowered and ruined by false teachers and preachers like this man. The false teaching about the “man of sin” and the antiChrist has the body of Christ looking “in the flesh” to Jersalem to see somthing that has already happened in 300 ad. Thus, Christians with all the false teachings, not only from this man but others who stand behind the pulpits Sunday morning will give account on judgement day why they followed these men instead of Jesus. There will be no excuse.
Report Post »The prayers of one man could have stopped the tornados if it was meant to be that way. The judgment hand is upon the United States. It will depend in 2012 if his hand can be held back with compassion or not. Christians in this country, most of them do not even know the savior. They have injested a false image of God like as Aaron made for the children of Israel. Jesus said, “All those who come before me are thieves and robbers”. I know that in the translation it states, “all those who ever come before me are thieves and robbers” but this is a very wrong deliberate translation.
Pat Robertson is not a man to listen to when it comes to the things of the Lord. God has been calling his people “out” of the disgusting abomination of the system of organized religion.
Itsjusttim
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:17amUnderstanding your own life, causes and effects, the job of a mom, the job of a father is crucial to understanding God the Father. That’s why the family structure is a big threat to power mongers. And it’s why Jesus said to some he sought to teach: you don’t understand earthly things, and so how could you understand the things of Heaven.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:26amAnd the deer in the woods says: why did you remove me from my forest. And the Lord said to the deer, because you know not a fire is coming to destroy your woods, and so I put you in another woods. And people may even ask the Lord: why did you hit earth with an asteroid? And the Lord would say: because you know not that the orbit of the earth is changing which will destroy all life anyways.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:33amPat Robertson also said: in the case of Alzheimer Disease divorce is alright. Is it though? Alzheimer makes the elderly as a child, and it’s not alright to divorce your infant child, and therefore can not be alright to divorce the elderly.
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:34amI don’t think the HAARP attacks altering the weather would have been shut off by praying for it.. This is weather warfare!! There is proof of the activity..
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H40B8LpDjmY&feature=youtu.be
A little background from the History Channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fwHkp7yQCs&feature=youtu.be
Wyratt
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:47amJob really got his ass chewed in that book.. I remember reading that for the first time and hunkering down in my seat a little.
Report Post »Joe Schmuck
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:53amIt might be more helpful to stop killing our babies, stop same sex marriage and put prayer back in school to show we’re serious …
just sayin ya know
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 10:01am@MARTINEZ012577 – I’m glad we agree that no one should preach the gospel for money.
1 Corinthians 9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ WITHOUT CHARGE, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. (Emphasis Added).
1 Peter 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the coversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; NOT FOR FILTHY LUCRE, but of a ready mind. (Emphasis Added).
Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: FREELY YE HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE. (Emphasis Added).
People need to find a church which has no paid ministry.
Report Post »Joe Schmuck
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 10:06amJezreel
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:16am
AntiChrist sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. (Thessalonians) The temple of God is the body of Christ.
=========================
The Body of Christ (the church) will be removed before the temple is re-built.
(I think)
Report Post »JamesTeaPartyMac
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 10:16amHe did not use to be this way. I really think it is because he is getting old and has a hard time thinking before he speaks. I used to know him personally years back and he was brilliant. Not making excuses. My grandfather and my wifes grandfather are both ver senile and they say things like that and its like who are you? Anyway for what its worth my family is from Alabama and they are going through a really tough time. Pat should say our prayers are with the families who have lost their homes and loved ones. Jesus is there to comfort the storms of your personal life etc…
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 10:25amSo according to Pat Robertson the deaths because of the torandos are the fault of the Christians for not praying enough. God I love the total lack of logic Conservative Christians demostrate.
Report Post »martinez012577
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 10:37am@pa8riot
I have no issue with preachers and pastors getting paid. I have a issue with people saying God would do this or that to rally funds for personal profit. I do not believe God speaks to a man to tell me what I should do. I dont believe in the Pope or the Mormon Pope.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 11:02amSounds like most of you commenter would rather here Rev Wright speak and say “YOUR CHICKENS….. HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST”. Then you would have some one to believe in. For crying out loud you people are sick., This Man Pat has more faith in God than all of you and I put together!Stop your picking on a man of God,it’ll come back to bite you.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 11:09amThe Land Was Cheap And The Indian‘s Didn’t Want It.
Even the American Indians refused to live in those areas and warned white people not to live there. The Indians called Alabama the Land of the Big Winds.
Report Post »Kalish
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 11:50amThat’s because a lot of christians do not understand theology, and that God is in control and He does things or lets things happen for His own reasons, which many times we do not understand.
It‘s sad that a member of the church knows more about theology and God’s attributes, than the pastor does, but mnay times that is the case
Report Post »Faith1029
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 12:01pmI never wanted to move to the south for reasons as Pat stated. I know they do have alot of tornadoes so it does make sense not to move where they happen frequently. Pat may say some things that are questionablel but he is a good man and has done much for the Lord. He is getting up in years and is bound to make controversial statements. He should be respected for dedicating his life for the lost.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 12:01pmWow. I guess if enough of us pray, we’ll get a president that obeys the Constitution/Bible.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 12:36pmendgamer,
Report Post »some will never believe…
it would fry their brains .
palerider54
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 2:00pmVery good analogy Bubba.
Mr. Robertson must think of God as a jeanie in a bottle, that with the right soothsaying hex, you can control the awesome power of God, and make him do your bidding.
God does answer all prayers. In his own time and according to his will. Sometimes the answer is no, and we may never understand why until we meet him in eternity.
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 2:40pmPat Robertson sometimes has decent things to say, but he does this all the time when it comes to tragedy. He said something similar about Haiti after the earthquake. We do not know the mind of God. He has reasons that are beyond are comprehension for some of the things that He does.
Does God sometimes punish nations? Yes. Was he punishing our nation here? Maybe. I’m not a prophet (although I’m fairly decent at interpreting prophecy), so I didn’t get the chance to talk to God and ask him about his motives. Pat Robertson is not a prophet either.
If he was just speculating, then that would be one thing. Maybe God sent the tornadoes to punish us on our policy towards Israel. Maybe not. If we turn to God as a nation then the Bible does say that he will heal our land, BUT the Bible does not say that bad things will never befall us. God sends challenges to people for many reasons. To test them, to make them stronger, to punish them, to prevent a worse calamity, because it’s better for them in the long run, etc. Unless we hear specifically from God, who are we to say exactly why God does something? God is so complex that he could be doing many things to many people. He could be punishing one family and preventing a worse calamity for someone else.
Report Post »Bad_Ashe
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 3:10pmI wish Pat Robertson would stop saying stupid things for which there is very little theological support. Could praying have diverted the tornadoes? Maybe. Would it have? I don’t know, that’s not up for us to decide. Of course, this doesn‘t mean that those who came out of the tragedy shouldn’t be thankful for it, or pray for those loved ones who survived and for those who they lost.
The rules of nature are in place for a reason, and God is not some cosmic bellhop coming down to alter them whenever we put in a call. Additionally, applying morality to natural evil is a fool’s errand, because we never know when or how it is a part of some greater good.
@ENCINOM – Don’t be ridiculous. I’m a conservative and a Christian, and I’m confident that if we paired my logical argumentation up to yours, you would be found wanting.
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 6:06pmJoe Schmuck, it is good to doubt (I think) what you and millions of others have been taught. There is only ONE ELECT of God. Read your bible and pray, seek the truth, the truth will set you free.
Report Post »Rocky_Top
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:17pmSo, don’t build your house anywhere in the us because it would be foolish. US coast to coast East to West: hurricane, tornado, flood, tornado, desert , earth quakes, forest fires. Until last year TN, AL ,and IN were about the safest places to build a house!!!
Report Post »Rocky_Top
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:26pmI just looked it up. The safest states from natural disasters are Nevada and Alaska. LOL!!!! Who needs a disaster when you can die just by going out side for an hour? PS, Nevada still has flooding severe storms and forest fires.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:50amThere are people who will sit and watch this boob and his TV network like zombies all day nad night, and believe every utterance out of his mouth. I see the same over the top religious ferver in politics with the acolytes of Obama and Ron Paul.
Amazing that people put such faith in Charlatans… Jim Jones, Kool-Aid etc…
God and common sense go hand in hand… don’t be a rube for Charlatans.
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 10:15amGood post!
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 11:31amWhat’s amazing to me about Robertson, and that he still has followers is that he is a flat out false prophet…which the Bible warns against!
He has spoken on behalf of God numerous times and has been wrong numerous times on his predictions…..yet he still has followers!
Low IQ idiots.
Report Post »NoNannyState4me
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 11:49amT2 = Self aggrandizing charlatan. Heed his advice this one time.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 12:11pmNANNY. Funny that you would have a comic Kim Jong-Il as an avatar and be a Ron Paul supporter. Did you know that in North Korea he was believed to be a supernatural being? Best golfer in the world, he was a fashion icon, didn’t deficate etc. He was revered as a God. See the similarities with Ron Paul?
Ron Paul is the best Softball player in the WORLD (Well, in Congress), Ron Paul is a fashion icon like Li’l Kim, and although I’m sure Paul goes to the latrine… his crap doesn’t stink right? Lol.
Report Post »ianmc002
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 12:13pm@ TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
You support Santorum? You do know Santorum voted to raise the debt ceiling 5x don’t ya? Santorum DOUBLED the size of the BOE. Santorum supported TARP, The Patriot Act, and the NDAA.
And he’s all about smaller limited government. You truly are a “Becker” lol.
Report Post »girlnurse
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 1:55pmTime to end the RONPAUL campaign: The only one who is touted as some sort of God is Obama! You sound like one of his minions!
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 2:39pmActually NURSE. Ron Paul supporters by the thousands in ‘08 went and pulled the lever for Obama when Ron Paul didn’t pass muster. Ron Paul also endorsed Cynthia Mckinney and Ralph Nader for POTUS and asked his minnions to do the same. Which one did YOU vote for? Obama? McKinney? Nader? Or the other jackwagons Ron Paul told you to vote for (he didn’t endorse McCain). Or did you just waste your time writing in Paul?
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 2:50pmtime 2 end. Actually in 2008 many of us wasted our vote on mccain. voting for Evil is evil i have repented and will not vote for the lesser of Evil again.
Report Post »airportengineer
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:49amPat,
Don’t you know anything? We didn’t build our houses! This is where we ran out of gas pulling our single wide! We just parked it when our take ran empty!
Only televangelstists are that stupid!
Sincerely,
Hoosier Mommy 1st
Report Post »Hoosier business owner 2nd
REPUB1
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:49am@BurntHills
Report Post »“GOD gave us free will” you are WRONG about that statement. if that was the case then we would have the GOOD works of choosing for or against GOD, and the Bible states that “It IS By Grace you have been saved, NOT of yourselves, it IS the GIFT of GOD, NOT OF WORKS, lest anyone should Boast” GET IT?????????
Girl Named Sue
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:42amWhat an immature explanation of prayer. And wasn’t that a Robertson statement that my hub may leave me if I go over the Alzheimer Edge? After a life time of dinners, dishes, toilets, laundry, scrimping, second hand clothes…Be real Pat.
Report Post »markgl
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:33amThat is as equally as dumb as the Mike Malloy’s little spiel about smashing them into grease spots.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 10:39amtotally agree. why people feel the need to explain in their unenlightened fashion natural disasters is beyond me
Report Post »VApatriot2
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:33amMr. Robertson, et al…do you honestly think there was ONE living person that wasn’t praying to God for their safety and that of their loved ones when those tornadoes were ripping their homes, businesses, schools, churches, and towns to shreds? Seriously?
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 1:11pmYou would be amazed at how many were NOT praying – because it’s worthless… obviously.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:29amsorry off topic hot news: Drudge reports = Wikileaked: OSAMA BIN LADEN NOT BURIED AT SEA
Report Post »VApatriot2
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:36amand, we’re supposed to care, because…. Unless his happy ass has been parked on a throne in a new country of which we have yet to learn exists, DEAD works! Where or IF he was buried is so totally irrelevant.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:41amFred Burton, believes…
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 11:50amActually it’s just an email from a guy who, himself, believes that Bin Laden wasn’t buried at sea, not proof that he wasn’t buried at sea.
But don’t let that stop you, smart guy. Rabble on.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:27amwe wish people would leave GOD out of the conversation when it comes to stuff like this. GOD gave us free will, to Obey HIS Commandments..or not. and then HE lets us go on with our lives. and that includes the free will to choose to build over and over again right where killer tornadoes roll thru.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:30amTruth being spoken here.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:35am“IF ENOUGH PEOPLE PRAY” will Obama become a conservative?
Report Post »spasm
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:35amI concur.
Report Post »onedenarius
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:26amAs usual the liberal lying media will try to take Pat Robertson out of context. I watched the show and saw what he said in the context he said it.
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 1:16pmI did too – and it’s EXACTLY the way he is being portrayed. What other “context” are you talking about.
Report Post »Susie
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:26amDoes Pat Robertson frequent the same watering hole as Jimmy Carter ?
Report Post »Just ask’n.
Gonzo
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:24amSadly, there is truth mixed in there that will be overshadowed by the controversial parts. Jesus does calm storms in your life if you let him. He might calm the actual storm. However, you may lose your house, you might lose your family but, Jesus can calm the storm that it creates in your life.
Report Post »spasm
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:29amAmen
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:35amWell said Gonzo.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:37amanyone notice how the Left cringes as ALL of those innocent tornado victims are out there on tv cameras…… THANKING GOD.. they are still ALIVE !! all of them have the same message, ””it was just a house but GOD saved us.””
God bless the storm survivors.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:50am.
Report Post »Amen
REPUB1
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:51am@Gonzo
Report Post »VERY WELL put God Bless
P8riot
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:39amright on Gonzo!
Report Post »neverending
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:40amAmen to that.
Report Post »girlnurse
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 2:05pmYes! The media brainwashes everybody to believe that if you don’t have a nice house, car, and hefty 401k you might as well suck a gun. But the complete opposite is true!
Report Post »Jesus said; “Sell all your ”stuff”, give it to the poor and follow me“ ”Those who give up their life here will save it“ ”Foxes have holes and birds have nests but the son of man has no place to lay his head“ ”For what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose their soul“ ”If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out, it is better to go to heaven with one eye then to burn for all eternity intact”
“Save up your treasures in heaven where rust will not destroy”….(im paraphrasing of course)…I could go on…But basically those who have an ear will hear…our ‘STUFF” here on earth means NOTHING.
chameleonx
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:23amPat Robertson has to be one of the most ridiculous people I have ever had the chance of hearing. Do Christians really believe what this crazed old man is saying?
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:37am@chameleonx–Do you prefer Rev. Wright?….Kinda sounds like it.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:38amI can’t defend everything he says but, he is taken out of context alot. It’s not natural for people to ask why God allows things to happen. It’s always been that way. I seem to remember Job questioning God for about 36 chapters until God speaks to him in the last 3. You know what? God NEVER told him why it happened. Don’t believe everything you read in the media. Even the Blaze.
Report Post »JamesTeaPartyMac
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 10:20amListen I know him personally. He did not use to talk like this. About 10 years ago he began to slip because he is old. I do not know if you have had an elderly person in your life but they say things without thinking. Not excusing his comments, but he helps millions of people all around the world. He is a good man. I hope you can hear what I am saying. He should not say those things and dont listen to what one man says and lump everyone together. Listen to what Jesus says. Read the writers of the New Testament if you want to know what a follower of Jesus should believe.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 11:42am@JAMESTEAPARTYMAC
Give me a break, this guy has been spouting nonsense and prophecies from the 1980s. He is the TEXTBOOK definition of a false prophet yet still has many followers.
“Today, Robertson told the congregation that “This is where God wanted me to be . . . . Here I am in New Hampshire, before a major primary.” He then said, “I assure you that I am going to be the next president of the United States.” [Washington Post, 2/15/1988, via Nexis]”
If Pat Robertson or his close advisers had ANY interest in actually preaching the gospel, they would have him step down and get someone who isn’t a zealot to run their show.
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:22amGood points there Pat — people are morons. Hey I got an idea. Lets build our house in tornado alley where history repeats itself over and over again. Then when it gets destroyed, we can rebuild it over and over again! I’ll show those tornadoes who the real boss is!
Report Post »Susie
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:32amHey THXLL38. I’ve read a lot of moronic comments on this site, but yours beats them all.
Report Post »Wherever you live, eventually some catastrophic event will rock your world.
Wise up and don’t be such a dope.
SamIamTwo
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:37amThe floods in WA state are due to poor planning and build up of communities, runoff…some of it is man caused…and whatever. LOL
Environmentalist have caused a lot of problems…forest fires due to not removing old dead trees, branches etc…it’s a tender box.
And FYI tornadoes are showing up in places that never had tornadoes. Hey, that’s some cheap property and the cost of living is comfortable…get big insurance like I do…jimho
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:40amSusie –
I would disagree. Use your damn common sense if you have any. There are many parts of America where natural disasters do not hit regularly. As a matter of fact, there are many places where they do not hit at all, and if they do, it is very rare. Pull your head out of your ass and think rationally for a change moron. I am 40 and yet have experienced a natural disaster. And if I do, I will make sure that you are the first to know LOL.
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 1:21pmbut… but… but – aren’t these poor people living in the BIBLE belt???
Nature happens. No amount of prayer can stop that.
Report Post »Susie
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 11:18pmTHXLL38
Report Post »Well I am in my sixties and have already experienced two natural disasters in areas where they were never expected. If anyone has their head shoved deep into a black hole, I contend is sure isn’t me.
Hope your luck holds for another twenty years. But when it doesn’t, don’t call me. “LOL”
In the interim, your response serves only to further prove my point. So I repeat, wise up and don’t be such a dope.
jujubeebee
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:21amsome other guy on here posted a comment earlier that was more practical………….building code and what should be implemented —practical solution to how to build a house that will withstand an tornado………I think sometimes God leaves things to us mortals to figure out on our own and make our own decisions.
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:23amhe helps those that help theselves
Report Post »REPUB1
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:55am@oldguy49
Report Post »and where is that statement in the Bible HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM seek long and hard for it is NOT THERE pick it up and read it sometimes.. before typing
dnewton
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:49amIf people built houses that could withstand a tornado, most could not afford them or they would be mostly underground. That would make less land available in areas where rock was close to the ground or the water table was very high, like Florida or Appalachia. You can build a small shelter that could survive but retaining the whole house is still a matter of economics. We could also save more lives if everyone had an ambulance follow them everywhere. Maybe there seems to be more people being dislocated because of tornadoes because there are more people. The US population is doubling about every 66 years. Thank God for sprawl. Dense housing and smart growth just makes the disaster worse by making land more expensive and concentrating possible victims in a small area. A house that could survive a tornado might not survive a near miss with an asteroid.
Report Post »spasm
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:21amI am a Christian and I believe that Jesus is my savior and died for our sins but I question some of my fellow Christians when they believe and say stuff like this?? Prayer works but I do not think it is up to us on how it works. Our life is not promised here. It is promised when we meet Him..
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:24amI would bet that even the athiests were praying when they heard all those tornados coming at them … he makes it sound like they are the cause of the tornados .. the victims …… please Pat retire .. you aren’t helping.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:19amSort of. God certainly has the power to do so, and he delights in the prayers of his children, but to say God‘s will is determined by man’s actions is not only incorrect, it’s blasphemous. But he does answer prayer. it’s just not a strict cause and effect relationship. The reason America is slowly losing God’s protection is that as a nation we have drifted from him. George Washington, in his first inaugural address in in NYC dedicted this nation to God and his laws and said that judgement would come upon us if we drifted from that. Then he and the Congress walked around the corner and up the street to St Paul’s, which overlooks the WTC site, and reconfirmed it. Funny how the first breach in God’s protection is so instructive yet so ignored.
Report Post »alrunner58
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:18amWho listens to this whack job? That was an absolutely horrible and unchristian thing to say.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:18am.
Report Post »Pat, If I Can Get Enough People Pray Will You Go Away?……….
ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 11:49amHeck, even I’ll pray for that. Lol
Report Post »Minonkman
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:16amAs much as some people do not believe in the power of God, I know for a fact that praying works, you just have to have the right person doing the praying.
Report Post »spasm
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:23amWhy the right person? True prayer can be given by anyone who is willing…
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:39am“The prayers of a righteous man availeth much.” I thinks that is what they meant.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:40am“The prayers of a righteous man availeth much.” I think that is what they meant.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:46amAnd you have to have specific prayers ones that desire to be in God’s will, not what man wants…yes miracles do happen but I‘ve been taught to be specific prayer and ask to be God’s will not mine.
I’ve seen miracles happen, but not the way I thought and prayed for. LOL You gotta be careful what you pray for or you might get what you wanted… :)
Report Post »ltcwilly
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:16amStop cherry-picking Pat Robertson, you guys. You could find statements made by Billy Graham that, taken out of the greater context, would sound silly to a lost and dying world. Pat Robertson has only minimal audience in the evangelical world, while his station holds a bit more interest to mainstream Christians. Based on his premise, if enough people had prayed, he would have been elected President. Leave Pat alone.
Report Post »hi
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:22amI agree.
Report Post »Girl Named Sue
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:46amKinda like leaving an Alzheimered wife?
Report Post »rfycom
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:15amOk so help me out here. I get a lot of response to my comments on this here thing. I am a entertainer so it is ok to say basically whatever the heck I want. Me and Rush we both got it going on. I am a deist when it comes to my believes. Most of the replies I get from people tell me I need more Jesus in my life. Most of the posts on here are centered around the world needing more Jesus, but look what happens when you get too much Jesus. This man has about as much believe in Jesus is one person can have. He is nuts.
Report Post »hi
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:26amYou will know a Christian by the Fruits of the Spirit he or she displays including love,joy,peace,patience,kindness,goodness,faithfulness, and self-control.
Report Post »spasm
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:29amdoes he have as much belief as one person can have? is he the best example? my mother-in-law is a rock with her beliefs. i think more so than mr. robertson. but she does not have a tv show and an audience to listen to her other than our family. just saying exposure does not constitute level of belief. just means he is a charismatic speaker and has gained an audience.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:29amNah, you are wrong…the Christian is asked to pray in God’s will…not mans desires of God…cause it is God who is doing the works and all we desire is a relationship with God and join Him in His good works…If not then we fail…go read Job, the book in the bible entitled, “Job”…a man of God but look at his life.
The name it and claim it gang have issues.
Report Post »hi
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:33amI guess that doesn’t answer the question! Isn’t he a pediatrician, not a theologian? Regardless, Christians make mistakes. Thank Jesus for Grace!
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 1:23pmI will know a Christian by the ignorant idiocy they constantly spew.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:13amIn Christian Theology… Prayer requires Action, in order to Manifest a Miracle!
PAT: Your are WRONG!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:21amI agree … he is wrong … time to retire Pat.
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:10amSometimes it‘s God’s will. Pat is a kook and makes real Christians look bad.
Report Post »ltcwilly
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:22amCome on. If you were a “real Christian,” you’d know that there are differences in thought regarding issues like this. While I might disagree with a Word of Faith teacher theologically, I still believe that they are likely Christians. Pat Robertson is a Christian who has statements cherry-picked by the media to make him look extreme. He is still concerned primarily about reaching the lost for Christ…more than many mainline Protestant groups today.
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 1:24pmReal Christians® make real Christians look bad.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:09amPat, please retire. God will do what God wants to do…perhaps it was God’s will…you know Pat God does allow bad things to happen to good people…
Please retire and stop judging…leave to God…in the end it will all pan out – “God’s Way”
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:12amEDIT: “leave IT to God”
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