Pat Robertson predicts 'Mass Killing' will strike U.S. later this year.As is his custom, TV preacher Pat Robertson Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (born March 22 1930)[1] is a televangelist from the United States.[2] He is the founder of numerous organizations and corporations, including the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), rang in the new year by having a one-on-one discussion with God, and this year he says the news is not good: Robertson says God told him that in 2007 there will be "mass killing" on American soil. The attack, which Robertson claims is scheduled to occur after September, will affect major cities and millions of people. Robertson added, "The Lord didn't say nuclear, but I do believe it'll be something like that; that'll be a mass killing, possibly millions of people, major cities injured." Robertson told his "700 Club" audience Jan. 2, "There will be some very serious terrorist attacks. The evil people will come after this country, and there's a possibility--not a possibility, a definite certainty--that chaos is going to rule." Although he claims to have a direct pipeline to God, Robertson's track record with predictions is not very good. It's hard for him to miss with vague claims of continued world strife, but in general, the more specific he is, the more wrong he is. In 2004, Robertson claimed God told him that President George W. Bush would be reelected in "a blowout." The race was actually quite close. In 2006, Robertson said God warned him of devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. storms and hurricanes lashing the American coasts. In fact, no hurricanes made landfall land·fall n. 1. The act or an instance of sighting or reaching land after a voyage or flight. 2. The land sighted or reached after a voyage or flight. that year. He also said the Iraq War Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. would wrap up successfully and that the Republicans would keep control of Congress. Critics noted that Robertson has been predicting worldwide cataclysm for years. In 1980, he claimed that God told him the Soviet Union would invade the Middle East to seize oil reserves Oil reserves refer to portions of oil in place that are claimed to be recoverable under economic constraints. Oil in the ground is not a "reserve" unless it is claimed to be economically recoverable, since as the oil is extracted, the cost of recovery increases incrementally , sparking the collapse of Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). and global economic instability. He later predicted a worldwide depression taking place between 1983 and 1985. Despite many failed predictions, Robertson boasted during the Jan. 2 broadcast, "I have a relatively good track record." Some evangelicals have grown weary of Robertson's attempt to play global fortune-teller. "It's downright embarrassing," Pastor Todd Spitzer of Dolores Park Church in San Francisco told the San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the . "When he makes these statements and ties God's name to it, he's like the self-proclaimed spokesman for God and evangelical Christianity. It's an obstacle to us when we want to present a reasonable faith." |
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