'''Pat Robertson''' (born 1930)<ref>http://www.patrobertson.com/education/</ref> is a [[conservative]] [[American]] [[evangelisttelevangelist]], [[spiritual]] leader and [[politics|political]] leader, also who is the owner and presenter of the [[TV]] show ''[[The 700 Club]]''. Robertson sought the 1988 [[Republican]] Presidential nomination and even managed to carry [[Washington]] State in the primary caucuses by mobilizing his supporters. He also ran in 1992 and Thereafter, he helped in the initial formation of the [[Christian Coalition]]. Robertson attacks anti-Christian bias in America and around the world and sticks up for defends some Christian liberties(He does not defend religious liberty when it comes to [[evolution]]ary indoctrination in public schools).
Robertson graduated from Washington and Lee university University in 1950, served in the [[Marine]]s during the [[Korean War]], then earned a law degree from [[Yale]] (1955) and a masters master's degree from the New York Theological Seminary (1959).<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/patrobertson.html</ref>
==Shift to the secular left==While Robertson holds theologically and politically conservative views overall, he has shifted toward [[liberal]] positions on certain issues: *In November, 2007, Robertson endorsed [[liberal]] Republican Presidential candidate [[Rudy Giuliani ]] for U.S. President. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308997,00.html Fox News - Robertson endorses Giuliani]</ref><ref>Riley, Jennifer (November 8, 2007). [https://www.christianpost.com/news/pat-robertson-s-giuliani-endorsement-draws-mixed-reactions-30010/ Pat Robertson's Giuliani Endorsement Draws Mixed Reactions]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved February 21, 2018.</ref> *In in 2008, Robertson appeared with [[Al Sharpton]] in a commercial urging people to fight [[global warming]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhmpsUMdTH8 The commercial on YouTube]</ref>*In November 2012, Robertson endorsed [[evolution]], arguing that by insisting on a Young Earth, Christians risked antagonizing younger voters.<ref>Multiple references:*Mitchell, Elizabeth (December 8, 2012). [https://answersingenesis.org/theistic-evolution/god-and-evolution/pat-robertson-revealed-science-word-of-god/ Pat Robertson Sticks to Revealed Science Over the Word of God]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved February 21, 2018.*Mitchell, Tommy (November 30, 2012). [https://answersingenesis.org/age-of-the-earth/pat-robertsons-word-or-gods-word-which-will-you-believe/ Pat Robertson’s Word or God’s Word: Which Will You Believe?] ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved February 21, 2018.</ref> In 2014, he called biblical creation a "joke."<ref>Golden, Steve (February 6, 2014). [https://answersingenesis.org/creation-vs-evolution/debate-reactions-mixed/ Debate Reactions Mixed]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved February 21, 2018.</ref> Robertson had been criticizing young Earth creation since at least 2002.<ref>[https://answersingenesis.org/days-of-creation/get-off-that-6-24-business/ “Get off that 6/24 business!”]. ''Answers in Genesis''. June 19, 2002. Retrieved February 21, 2018.</ref>*In February 2018, Robertson called for more federal [[gun control]] laws in the U.S.<ref>Manchester, Julia (February 21, 2018). [http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/374814-evangelical-leader-pat-robertson-calls-for-stricter-gun-laws Evangelical leader Pat Robertson calls for stricter gun laws]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 21, 2018.</ref> A month later, he praised young left-wing anti-gun protestors.<ref>Caralle, Katelyn (March 28, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/televangelist-pat-robertson-congratulates-young-people-for-participating-in-march-for-our-lives Televangelist Pat Robertson congratulates young people for participating in March for Our Lives]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 28, 2018.</ref> ==Controversy==In early 2007, Robertson claimed that God had personally warned him of a major terrorist attack on the United States that would occur later that year, saying that it would happen sometime after September.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16442877/#.UkhdXdKcvIc</ref> Such an attack never took place. There are also allegations that he supported [[Liberia]]n warlord [[Charles Taylor]].<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/pat-robertsons-gold-deal-african-dictator/story?id=9749341</ref> A television viewer asked Robertson how to address a friend who was dating another woman while his wife has the medical condition [[Alzheimer's disease]]. Robertson replied, "I know it sounds cruel, but if he's going to do something he should divorce her and start all over again."<ref name="christianitytoday.com">[http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2011/september/pat-robertson-backtracks-on-divorce-alzheimers-comments.html?paging=off Pat Robertson Backtracks on Divorce, Alzheimer's Comments]</ref> He later claimed he was "misinterpreted".<ref name="christianitytoday.com"/>
== Quotes ==
Robertson has a long history of being a prolific speaker appearing as the main host on the daily TV program The 700 Club. Over those years quite a collection of quotes have been assorted by critics, among them:
* "Just like what [[Nazi Germany]] did to the [[Jews]], so [[liberal]] America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It's no different. It is the same thing. It is happening all over again. It is the Democratic Congress, the [[liberal-based media]], and the [[homosexual]]s who want to destroy the Christians. Wholesale abuse and [[discrimination]] and the worst bigotry directed toward any group in America today. More terrible than anything suffered by any minority in history." <ref>Pat Robertson, interview with Molly Ivins, 1993.</ref>
* "The [[Feminism|feminist agenda]] is not about equal rights for women. It is about a [[socialist]], anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, [[abortion|kill their children]], practice [[witchcraft]], destroy capitalism, and become [[Homosexuality|lesbian]]s." <ref>Pat Robertson, fund-raising letter, 1992</ref>
* "How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, [[communist]]s, [[atheist]]s, [[Occult|New Age]] worshipers of Satan, [[secular humanist]]s, oppressive dictators, greedy money changers, revolutionary assassins, [[adulterer]]s, and homosexuals [[homosexual]]s are on top?" <ref>Pat Robertson, The New World Order, p.227</ref>
*"Just like what they did on Broadway, and in the Catholic church. That is what were trying to do. If I can't wear makeup and touch little boys, then what is the point of liberty and freedom?" <ref>Pat Robertson, "The 700 Club," January 14, 2010.</ref> * "You say you're supposed to be nice to the [[Episcopalian]]s and the [[Presbyterian]]s and the [[Methodist]]s and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense! I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the [[Antichrist]]. I can love the people who hold false opinions, but I don't have to be nice to them." <ref>Pat Robertson, "The 700 Club," January 14, 1991.</ref>
* "Many of those people involved with [[Adolf Hitler]] were [[Satanist]]s, many of them were [[homosexuals]]."<ref>Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, January 21, 1993</ref>
* "I think 'one man, one vote,' just unrestricted democracy, would not be wise. There needs to be some kind of protection for the minority which the white people represent now, a minority, and they need and have a right to demand a protection of their rights."<ref>Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, March 18, 1992</ref> (In regard to [[South Africa]])
* "Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people may not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French –you know, Napoleon III or whatever –and they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, “We will serve you if you get us free from the French.” True story.<ref> Napoleon III was not yet born, and [[Napoleon]] was not yet in power.</ref> And so the Devil said, “Okay, it’s a deal.” … But ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other … "<ref>http://wwwnation.huffingtonpostfoxnews.com/culture/2010/01/13/pat-robertson-haiti-curse_n_422099.htmlcursed-after-pact-devil</ref> (In regard to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake)
* “You go back in time, you've got radiocarbon dating. You got all these things, and you've got the carcasses of dinosaurs frozen in time out in the Dakotas. They’re out there. So, there was a time when these giant reptiles were on the Earth, and it was before the time of the Bible. So, don’t try and cover it up and make like everything was 6,000 years. That’s not the Bible.”<ref name==References=="houston">Berger, Eric. "Pat Robertson: 'If you fight science, you are going to lose your children.'" November 30, 2012. ''Houston Chronicle'', SciGuy blog. http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2012/11/pat-robertson-if-you-fight-science-you-are-going-to-lose-your-children/</ref>
* "If you fight science, you are going to lose your children, and I believe in telling them the way it was."<ref name="houston"/>
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