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11-11-2005, 11:53 AM
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| Voting out God Robertson warns Pennsylvania voters of God's wrath Eight 'intelligent design' school board members lost election Thursday, November 10, 2005; Posted: 5:27 p.m. EST (22:27 GMT) The eight members of the school board are depicted on a billboard on Election Day in Dover, Pennsylvania. Save on All Your Calls with Vonage When looking for local regional and long distance calling, use Vonage to make... www.vonage.com $160,000 Mortgage for $633/mo Refinance rates are at record lows. Compare rates - free service. www.lowermybills.com LendingTree.com - Official Site Lendingtree - Find a mortgage, refinance, home equity or auto loan now. Receive... www.lendingtree.com More Useful Links • Electronics • Baby Registry • Sporting Goods RELATED • The 700 Club: Web site • 'Intelligent design' school board booted • 'Intelligent design' trial goes to judge YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Pat Robertson Pennsylvania or Create Your Own Manage Alerts | What Is This? WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected God by voting their school board out of office for supporting "intelligent design" and warned them Thursday not to be surprised if disaster struck. Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate and founder of the influential Christian Broadcasting Network and Christian Coalition, has made similar apocalyptic warnings and provocative statements before. Last summer, he hit the headlines by calling for the assassination of leftist Venezuelan Present Hugo Chavez, one of President George W. Bush's most vocal international critics. "I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city," Robertson said on his daily television show broadcast from Virginia, "The 700 Club." "And don't wonder why He hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for His help because he might not be there," he said. The 700 Club claims a daily audience of around one million. It is also broadcast around the world translated into more than 70 languages. In voting on Tuesday, eight Dover, Pennsylvania, school board members up for re-election lost their seats after trying to introduce a statement on "intelligent design" to high school biology students. Adherents of intelligent design argue that certain forms in nature are too complex to have evolved through natural selection and must have been created by a "designer." Opponents say it is the latest attempt by conservatives to introduce religion into the school science curriculum. The Dover case sparked a trial in federal court that gained nationwide attention after the school board was sued by parents backed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The board ordered schools to read students a short statement in biology classes informing them that the theory of evolution is not established fact and that gaps exist in it. The statement mentioned intelligent design as an alternate theory and recommended students read a book that explained the theory further. A decision in the case is expected before the end of the year. In 1998, Robertson warned the city of Orlando, Florida that it risked hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist bombs after it allowed homosexual organizations to put up rainbow flags in support of sexual diversity. 
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11-11-2005, 11:55 AM
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| It's time for Pat to retire.
__________________ "The Republican Party has shown beyond all doubt that it holds the U.S. Constitution in total contempt. Today, the Republican Party stands for unaccountable executive power. To re-elect such a party is to murder liberty in America." - Paul Roberts, formerAssistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration earning fame as the "Father of Reaganomics" |
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11-11-2005, 12:00 PM
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__________________ If You Really Want To do Something You Will Find A Way, If You Don't You Will Find An Excuse. |
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11-11-2005, 12:02 PM
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__________________ Politicians are like diapers, they both need changed occasionally for the same reason. Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" The hard work of one will do more than the prayer of millions. |
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11-11-2005, 12:09 PM
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| Well, according to the article it mentioned the 700 club has an audience of about 1 million people...it's frightening...he can influence that many people. As long as he can reach that many people and be influential he will keep going...
__________________ LIBERALISM The haunting fear someone, somewhere can help themselves. "Over the last fifteen months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states..." Barack Obama |
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