{"id":206,"date":"2007-01-03T19:44:52","date_gmt":"2007-01-03T23:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorocabana.net\/wp\/?p=206"},"modified":"2007-01-03T19:44:52","modified_gmt":"2007-01-03T23:44:52","slug":"hey_predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorocabana.net\/thoughts\/2007\/01\/hey_predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey, predictions “R” us…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…but I never claimed to have a Red Phone connection with the Almighty (or with the Netherworld, for that matter). If Pat Robertson was anybody but who he is, he would be committed to a mental institution and medicated with anti-psychotic drugs.
\nAs for predicting a “terror attack”, isn’t that what the Department of Homeland Security has been saying for years and been working on to stop it? Hey, if it happens at last I know my tax dollars were used to predict something real.
\nThe most scary thing of the whole affair is the kind of gullible revival that would occur if the man is vindicated in some twisted way. Be scared, very scared; of that, if nothing else.
\nPat Robertson:\ufffdGod told me of ‘mass killing’ in 2007 – CNN.com<\/a><\/p>\n

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) — Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a “mass killing” late in 2007.”I’m not necessarily saying it’s going to be nuclear,” he said during his news-and-talk television show “The 700 Club” on the Christian Broadcasting Network. “The Lord didn’t say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that.”Robertson said God told him about the impending tragedy during a recent prayer retreat. God also said, he claims, that major cities and possibly millions of people will be affected by the attack, which should take place sometime after September.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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