Demons And Pat Robertson

by tristero

On November 8, I wrote:

If you think Republicans took the day off in 2000, 20002, and 2004, think again. Get up off your asses. Here we go.

As if to underscore my point,* we have seen in the past week or so a veritable Katrina of trash from the right and the administration. There’s the return of the judicial nominees from hell. There’s Bolton’s nomination. And Cheney assuring the Federalist Society goons that GOP losses won’t keep Bush from nominating right wing lunatics to the bench. And, of course, there is Eric Keroack, a loser so weird even a weird loser like John Podhoretz can’t entirely agree with him.

And now, courtesy Bob Cesca comes Pat Robertson’s latest outrage:

A viewer wrote in to ask Pat Robertson a question

Why [do] evangelical Christians tell non-Christians that Jesus (God) is the only way to Heaven? Those who are Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, etc. already know and have a relationship with God. Why is this? It seems disrespectful.

Robertson replied that it is not all disrespectful because all other religions really just worship “demonic powers.”

No. They don’t have a relationship. There is the god of the Bible, who is Jehovah. When you see L-O-R-D in caps, that is the name. It’s not Allah, it’s not Brahma, it’s not Shiva, it’s not Vishnu, it’s not Buddha. It is Jehovah God. They don’t have a relationship with him. He is the God of all Gods.** These others are mostly demonic powers. Sure they’re demons. There are many demons in the world.

Yes, it’s true that there are many demons in the world. And yes, obviously, Pat Robertson is one of them. Me, I prefer Maxwell’s Demon and always have.

Anyway, any questions as to why the Democrats have to move and move fast?

*Alas, the rest of that post was not so clear. Apologies.

** Dig the blasphemy. Robertson’s saying that Jehovah is one God, the top God, among many. Who knew he was a polytheist?