ROBERTSON [Jonah Goldberg]
From a reader (echoing many):
Jonah,
I know you’re sick of hearing about him, but a few words from an evangelical are in order.
First, Pat Robertson is often misunderestimated. He has a law degree from Yale Law School, and the monolith organization “700 Club” was started by him from scratch. He’s a very smart and shrewd man.
Second, he relies strictly on the paranormal/emotional/”miraculous” to forward his ministry. The 700 Club tracks what type of segments on their shows produce the most calls for people to donate, and over the years they’ve figured out it’s not “Jesus came to save that which was lost” that produces the cash, but rather “Ma boy Tommy, he busted-up his leg real good, but this angel come while he was sleeping and he healed it up real nice.”
Third, Robertson is an absurdly rich man. He has made tens of millions off of para-ministry investments with 700 Club funds, including mines in Africa in countries where he has had “revivals”. This is all documented, but he hasn’t done anything illegal, yet.
Lastly, his theology is perfectly awful. I don’t care if you’re Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, or whatever, you don’t have to be Augustine to see how shoddy his doctrine is, or how he uses his aberrant form of Christianity to make himself famous (which no apostle ever did).
Thanks, man, just wanted that entered into the record.
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