Robertson Chats with God, Gets Updates on Supreme Court

Pat Robertson appears to remain one of God's favorites, receiving insider tips on what God has planned for America in the coming year. That, or Robertson is a charlatan who claims to speak to God in order to give his own opinions and desires a patina of respectability. I wonder which is really the case?

According to Media Matters:

On the January 3 edition of Christian Broadcasting Network's The 700 Club, Reverend Pat Robertson, host and Christian Coalition of America founder, made predictions for the New Year based on what he said God told him during a recent prayer retreat. Robertson said that God told him: "I will remove judges from the Supreme Court quickly, and their successors will refuse to sanction the attacks on religious faith." Robertson also said that he "heard it from the Lord" that President Bush will have Social Security and tax reform passed and that Muslims will turn to Jesus Christ.

On the 700 Club broadcast, Robertson touted his 2004 New Year's prediction that President George W. Bush would win re-election by "a blowout" as an example of a past prediction that turned out to be correct. On January 2, 2004, Robertson stated: "I think George Bush is going to win in a walk. I really believe I'm hearing from the Lord it's going to be like a blowout election in 2004. It's shaping up that way." As Media Matters for America has noted, Bush's margin of victory was the smallest for a reelected incumbent president since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.

I don't know which is worse: the idea that Pat Robertson really believes he speaks to God and believes the above is true, or the idea that others believe Pat Robertson really speaks to God. We're all fortunate that his presidential aspirations fizzled out and that his ability to influence politics was reduced to acting on the sidelines.

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