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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPat Robertson: tell bereaved mother her child could have been the next Hitler
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Robertson, who once said at a faith healing that God could bring a dead baby back to life, continued that perhaps the child would have turned out to be the next Adolf Hitler, and therefore it is better that the womans child is in Heaven rather than becoming a murderer.
valerief
(53,235 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)The Korean War Chicken USMC 2nd Lt. who called his daddy the US Senator and got out of combat in Korea Pat Robertson.
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)but more to the point, it's unspeakably cruel.
MoonRiver
(36,975 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)1. God indulges in false advertising.
2. God is a stone-cold killer.
tanyev
(49,690 posts)A fetus in the womb is so very, very precious that women shouldn't use birth control, shouldn't be allowed to have abortions, and if they do have a miscarriage they should be investigated for possible feticide, but if something happens to a child that is already born, it's basically, 'Meh, could've been Hitler'.
IDemo
(16,926 posts)You're a useless eater.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)dlwickham
(3,316 posts)and no pun intended
just when you think good old Pat can't get any worse, he goes and surprises you
shenmue
(38,610 posts)Warpy
(114,676 posts)It took millions of human beings to get rid of him. Sorry, Pat, but
What are the odds that this level of outrageous callousness will finally wake up at least some of his sheeple?
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