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geardaddy

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Mon Jul 14, 2014, 02:39 PM Jul 2014

Pat Robertson tells mother: Your son’s stomach pains are caused by a witch ancestor [View all]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/14/pat-robertson-tells-mother-your-sons-stomach-pains-are-caused-by-a-witch-ancestor/

Televangelist Pat Robertson advised a mother on Monday that she could cure her son’s stomach pains by finding someone to cast out demons that were possibly caused by an ancestor who practiced witchcraft.

In an email, a viewer named Dianne told the TV preacher that her son had “painful shock-waves thru his body” that originated in his stomach while she was praying for him and calling on “the name of JESUS.”

“My son said it felt like something hit him very hard in the stomach,” the mother wrote. “I know this is not of God. He is a Christian. Can Christians be attacked by demons?”


Instead of recommending that the mother seek medical attention, Robertson said that the boy could be “oppressed or possessed by demons.”

“You need to get somebody with you who understands the spiritual dimension and doing spiritual warfare,” he continued. “If I were you, I would look back in your family. What in your family — do you have anybody involved in the occult, somebody in witchcraft or tarot cards or psychic things?”

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Pat needs rest. Frustratedlady Jul 2014 #1
Yes, and a lot of Vitamin H Warpy Jul 2014 #5
I think that if the mother looks long enough, the answer will be Pat Robertson. Renew Deal Jul 2014 #2
Somebody better get him evaluated. nt msanthrope Jul 2014 #3
And the mother, too. geardaddy Jul 2014 #4
Attention Pat Robertson: you are not a doctor by any stretch of the imagination. Initech Jul 2014 #6
I wonder if Pat will speak at this poor kid's funeral..n/t monmouth3 Jul 2014 #7
Well damn, I've been wasting money on Alka Seltzers all these SummerSnow Jul 2014 #8
All that botox in his forehead must be eating his brain out Botany Jul 2014 #9
Why not just play this song? alp227 Jul 2014 #10
That's probably the only acceptable insurance plan covered by Hobby Lobby. Initech Jul 2014 #12
DUzy geardaddy Jul 2014 #14
If that is what Pat's head looks like AFTER the WD shrank it... riqster Jul 2014 #15
Could Alzheimers be setting in? MohRokTah Jul 2014 #11
He's been saying stupid shit like that for decades. progressoid Jul 2014 #18
He seems to be getting crazier these days. eom MohRokTah Jul 2014 #21
So it wasn't the whisky, gin, or pair of twelve-packs I drank. riqster Jul 2014 #13
That's "sins of the father" bullshit. bluesbassman Jul 2014 #16
Exactament, BBM. geardaddy Jul 2014 #17
Translation: Call in OUR witchdocter who will the real magic cure for him. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #19
Bingo. geardaddy Jul 2014 #20
Pat is part of the problem. Rex Jul 2014 #22
Yes. n/t geardaddy Jul 2014 #24
Some people, most commonly RW christians like Pat, will say and/or do anything to Zorra Jul 2014 #23
They worship at the altar of the All Might Dollar. n/t geardaddy Jul 2014 #25
Exactly. Their God is Mammon. Louisiana1976 Jul 2014 #28
Can Christians not get stomach viruses? get the red out Jul 2014 #26
he's getting stupider by the second samsingh Jul 2014 #27
His show really belongs on Comedy Central. lpbk2713 Jul 2014 #29
You bet he would! geardaddy Jul 2014 #30
Now I wonder packman Jul 2014 #31
Pat Robertson has a bachelor's degree from YALE! CTyankee Jul 2014 #32
Yeah, so does Shrub geardaddy Jul 2014 #33
I believe he's suffering from an imbalance of bodily humors Beach Rat Jul 2014 #34
You beat me to it! deutsey Jul 2014 #35
Goddammit! You beat me to it. yurbud Jul 2014 #37
the ending still fits the GOP today yurbud Jul 2014 #39
Naaaah! Beach Rat Jul 2014 #40
that's why you should never eat your witch ancestors on an empty stomach yurbud Jul 2014 #36
Money needed. Of course. Quantess Jul 2014 #38
Now he's just fucking with everybody Spirochete Jul 2014 #41
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