Pat Robertson again showed America just how uncomfortable he and his followers are with the concept of not living in a theocracy. Dover, Pennsylvania, just voted out of office their entire eight-member school board for trying to impose "intelligent design" on their children. Today, Pat fired back with a withering threat that God might smite them for "rejecting Him from your city".

Read on McDuff:

Televangelist Robertson warns town of God's wrath
Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:17 PM ET

By Alan Elsner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative Christian televangelist Pat Robertson told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected God by voting their school board out of office for supporting "intelligent design" and warned them on Thursday not to be surprised if disaster struck.

Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate and founder of the influential conservative Christian Broadcasting Network and Christian Coalition, has a long record of similar apocalyptic warnings and provocative statements.

Last summer, he hit the headlines by calling for the assassination of leftist Venezuelan Present Hugo Chavez, one of President George W. Bush's most vocal international critics.

"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city," Robertson said on his daily television show broadcast from Virginia, "The 700 Club."

"And don't wonder why He hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for His help because he might not be there," he said.

The 700 Club claims a daily audience of around one million. It is also broadcast around the world translated into more than 70 languages.

In voting on Tuesday, all eight Dover, Pennsylvania, school board members up for re-election lost their seats after trying to introduce "intelligent design" to high school science students as an alternative to the theory of evolution.

Adherents of intelligent design argue that certain forms in nature are too complex to have evolved through natural selection and must have been created by a "designer." Opponents say it is the latest attempt by conservatives to introduce religion into the school science curriculum.

The Dover case sparked a trial in federal court that gained nationwide attention after the school board was sued by parents backed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The board ordered schools to read students a short statement in biology classes informing them that the theory of evolution is not established fact and that gaps exist in it.

The statement mentioned intelligent design as an alternate theory and recommended students read a book that explained the theory further. A decision in the case is expected before the end of the year.

In 1998, Robertson warned the city of Orlando, Florida that it risked hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist bombs after it allowed homosexual organizations to put up rainbow flags in support of sexual diversity.
Oh, and I always thought God was punishing Florida for the 2000 election. Glad to see that it's for rainbow flags.

But, seriously, I joke about God punishing the Gulf Coast for voting Bush into office, but Pat Robertson actually believes that God sits around waiting to punish people for things like tolerance towards homosexuals and rejection of 'intelligent design' theory.

I'd like him to explain why the only part of New Orleans that was spared significant damage was the French Quarter with its prostitutes, booze, and naked boobies. I think God and Pat Robertson must have different priorities.