Saturday, January 14, 2006

Even when he apologizes, he's weird

Pat Robertson offered an apology for his comment on God punished Ariel Sharon for being too liberal with the Palestinians. Kinda sorta: Robertson Apologizes for Comments on Sharon Christian Post 01/13/06.

Christian Broadcaster Pat Robertson apologized for comments he made on television suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's massive stroke last week was a result of God's wrath for ceding land to Palestinians.

The letter followed an announcement by Israel's Tourism Ministry that it had cut Robertson from plans to build a Christian heritage center near the Sea of Galilee. In the letter addressed to Sharon's son, Omri, and dated Jan. 11, Robertson expressed sympathy over Sharon's condition and asked for forgiveness.

"I ask your forgiveness and the forgiveness of the people of Israel for remarks I made at the time concerning the writing of the holy prophet Joel and his view of the inviolate nature of the land of Israel," he wrote. He added that his comments were, in retrospect "inappropriate and insensitive."

So, Robertson makes a bizarre comment about Ariel Sharon. But he apologizes to the ancient prophet Joel? I think this may be a brand new variation on the "non-apology apology".

Also, one of Robertson's fundamentalist critics over his earlier comment about Sharon said, "I doubt that God sovereignly is punishing him." As opposed to just reguarly punishing him?

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