Is God speaking to Pat Robertson?
I’m starting a new column in my blog. I think I will call it “Is God speaking to ______?”. I will fill in the blank of whomever is now claiming that God spoke to them. We’ve already had some good examples.
We’ve had lengthy discussions on this blog, Bunnie’s blog and others, I’m sure, about how God speaks to people. The discussions have centered around mistaking your own thoughts for God speaking to you and the fact that God has already spoken to us and He wrote it down inthe Bible.
Many confessional Lutherans have lamented that they are lumped in with the most politically vocal of Christians. I have stated before that I believe that the stereotypes of Christians, as described by Ron Susskind in his recent NYTimes article and by Maureen O’Dowd in her recent article, are fueled by the ongoing actions and statements of American Evangelical Christians. Pat Robertson is a well-known example of this type of Christian. He often claims that God is speaking directly to him.
Ted Olsen of Christianity Today’s weblog recently commented on a recent interview with Pat Robertson that in January, “Robertson told viewers during his “700 Club” television program that God had told him Bush would win re-election in a blowout.” In the CNN interview, Robertson said he believes Bush will win by a “razor-thin” margin but by a substantial Electoral College victory.
So if God is truly speaking to Pat Robertson, does this mean that God changed his mind? Or perhaps God had to check the polls first before talking to Pat?
Even Pat Robertson needs to read Pastor Micheel’s article on whether God is a Democrat or Republican!
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