# Pat Robertson Pit Thread Number 342: "Dover, Watch Your Bloomin' Arse!" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 10, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474 "2005-11-10T21:30:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/61 "2005-11-11T16:36:04Z")
> [@5que](#): > > God sleeps with the fishes? Do fishes sleep? What is Pat’s position on sleeping fishes? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/62 "2005-11-11T16:43:10Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > _Great_ thread title, Miss Doolittle. “_I’d_ do 'im in for a 'atpin, let alone a _'at_.” 'Ello. 'Ow 'are 'ou? 10 points for the reference. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/63 "2005-11-11T16:44:39Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > The board’s devoted to fighting ignorance. And sometimes we get lazy and go for the low-hanging fruit. One thing I did not need (today or ever) is the image of Pat Robertson’s low-hanging fruit. Seriously. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/64 "2005-11-11T17:01:17Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Do fishes sleep? What is Pat’s position on sleeping fishes? Duh. Missionary, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/65 "2005-11-11T17:03:51Z")
MSNBC question of the day: [What do you think of Pat Robertson’s comment that a vote against intelligent design is a vote against God?](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080261/) Right On: 14% Out of line: 86% ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/66 "2005-11-11T17:38:01Z")
It’s that 14% that concerns me. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/67 "2005-11-11T17:39:30Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Isn’t their something against lying hypocrites in the Bible? (Maybe somewhere in the back?) I quoted it in post 11. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/68 "2005-11-11T18:03:45Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > “The rain falleth upon the just and the unjust.” (Job: something or other) [here.](http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=5&verse=45&version=9&context=verse) > [@Matthew 5:25b (KJV)](#): > > … for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/69 "2005-11-11T18:04:01Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > God is queer? Huh. I guess that explains our fabulous universe. That’s why many gay activists insist that Fabulous Design Theory be taught alongside evolution. ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/70 "2005-11-11T18:35:48Z")
I think the “theory of intelligent design” is ridiculous, but from what I read in Pat’s quote, all he is saying is “if you dont believe in God, dont call on him in times of need (disaster) and expect Him to help” . That seems reasonable to me. Im surprised he has been misquoted and taken out of context so readily by the newsmedia, all that does is fuel their argument that the news is “leftist” and unbalanced. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/71 "2005-11-11T18:47:42Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > That’s why many gay activists insist that Fabulous Design Theory be taught alongside evolution. I think that’s what we need. A scientific theory that takes into account window treatments. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/72 "2005-11-11T18:58:14Z")
> [@mrrealtime](#): > > I think the “theory of intelligent design” is ridiculous, but from what I read in Pat’s quote, all he is saying is “if you dont believe in God, dont call on him in times of need (disaster) and expect Him to help” . > > That seems reasonable to me. Im surprised he has been misquoted and taken out of context so readily by the newsmedia, all that does is fuel their argument that the news is “leftist” and unbalanced. Might want to try actually reading the quote before you offer your interpretation of it. “If there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God. You just voted God out of your city.” The vote he refers to was a vote to remove Intelligent Design proponents from the school board. It has nothing to do with atheists: he’s saying that anyone who doesn’t support schools teaching Christian theology in science class has turned their back on God. Doesn’t matter if they believe in God, doesn’t matter if they’re even Christian. They aren’t _his_ kind of Christian, and God only cares about his kind of Christian. That’s not even remotely close to your interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/73 "2005-11-11T19:28:21Z")
If there is a natural disaster in the near future in Dover, could Robertson be considered an unindicted co-conspiritor? I assume God would have something like diplomatic immunity and couldn’t be charged. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/74 "2005-11-11T19:34:40Z")
It’s not so much that He has diplomatic immunity as that the process servers just can’t seem to find Him. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/75 "2005-11-11T19:47:57Z")
And if they ever do find Him, He just shrugs and says “It was an act of God.” Robertson’s knocked the legs out of all the “Intelligent Design” proponents who believe in it as a scientific hypothesis to explain observable facts, not as a paraphrase of Genesis creationism. I mean, there have to be a bunch of them out there, right? Um, right? Well, anyway, Robertson’s actually done us all a service with this. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/76 "2005-11-11T19:51:02Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And if they ever do find Him, He just shrugs and says “It was an act of God.” > > Robertson’s knocked the legs out of all the “Intelligent Design” proponents who believe in it as a scientific hypothesis to explain observable facts, not as a paraphrase of Genesis creationism. I mean, there have to be a bunch of them out there, right? Um, right? Well, anyway, Robertson’s actually done us all a service with this. You may be right. All along, the IDers have been claiming it was a “scientific” (yeah right) idea. Robertson has put both feet in his mouth and shown them all to be full of shit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/77 "2005-11-11T19:51:23Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > “You just voted God out of your city.” It amazes me that an omnipotent and omnipresent being could be evicted by mere mortal vote. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/78 "2005-11-11T20:01:30Z")
> [@Annie](#): > > Catapult? Flaming rope-and-pulley? Angry dwarfs in medieval costume? What kind of porn do you watch (and where can I get a copy)??? Oh, yeah…Pat’s a :wally ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/79 "2005-11-11T20:05:45Z")
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> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And if they ever do find Him, He just shrugs and says “It was an act of God.” Almost. That should go … > [@](#): > > And if they ever do find Him, He just shrugs and says “It was an act of Me.” 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474.md?page=5)