# Pat Robertson.. the new Nostradamus **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 3, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526 "2007-01-03T13:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/21 "2007-01-03T16:39:49Z")
[QUOTE=Canadjun] If you look at the actual article, the “may” is a combination of “very likely” (11%) and “somewhat likely” (14%). So, people are saying that there is a good possibility, not just a non-zero chance. [/QUOTE] Fair enough, I stand corrected. Although I believe that some of the 14% may be salvageable, as “somewhat likely” could be interpreted as “possible”, if the responders believed that “not very likely” meant doubt of the occurrance, ever. The paragraph saying > [@](#): > > For example, 46 percent of white evangelical Christians believe it’s at least somewhat likely that Jesus will return this year, while 17 percent of Catholics and 10 percent of those with no religion feel the same way. implies that even some atheists and agnostics viewed “somewhat likely” as meaning “non-zero probablility”. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/22 "2007-01-03T16:44:17Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] I don’t get it; to an “evangelist” (as Robertson is supposed to be; a bearer of good news), the destruction of the world is a GOOD thing, because it ushers in the Millenium. So why isn’t this news received positively? Or, maybe, it is the Devil 9tempting us). In any case, why should God make his intentions known to an ass like Robertson? Or maybe god is playing a joke on us? [/QUOTE] This isn’t necessarily the beginning of the end times. Part of that scenario has something to do with Israel’s borders. He was very excited about that earlier in 2006. This is just Pat telling us that God warned him that we’re going to be attacked by heathen Muslims sometime in the second half of this year. But don’t worry, Pat will pray it away if he future intelligence reports says it’s going to be in Virginia Beach. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/23 "2007-01-03T16:48:53Z")
[QUOTE=JeffB] Yeah, but could Nostradamus leg press 2,000 pounds? [/QUOTE] No, he was too busy writing quatrains with his ass. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/24 "2007-01-03T18:08:40Z")
Well… if you are a christian, you have to think that Christ will return, and that it may be soon… It is after all, what he told his followers way back when. IOW, if you are a christian and don’t believe he’s coming back… you got other issues to worry about. What your not supposed to do is predict that the end is nigh, or that he is already back. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/25 "2007-01-03T18:26:32Z")
Hey, for what it’s worth he also spent a lot of time treating plague victims which is way more than Pat can say. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/26 "2007-01-03T18:34:18Z")
Mybe God is just sending Pat false information so that old ladies will stop listening to this nutjob. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/27 "2007-01-03T18:34:18Z")
I think it’s entirely likely that God did tell him this. It’s just that he lying. Think about it. If you were God, wouldn’t you? St Peter: What the hell’s he doin’ now? GOD: I told him to go turn the hurricaine back. I wanna see if I can mess up that hair. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/28 "2007-01-03T19:24:08Z")
The man hears voices and we are supposed to pay attention to him. Maybe lithium should be part od his daily regime. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/29 "2007-01-03T19:25:16Z")
The sad thing is that nothing he does or has done to him can hurt him whatsoever. He’s already got the figurative setting up shop in the temple, and not too many people are up in arms over that. If he dies of a heart attack… Whole 75+ country weeps and writes checks. If he was assasanated by someone… same. But double the checks. Caught in a sex scandal? _“She was sent by Satan to spout lies against me!”_ Stubs toe? _"I meant to do that, you see, it is in God’s plan. Please make checks payable to. . . . "_ ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/30 "2007-01-03T19:26:17Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] The man hears voices and we are supposed to pay attention to him. Maybe lithium should be part od his daily regime. [/QUOTE] Well, Moses heard voices in a burning bush, and alot of folks listened to him too. One man’s madness is another man’s faith, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/31 "2007-01-03T19:33:12Z")
I predict that Robertson will solve the riddle of global warming thusly: > **[Tsunamis Explained](http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/02/tsunamis-explained/)** ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/32 "2007-01-03T19:49:56Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Jesus will come like thief in the night. [/QUOTE] but I hear if you wear a monkey mask that he’ll leave you alone ---
**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:** [January 4, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/33 "2007-01-04T02:29:56Z")
Pat Robertson is yelling “fire” in a crowded country again. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/34 "2007-01-04T15:42:18Z")
[QUOTE=simster] Well… if you are a christian, you have to think that Christ will return, and that it may be soon… It is after all, what he told his followers way back when. [/quote] And, way back when, he told his followers he was coming back ‘soon.’ This is obviously only true for very large values of ‘soon.’ > [@](#): > > What your not supposed to do is predict that the end is nigh, or that he is already back. Jesus said no one would know the day or the hour of his return. Of course, that’s never stopped anyone from claiming they did anyway. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/35 "2007-01-04T16:48:41Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Pat’s no Nostradamus. Nostradamus had the good sense to write vague, although shitty, poetry. Robertson makes dead-wrong predictions and sells protein shakes. He doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in such lofty company. He’s more akin to The Weekly World News. [/QUOTE] This would all make sense except for the fact that Nostradamus is prominently featured in about two out of three issues of WWN. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/36 "2007-01-04T17:06:34Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] This would all make sense except for the fact that Nostradamus is prominently featured in about two out of three issues of WWN. 🙂 [/QUOTE] True, but they’re making up things Nostradamus said - and making him sound like Pat in the process. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/37 "2007-01-04T17:28:58Z")
[QUOTE=wring] but I hear if you wear a monkey mask that he’ll leave you alone [/QUOTE] Because Jesus is a negro. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/38 "2007-01-04T18:46:25Z")
according to [who](http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0302/blackjesus.html) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/39 "2007-01-04T18:48:26Z")
[QUOTE=you with the face] Because Jesus is a negro. [/QUOTE] Hmmm… He IS my homeboy… ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526/40 "2007-01-04T18:59:36Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Hmmm… He IS my homeboy… [/QUOTE] c’mon, he had to be. he called everybody ‘brother,’ like gospel and couldn;t get a fair trial.\* \*not mine, from [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Nation) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-the-new-nostradamus/386526.md?page=3)