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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 06:33 PM Oct 2013

Pat Robertson tells elderly woman: If you tithe you won’t have medical problems anymore

By Anomaly

On the 700 Club today, Pat Robertson was asked by an elderly woman with health issues if it would be ‘wrong to use [tithe] money toward medical expenses instead.

The woman who had been tithing since childhood was told by Robertson that she wouldn’t have health issues, and therefore medical expenses, if she tithed properly.


Right Wing Watch reports, “The viewer said that she and her husband are “retired and living on a small pension and Social Security income” and “barely have any money” because of her husband’s medical expenses.”

She asked Robertson if it would be “wrong to use [tithe] money towards medical expenses instead?”

more

http://freakoutnation.com/2013/10/04/pat-robertson-tells-elderly-woman-if-you-tithe-you-wont-have-medical-problems-anymore/

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Pat Robertson tells elderly woman: If you tithe you won’t have medical problems anymore (Original Post) n2doc Oct 2013 OP
Swindling for Jesus! City Lights Oct 2013 #1
He is Scum warrant46 Oct 2013 #2
Indeed. City Lights Oct 2013 #9
Most if not all of these televangelists are fraudulent. JRLeft Oct 2013 #11
All. Scuba Oct 2013 #44
Pimp, that's what he is. JRLeft Oct 2013 #3
How is this not elder abuse? Cerridwen Oct 2013 #4
He's certainly outlived his non-usefulness on this planet. Roland99 Oct 2013 #5
I wish people could just sue this asshole. n/t Ian David Oct 2013 #6
He's a cold sore on humanity. nt valerief Oct 2013 #7
I'll dance on his grave with the same gusto with which I danced on Fallwell's. arcane1 Oct 2013 #8
I have had Dom Pérignon once in my life. Autumn Oct 2013 #29
I'm looking forward to the day god takes him back. Vashta Nerada Oct 2013 #10
I don't think God wants him back. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2013 #12
Con men figured out a long time ago, that religion is a lucrative business. JRLeft Oct 2013 #13
The Second Oldest Profession. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #25
"Just lay yer hands on the TeeVee screen and I'll send a miracle your way" lpbk2713 Oct 2013 #14
Actually, I think he's the late 20th Century and early 21st Century version DonViejo Oct 2013 #15
i think of him more as Elmer Gantry. Downwinder Oct 2013 #16
Cuz Jezus, He Knows Me! backscatter712 Oct 2013 #26
What a horrible, deceitful, greedy man. polly7 Oct 2013 #17
Not giving money to Robertson wrong? Turbineguy Oct 2013 #18
seems legit Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #19
"How much to just cure blindness in just one eye?" n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #22
Somehow... distantearlywarning Oct 2013 #20
The worst part about Robertson... Archae Oct 2013 #21
Pat -- lying is a sin. you're going to hell. DesertFlower Oct 2013 #23
This infuriates me. RebelOne Oct 2013 #24
Worse: "tithing since childhood" but not "properly". In other words: not enough. arcane1 Oct 2013 #30
The old snake handler is at it again Va Lefty Oct 2013 #27
Pimping the flock....its what's they do SummerSnow Oct 2013 #28
and then he dropped a turd in his diaper. RagAss Oct 2013 #31
This is what happens when religious institutions are exempt from taxes. Dawson Leery Oct 2013 #32
No. Many religious groups are out doing real good. Focus on evil. Pat Robertson is evil. bluestate10 Oct 2013 #38
I want some actual physical proof.. Historic NY Oct 2013 #33
This scene came immediately to mind: Loudly Oct 2013 #34
And Here is a hymn for Profit Pat, for the god he worships. Wolf Frankula Oct 2013 #35
Satan is waiting for your ass Pat. He's not a patient demon. nt bluestate10 Oct 2013 #36
Sick. Fuck. truebluegreen Oct 2013 #37
providentialism, eh? I'll get the stake! MisterP Oct 2013 #39
How is the CBN not just a giant pyramid scheme? Initech Oct 2013 #40
Hey Marion "Pat" Robertson: FUCK YOU. n/t area51 Oct 2013 #41
Sorry Granny. Jesus wants Pat to have more blood diamonds. nt alphafemale Oct 2013 #42
No surprise here malaise Oct 2013 #43

Cerridwen

(13,260 posts)
4. How is this not elder abuse?
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 06:35 PM
Oct 2013

When individuals financially exploit seniors, it's called elder abuse and I believe it is a felony.

How is this not a felony to tell her to tithe "correctly" rather than pay towards medical expenses?

edit for typo: geez my keyboarding skills are off this past week.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
5. He's certainly outlived his non-usefulness on this planet.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 06:36 PM
Oct 2013

I won't shed one single tear when that bastard ass charlatan lays dead in a grave.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
8. I'll dance on his grave with the same gusto with which I danced on Fallwell's.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 06:36 PM
Oct 2013

Figuratively speaking, of course. I'm nowhere near his grave and I can't dance

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
29. I have had Dom Pérignon once in my life.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:41 PM
Oct 2013

I splurged and bought a bottle when Fallwell died. Had to put it on my credit card, but I gotta say that was the best money I ever spent. I might have to do the same when this shyster dies.

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)
14. "Just lay yer hands on the TeeVee screen and I'll send a miracle your way"
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 06:40 PM
Oct 2013



He's the 2013 version of P T Barnum.


DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
15. Actually, I think he's the late 20th Century and early 21st Century version
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 06:51 PM
Oct 2013

of Barnum. He's 83 years old, can't hold on too much longer (I hope)

polly7

(20,582 posts)
17. What a horrible, deceitful, greedy man.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 07:04 PM
Oct 2013

When I see things like this I'm reminded of my neighbour lady who gave faithfully all her life even while her little house was falling down around her and she practically starved herself to death. I worked at the post office years earlier before moving next to her and she was sending it in weekly then ... I don't imagine she missed a week. I actually think it was this asshole she was watching.

distantearlywarning

(4,475 posts)
20. Somehow...
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 07:18 PM
Oct 2013

I just suspect Pat Robertson's eternal bus will not be stopping at the destination he thinks it's going to be stopping at.

Archae

(46,350 posts)
21. The worst part about Robertson...
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 07:20 PM
Oct 2013

He's far from the only one of these scammers, bigots, wannabe theocrats, "moral stalwarts" and wannabe political "power brokers."

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/rww-blog-posts

One of these liars for Jesus wants the US put under military rule.

Oh yes.

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2013/10/4/144714/067

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
24. This infuriates me.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 08:42 PM
Oct 2013

In other words, he is saying that if you give your hard-earned money to the church of the mythical man in the sky, all your problems would be solved

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
30. Worse: "tithing since childhood" but not "properly". In other words: not enough.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 10:01 PM
Oct 2013

He's saying the medical issues are HER fault, because she wasn't sending HIM enough money.

The solution? Send him more!

It doesn't get any lower than that.

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
27. The old snake handler is at it again
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:36 PM
Oct 2013

doing what he does best, taking money from the sick and the old

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
28. Pimping the flock....its what's they do
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:38 PM
Oct 2013

And if she tithe and was still sick he would tell her she doesn't have faith. Rinse and repeat.

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
38. No. Many religious groups are out doing real good. Focus on evil. Pat Robertson is evil.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 11:02 PM
Oct 2013

Robertson will use his followers down to their last penny, when they die, he will move to other hosts. Robertson is an evil parasite.

Wolf Frankula

(3,601 posts)
35. And Here is a hymn for Profit Pat, for the god he worships.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 10:49 PM
Oct 2013

Hymn to the Almighty Dollar

Holy, holy, holy! Dollar Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy, spendable and mighty!
God in green paper, blessed currency!
Holy, holy, holy! Bankers all adore Thee,
Casting down their self respect around the money sea;
Accountants and businessmen falling down before Thee,
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
Holy, holy, holy! Though poverty may hide Thee,
Though the eye of liberal man Thy glory may not see;
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in pow’r, in might, and purity.
Holy, holy, holy! Dollar Almighty!
All Thy banks shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy; spendable and mighty!
God in green paper, blessed currency!

Wolf

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
37. Sick. Fuck.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 10:54 PM
Oct 2013

I don't often say this or even think it, but that guy is one sick fucker and he needs to go away.

malaise

(269,182 posts)
43. No surprise here
Sun Oct 6, 2013, 06:06 AM
Oct 2013

Hope all the elderly finally see the truth about this nasty ReTHUG snake oil salesman.

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