9.1.06

No mês de Janus

Television evangelist Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, which Robertson opposed.

"He was dividing God's land, and I would say, 'Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the [European Union], the United Nations or the United States of America,'" Robertson told viewers of his long-running television show, "The 700 Club."

"God says, 'This land belongs to me, and you'd better leave it alone,'" he said.
O caso de Pat Robertson mostra como um "design inteligente" não chega para garantir a qualidade do produto final.

Também há declarações de teor semelhante em Israel:

Extremists boast they cursed Sharon:
Far-right activists took credit Thursday for the severe deterioration in Ariel Sharon's health, claiming that a pulsa denura - Aramaic for "lashes of fire" - death curse they instigated against the prime minister in July was the real catalyst behind his current state of health.

"I take full responsibility for what happened," far-right activist Baruch Ben-Yosef, one of the participants at the July pulsa denura, told The Jerusalem Post. "Our pulsa denura kicked in. Nothing could kill Sharon and he said his ancestors lived until they over 100 years old but we got him with the pulsa denura."
Os afligidos por bushite aguda (*) precisarão de ler isto, para evitar crises e espasmos:

White House condemns Robertson's comments:
The White House sharply criticized Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson on Friday for suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine punishment for "dividing God's land."

"Those comments are wholly inappropriate and offensive and really don't have a place in this or any other debate"
(*) Doença do foro psicológico, que leva as vítimas a substituir a causa próxima de toda a asneira e calamidade pelos imperscutáveis mas certamente sinistros desígnios do presidente americano.