Mullah Robertson at it again

One of the more satisfying outcomes of Election Night 2005 was in Dover, Pennsylvania. The local school board has been supporting the teaching of "intelligent design" (or creationism 2.0) in school classrooms, side-by-side with evolution. The citizens of Dover promptly voted every single member of that school board out of office. This once again proves my point that if you want to stay on the local school board, never say anything in public. As soon as you're known to be on the school board, that's when you'll get voted off the school board. Otherwise you can pretty much sit there forever.

The point is, the intelligent design-evolution "debate," when subjected to the democratic process, resulted in a total vindication of evolution, and a total repudiation of intelligent design.

How was this example of democracy in action met by, say, people like Pat Robertson? Pretty much with the words "I hope you die!"

Rev. Robertson warned the people of Dover that God might forsake the town because of the vote.

“I’d like to say to the good citizens of Dover. If there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city. And don’t wonder why He hasn’t helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I’m not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that’s the case, don’t ask for His help because he might not be there.”

Watch the video.

You can vote God out of a city? Like a restraining order?

Mullah Robertson shows his true colors with this quote. Christian love is always subsumed by Christian hate when it comes to this guy. I don't know that he's even all that respected anymore, particularly after his series of lunatic rantings this year ("We should kill the President of Venezuela!"), but as a member of the religious conservative hierarchy, Mullah Robertson's remarks should be put to every Republican politician who courts that constituency. "Do you believe that the people of Dover now deserve no help from God should a disaster strike them?"