On Wednesday, Pat Robertson spent time on “The 700 Club” telling NASA not to waste money going to Mars or searching for life beyond Earth. Why? Well because in Robertson’s non-expert opinion there’s nothing out there in space besides “barren rocks” and “gaseous balls.”
“This planet is where God has got an experiment in what he wants to have accomplished,” Robertson stated. “But somehow, people want to spend a lot of money to go to Mars! I don’t want to think that Mars is someplace I want to visit, and it would take a lot of money to get there!”
One could roll their eyes at this rhetoric and dismiss it as Robertson’s typical bombastic and close-minded blather. But his “NASA is too expensive” thoughts are shared by politicians who hold the purse strings.
This line of thought displays not only a lack of imagination, but also a lack of understanding of Earth’s finite resources. This sort of limited scope of ideas also stifles innovation and scientific discovery. Space travel is responsible for so many incredible technologies that we use today, which NASA has helpfully enumerated here.
Scientists including Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye and Stephen Hawking have all made the case for space exploration as a necessity for mankind.
Pat Robertson Certain “Aliens” are Demons, Suggests UFO Enthusiasts Should Be Stoned to Death
Great Barrington, MA – In a recent pronouncement television evangelist and head of the Christian Coalition, Pat Robertson, advocated death by stoning for UFO enthusiasts.
Freedom Writer magazine, in its July/August issue mailed today, disclosed Robertson’s statement. Freedom Writer is published by the institute for First Amendment Studies, a group that monitors the right.
Robertson used the news of the July 4th Mars landing to promote his extreme beliefs. A segment on the July 8, 1997 broadcast of The 700 Club featured news of the Mars Pathfinder mission. Employing the historical event as a starting point the program delved into the possibility of the existence of UFOs and space aliens.
While Robertson viewed the space program with suspicion, on a more serious note, he launched into a diatribe against those who entertain the existence of space aliens and UFOs. He said in a rambling disclosure that if such things exist then they are simply demons trying to lead people away from Christ. According to Robertson the threat is so serious that people who believe in space aliens should be put to death by stoning – according to “God’s word.”
“The Bible says the Earth belongs to man but the heavens belong to the Lord”, Robertson said. “He has given us the Earth. He also warned man, way back when Moses was writing down not only what is the Ten Commandments but Deuteronomy, which is almost the second law.”
“Here is what he said to the children of Israel about the whole matter: ‘If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you, a man or a woman who has been wicked in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing His covenant, who has gone and served other gods and worshiped them (either the sun or moon or any of the hosts of heaven which I have not commanded you) and you hear of it then you shall inquire diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination has been committed in Israel then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed that wicked thing and stone to death that man or woman with stones.'” (Deuteronomy 17:2-5,NKJV)
“Now, that’s what Moses said to the children of Israel about those who worship the sun and the moon and the host of heaven because these things, at best, are lifeless nothings or if they are intelligent they’re demonic. And yes,there is a host of heaven. There are angels and there are fallen angels. There is no question about it.
“Can a demon appear as a slanty-eyed,funny looking creature? Of course he can – or it can! Of course they can deceive people. And if they can lead somebody away from the true God or away from Jesus Christ – anyway it happens -it doesn’t matter. You will lose your salvation. It doesn’t matter how they get you. The question is did they get you, and, under what guise?
“This is man in rebellion against God, man who refuses to take God’s law. And God says my covenant says you wont do this. “And if I find anybody in Isreal” which is God’s pure nation – “If I find any body in Israel that’s doing this sort of thing, then I want you to take him out and dispose of him.” It’s a clear violation of God’s word.
Skipp Porteous, Freedom Writer publisher, commented: “As the founder and chairman of the Christian Coalition – a group dedicated to becoming the most powerful force in America – Robertson’s extreme ideas need to be taken seriously for they not only negate pluralism but condemn to death those who believe differently.”
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