Rev. Pat Robertson
The Christian Broadcasting Network
977 Centerville Turnpike
Virginia Beach, VA 23463
Dear Rev. Robertson:
I see you have attributed Ariel Sharon's stroke to God's displeasure. I've noticed that you are very diligent about telling us when God is pissed off about this or that. Leaving aside the fact that God seems to get pissed off about the same things you do, I'd like to ask you this question:
How come you never tell us when He is happy?? Seriously -- why don't we ever hear about that?
We're made in His image, right? We aren't pissed off all the time, are we? I mean, no one can spend
all their time in a self-righteous snit. Even you, I would wager, are happy from time to time -- I'm guessing when you cash all those checks your gullible viewers send you. And I understand you have a diamond mine -- that must make you happy, right? You would have gotten rid of it otherwise.
I have no way of knowing this, of course, but I can't help thinking God is not made happy by things like diamond mines and the fleecing of delusional suckers. As I understand it, what Jesus had to say on the subject sorta backs me up. I am willing to accept that giving strokes to elderly Jewish men might make God happy -- after all, He's been doing that for thousands of years. Looks to me like He's just about gotten it down to a science.
But what else makes God happy? Does he like babies? You claim he doesn't like abortion, but look at how He treats babies all over the world (even the white ones, sometimes). Malnutrition, disease, parasites, cancers, birth defects -- heck, some of these things make a stroke seem almost benign. If a stroke is how He shows He's pissed off at Ariel Sharon, what is He trying to tell us about His feelings toward babies?
Does He like chocolate? (Maybe not, judging how its discoverers -- the Aztecs -- ultimately made out.) How about puppies? Salad bars? SUVs? Anything?
C'mon, help me out here -- the Guy must like something. Why doesn't He ever let us know?
Sincerely,
Roddy McCorley