Associated Press:
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is predicting a horrific terrorist act on the United States that will result in "mass killing" during the second half of this year.
Robertson says God has told him that major cities and possibly millions of people will be affected by the attack.
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Predicting events for the coming year is an annual tradition for Robertson.
'Annual tradition,' huh? I decided to look into some of Pat's other predictions and found a page over at Media Matters. For the year 2005, he made some doozies.
-"Well, the Lord has some very encouraging news for George Bush ... What I heard is that Bush is now positioned to have victory after victory and that his second term is going to be one of triumph, which is pretty strong stuff. ... He'll have Social Security reform passed. He'll have tax reform passed. He'll have conservative judges on the courts. And that basically he is positioned for a series of dramatic victories which I hope will hearten him and his advisers. They don't have to be timid in this matter because the wind is blowing at his back, and he can move forward boldly and get results."
-"In America, again if I'm hearing God right, we will see a tremendous incident of miracles in the year 2005. ... God's spirit is going to be moving in dramatic power around the world. And his spirit is going to be touching the hearts of many in the Muslim world and they will be turning to the gospel, to Jesus Christ. I think many of them already are, but this is going to be an acceleration that will really amaze the world. ... 'Revival will break out throughout the Muslim world, my [God's] truth will penetrate their hearts. The hold of that falsehood that has gripped them will be broken.'"
-"2005 will be another good year for the world. The terrorist threat will diminish. Nations will walk in peace, but it will be an illusion. The peril to Israel is greater now than it has ever been for she will be seduced into a false peace that will leave her vulnerable."
Boy, with that track record, how can he possibly go wrong?
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