Robertson Advocates Stoning for UFO Enthusiasts
12 Mar 2001
Robertson Advocates Stoning for UFO Enthusiasts
by Skipp Porteous
In a recent pronouncement, television evangelist and Christian
Coalition president Pat Robertson advocated death by stoning for UFO
enthusiasts.
Freedom Writer magazine disclosed Robertson's statement in its
July/August issue. 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. In a rambling discourse, he
said that if such things exist, 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,
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 this 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 worshipped 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 hosts 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, who refuses to take God's Law.
And God says, 'My covenant says you won't do this. And if I find
anybody in Israel,'-- "which is his pure nation" -- 'If I find anybody
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."
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