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Pat Robertson, a Baptist minister with a passion for politics who marshaled Christian conservatives into a powerful constituency that helped Republicans capture both houses of Congress in 1994, died on Thursday.

Robertson, longtime TV host, religious broadcaster, educator, humanitarian, and one-time presidential candidate died at his home in Virginia Beach, Va. early Thursday morning. He was 93.

Born Marion Gordon Robertson in Lexington, Virginia on March 22, 1930, the nickname "Pat" was given to him by his older brother. Sticking with that moniker rather than his birth name was just the first of many conventions he would defy during his lifetime.

His death was announced by the Christian Broadcasting Network, which Mr. Robertson founded in 1960.

Perhaps best known for offering prayer and political commentary at the helm of The 700 Club, the flagship program of his media ministry, Robertson’s rise to prominence is rooted in what he called a vision from God to create The Christian Broadcasting Network, which he founded in 1960. A prolific innovator, he also started a Christian university, a legal advocacy group, and an international NGO specializing in disaster relief.

Even while promoting a worldview that believes in the inerrancy of the Bible, both his approach to business and his on-air persona were considered unorthodox by some – if not ahead of his time. Today, his influence and legacy crisscross interests and industries that have broken barriers for countless Christian leaders and laypeople.

Mr. Robertson built an entrepreneurial empire based on his Christian faith, encompassing a university, a law school, a cable channel with broad reach, and more. A product of a family with politics in its veins, he waged a serious though unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988 in which he resigned as a Baptist minister in the face of criticism about mixing church and state.

The loss did not dampen his political fervor; he went on to found the Christian Coalition, which stoked the conservative faith-based political resurgence of the 1990s and beyond.

Whether in the pulpit, on the stump or in front of a television camera, Mr. Robertson could exhibit the mild manner of a friendly local minister, chuckling softly and displaying an almost perpetual twinkle in his eye. But he was also given to statements that his detractors saw as outlandishly wrongheaded and dangerously incendiary.

He suggested, for example, that Americans’ sinfulness had brought on the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States, and that the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010 was divine retribution for a promise that Haitians had made to serve the Devil in return for his help in securing the country’s independence from France in 1804.

He said that liberal Protestants embodied “the spirit of the Antichrist” and that feminism drove women to witchcraft. He called for the assassination of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. He maintained that his prayers had averted hurricanes.

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At times, his on-air pronouncements drew criticism.

He claimed that the terrorist attacks that killed thousands of Americans on Sept. 11, 2001 were caused by God, angered by the federal courts, pornography, abortion rights and church-state separation. Talking again about 9-11 on his TV show a year later, Robertson described Islam as a violent religion that wants to “dominate” and “destroy,” prompting President George W. Bush to distance himself and say Islam is a peaceful and respectful religion.

Later that year, he warned residents of a rural Pennsylvania town not to be surprised if disaster struck them because they voted out school board members who favored teaching “intelligent design” over evolution. And in 1998, he said Orlando, Florida, should beware of hurricanes after allowing the annual Gay Days event.

In 2014, he angered Kenyans when he warned that towels in Kenya could transmit AIDS. CBN issued a correction, saying Robertson “misspoke about the possibility of getting AIDS through towels.”

Robertson also could be unpredictable: In 2010, he called for ending mandatory prison sentences for marijuana possession convictions. Two years later, he said on the “700 Club” that marijuana should be legalized and treated like alcohol because the government’s war on drugs had failed.

Robertson condemned Democrats caught up in sex scandals, saying for example that President Bill Clinton turned the White House into a playpen for sexual freedom. But he helped solidify evangelical support for Donald Trump, dismissing the candidate’s sexually predatory comments about women as an attempt “to look like he’s macho.”

After Trump took office, Robertson interviewed the president at the White House. And CBN welcomed Trump advisers, such as Kellyanne Conway, as guests.

But after President Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020, Robertson said Trump was living in an “alternate reality” and should “move on,” news outlets reported.

He also blamed COVID-19 on abortion and same-sex marriage.

God help me
Mighty men with power are dying God strenghten me

This is a man with outstanding characters. When will Nigeria ever have such a man as a leader that has his people at heart

Damn second rip today

RIP sir

What is happening to elderly people??

How many R I P today?

700 club.

Used to respect him as a kid.

Realised he was like the many other liars who act as if they chat with God but are just like everyone else.

This guy has missed the result of the US presidential election severally.

All in all, he should rest in peace.

Death everywhere

Rip

Great man

He really left a huge positive mark, partly laying the foundation for modern televangelism. God bless his soul. Rest well sir.

Rest in power MOG!

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Just saw this on fb

700 club blessed our lives.

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RIP

Today is for RIP in Nairaland. Bring more death news, we are waiting.

Sasi54:
This is a man with outstanding characters. When will Nigeria ever have such a man as a leader that has his people at heart

Our own na to scam the gullible and buy privte jet

Rip to him

E be like na obituary they reign for NL today

Rest on sir

Xammie001:
God help me
Mighty men with power are dying God strenghten me

Stop lying! That man was nothing but a politician masquerading as one who knew God. He didn't even put a lot of work into it since the hate that spewed from his mouth alone revealed his fruits on a regular basis.

Nawa o

Third thread on death today

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Good

So sad

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Rest In Peace 😢

tenpipsperday:
Our own na to scam the gullible and buy privte jet

This man also built his empire on the backs of his gullible sheeples.