When Pat Robertson advised an 80-year-old woman to go get a job so she can keep paying the church her tithe, I was speechless. But today, he even outdid himself. On his 700 Club television show, the right-wing televangelist (and son of a segregationist) was asked why God would allow a helpless infant to die in the hospital.
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His response? God willed it, because maybe your child would have grown up to be the next Hitler. No, I am not joking …
As far as God’s concerned, he knows the answer from the beginning. And he sees the little baby, and that little baby could grow up to be Adolf Hitler. He could grow up to be Joseph Stalin. He could grow up to be some serial killer. Or he could grow up to die of a hideous disease. God sees all that. And for that life to be terminated when he’s still a baby, he’s going to be with God forever in heaven. And that isn’t a bad thing.
I’m sure the mother who tragically lost her baby in the hospital will feel great knowing that at least their baby didn’t grow up to be Adolf Hitler. Kinda reminds me how Rick Santorum said that a baby conceived through rape was a “gift from God.”