Levee Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Roberts Says God Forced His Resignation 2007-11-28 21:14:50 By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Associated Press Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University Wednesday that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but that he did so because God insisted. God told him on Thanksgiving that he should resign the next day, Roberts told students in the university's chapel. "Every ounce of my flesh said 'no'" to the idea, Roberts said, but he prayed over the decision with his wife and his father, Oral Roberts, and decided to step down. Roberts said he wanted to "strike out" against the people who were persecuting him, and considered countersuing, but "the Lord said, 'don't do that,'" he said. After submitting his resignation, he said, for "first time in 60 days peace came into my heart." Roberts spoke for only a few minutes and was applauded and cheered by students. He wiped away tears with a white handkerchief and his hands. "This has nearly destroyed my family, and it's nearly destroyed ORU," Roberts said. A lawsuit accuses Roberts of lavish spending at a time when the university faced more than $50 million in debt, including taking shopping sprees, buying a stable of horses and paying for a daughter to travel to the Bahamas aboard the university jet. Roberts has previously said that God told him to deny the allegations. The week the lawsuit was filed, Richard Roberts said that God told him: "We live in a litigious society. Anyone can get mad and file a lawsuit against another person whether they have a legitimate case or not. This lawsuit ... is about intimidation, blackmail and extortion." On Wednesday, Roberts said God told him he would "do something supernatural for the university" if he stepped down from the job he held at the 5,700-student school since 1993. On Tuesday, the founder of a Christian office and education supply store chain pledged $70 million to help the university, provided it passed a 90-day review of the school's finances. Oklahoma City businessman Mart Green, founder of the Mardel chain, offered to donate $8 million immediately. Roberts said he would return to the full-time evangelistic healing ministry, "which is where my heart has always been," and told students and faculty that he will be praying for them every day of his life. "I believe with all my heart the best is yet to come for ORU," he said. Roberts walked out of the chapel through a side door to more cheers. Regents Chairman George Pearsons followed, telling students the ORU administration is "endeavoring to do the right thing" during a very difficult time. "This is a good university," Pearsons said. "ORU is a place where love is king." Gary Richardson, the attorney who filed the lawsuit accusing Roberts of lavish living, said Wednesday there was a possibility for settlement with the university, but held out little hope for settling with Richard Roberts after what he said was his failure to admit in chapel he did anything wrong. "You can't imagine the people who say to us, 'Don't let it be swept under the carpet,'" Richardson said. Richardson also said his firm filed a request with Roberts' attorneys for a copy of a report detailing an outside audit of the university's finances. Tuesday, Pearsons refused to provide details of the audit, citing the pending litigation. "We'll get it, as long as there's a lawsuit involved," Richardson said. Roberts remains the CEO of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and remains a "spiritual regent" who cannot vote on university matters. On Tuesday, Pearsons announced a plan to separate the finances and leadership of the university from the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association, a move welcomed by many students and faculty members. The university has been under the ministry since its inception in 1963, an arrangement that critics say led to co-mingling of funds and a blurring of leadership roles. See more stories in this category Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake of Shadows Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 The week the lawsuit was filed, Richard Roberts said that God told him: "We live in a litigious society. Anyone can get mad and file a lawsuit against another person whether they have a legitimate case or not. This lawsuit ... is about intimidation, blackmail and extortion." Okay, but does God still sound like Charlton Heston... or maybe George Burns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Roberts Says God Forced His Resignation 2007-11-28 21:14:50 By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Associated Press Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University Wednesday that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but that he did so because God insisted. God nothing, the pretentious charlatan had no choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Klu Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 God told him: "We live in a litigious society. Anyone can get mad and file a lawsuit against another person whether they have a legitimate case or not. This lawsuit ... is about intimidation, blackmail and extortion." Bullshit. If this were really god, you'd see some strategically placed 'shall's, 'thee's, 'thine's, and 'thou's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatdrastik Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Just another delusional moron The devil made me do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roblindblad Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Then God must have told him to find as many suckers as possible and rip them off too sorry I thought Orals' sons' name was Swallow or Spit It Into a Khapkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levee Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 "Richard?" "Yeah?" "It's me. God" "Oh Hi God, how ya doing?" "I want you to resign" "Well....I've been thinking about it, how about the first of the year?" "I want you to resign on Friday the day after Thanksgiving" "Wha! I can't do it that day, it's the busiest retail day of the year, we were going shopping" "Richard!" "Oh c'mon God, be a sport, we were going early to the Cracker Barrel for breakfast and then on to the mall, have you seen some of the mark downs at the Gap?" "No I haven't I'll check later,but I still want you to resign on that day" "No! I will not do it!" "Well, then you leave me no choice, but to play the I Insist card" "Not that! you wouldn't" "Try me" "But God, be reasonable!" "Richard I insist that you resign on that day" "Oh crap.........all right" "Good." So you say the Gap eh?" "Yes God, they have some really good deals and then we are going to JC Penny and possibly Sears..and.......... "Goodbye Richard" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerinedream Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 "Richard?" "Yeah?" "It's me. God" "Oh Hi God, how ya doing?" "I want you to resign" "Well....I've been thinking about it, how about the first of the year?" "I want you to resign on Friday the day after Thanksgiving" "Wha! I can't do it that day, it's the busiest retail day of the year, we were going shopping" "Richard!" "Oh c'mon God, be a sport, we were going early to the Cracker Barrel for breakfast and then on to the mall, have you seen some of the mark downs at the Gap?" "No I haven't I'll check later,but I still want you to resign on that day" "No! I will not do it!" "Well, then you leave me no choice, but to play the I Insist card" "Not that! you wouldn't" "Try me" "But God, be reasonable!" "Richard I insist that you resign on that day" "Oh crap.........all right" "Good." So you say the Gap eh?" "Yes God, they have some really good deals and then we are going to JC Penny and possibly Sears..and.......... "Goodbye Richard" Hilarious! This is enough to make me believe in god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levee Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Hilarious! This is enough to make me believe in god. Thanks and hello TD! I really liked the "He insisted" part in the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 (edited) Really? God insisted he resign? Doesn't God have better things to do? Edited November 29, 2007 by Electrophile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarlaxle 56 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I know I would definitely waste all of my time doing nothing if I were God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerinedream Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I know I would definitely waste all of my time doing nothing if I were God. Nice pic. I love QOTSA but think they all pretty much look like axe murderers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarlaxle 56 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Nice pic. I love QOTSA but think they all pretty much look like axe murderers. Really? What does an axe murderer look like though? I've seen the movie "So I Married an Axe Murderer" with Mike Myers, they look nothing like the woman in that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 "Richard?" "Yeah?" "It's me. God" "Oh Hi God, how ya doing?" "Get off the drugs!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldilocks Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Okay, but does God still sound like Charlton Heston... or maybe George Burns? LOL!!! Does anyone remember that SNL sketch from the late 1980's around the time that Oral Roberts (Richard's dad) said "God would kill him if he didn't come up with a million dollars..."? Phil Hartman was playing Oral Roberts in this sketch and the voice of God was none other than: Charlton Heston who was guest hosting that night. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 The University has a jet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muse Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Why do people have to be so weird about God... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Oral Roberts preaches on how to have Fun ! Or Not !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 For a brief moment after glancing at the title of this thread I thought that this was another quote from Robert Plant. lol carry on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 'I first met God......in 1929!'----Richard Pryor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bong-Man Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Might as well keep all the loonies in one bin... http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/white-house-advisor-valerie-jarrett-speechless-pat-robertson/story?id=9555714 White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett 'Speechless' Over Pat Robertson's Haiti Comment Robertson Says Haiti Earthquake Result of Haitians' 'Deal with Devil' By CLAIRE SHIPMAN and DEVIN DWYER Jan. 14, 2010 The earthquake in Haiti is a tragedy of such gargantuan proportion that it's natural to wonder how -- or why -- any God, if there is a God, could allow it. Enter the Rev. Pat Robertson, who always seems to have a ready answer for the unanswerable. "You know ... something happened a long time ago in Haiti. … They got together and swore a pact to the Devil," Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club" Wednesday. "They said, 'We will serve you if you get us free from the French.' True story." That's right: Robertson seems to suggest the Haitians brought the earthquake on themselves, in a deal with Satan. "And so, the Devil said, 'OK, it's a deal.' And they kicked the French out," he went on. "You know, the Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after another." Robertson's words instantly triggered a firestorm on the airwaves and online, including a rebuke from senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett on "Good Morning America" today. "I'm kind of speechless about that kind of remark," Jarrett said. "Our heart goes out to the people of Haiti. … That's not the attitude that expresses the spirit of the president or the American people, so I thought it was a pretty stunning comment to make." In a statement on its Web site, the Christian Broadcasting Network said Robertson was speaking objectively about Haiti's history that has led "countless scholars and religious figures over the centuries to believe the country is cursed. "Dr. Robertson never stated that the earthquake was God's wrath," the statement reads. "If you watch the entire video segment, Dr. Robertson's compassion for the people of Haiti is clear." Robertson is actively involved in helping launch and finance relief efforts to help the Haitian people and called on viewers to donate money to the cause on Wednesday's show, according to the network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) Robertson's words instantly triggered a firestorm on the airwaves and online, including a rebuke from senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett on "Good Morning America" today. "I'm kind of speechless about that kind of remark," Jarrett said. "Our heart goes out to the people of Haiti. … That's not the attitude that expresses the spirit of the president or the American people, so I thought it was a pretty stunning comment to make." I like Alyssa Milano's "rebuke" via Twitter better: Dear Pat Robertson, You're a douche. Sincerely, Alyssa Milano Edited January 14, 2010 by 59LesPaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrycja Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) Might as well keep all the loonies in one bin... http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/white-house-advisor-valerie-jarrett-speechless-pat-robertson/story?id=9555714 The earthquake in Haiti is a tragedy of such gargantuan proportion that it's natural to wonder how -- or why -- any God, if there is a God, could allow it. Enter the Rev. Pat Robertson, who always seems to have a ready answer for the unanswerable. "You know ... something happened a long time ago in Haiti. … They got together and swore a pact to the Devil," Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club" Wednesday. "They said, 'We will serve you if you get us free from the French.' True story." That's right: Robertson seems to suggest the Haitians brought the earthquake on themselves, in a deal with Satan. "And so, the Devil said, 'OK, it's a deal.' And they kicked the French out," he went on. "You know, the Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after another." Way to set a good Christian example. Geez. Edited January 14, 2010 by Patrycja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levee Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Might as well keep all the loonies in one bin... http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/white-house-advisor-valerie-jarrett-speechless-pat-robertson/story?id=9555714 White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett 'Speechless' Over Pat Robertson's Haiti Comment Robertson Says Haiti Earthquake Result of Haitians' 'Deal with Devil' By CLAIRE SHIPMAN and DEVIN DWYER Jan. 14, 2010 The earthquake in Haiti is a tragedy of such gargantuan proportion that it's natural to wonder how -- or why -- any God, if there is a God, could allow it. Enter the Rev. Pat Robertson, who always seems to have a ready answer for the unanswerable. "You know ... something happened a long time ago in Haiti. … They got together and swore a pact to the Devil," Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club" Wednesday. "They said, 'We will serve you if you get us free from the French.' True story." That's right: Robertson seems to suggest the Haitians brought the earthquake on themselves, in a deal with Satan. "And so, the Devil said, 'OK, it's a deal.' And they kicked the French out," he went on. "You know, the Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after another." Robertson's words instantly triggered a firestorm on the airwaves and online, including a rebuke from senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett on "Good Morning America" today. "I'm kind of speechless about that kind of remark," Jarrett said. "Our heart goes out to the people of Haiti. … That's not the attitude that expresses the spirit of the president or the American people, so I thought it was a pretty stunning comment to make." In a statement on its Web site, the Christian Broadcasting Network said Robertson was speaking objectively about Haiti's history that has led "countless scholars and religious figures over the centuries to believe the country is cursed. "Dr. Robertson never stated that the earthquake was God's wrath," the statement reads. "If you watch the entire video segment, Dr. Robertson's compassion for the people of Haiti is clear." Robertson is actively involved in helping launch and finance relief efforts to help the Haitian people and called on viewers to donate money to the cause on Wednesday's show, according to the network. It's been a while since we had something to blame France for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Too bad for them that they aren't a bank or an insurance giant. If they were, "God" would be rewarding their financial improprieties with huge bailout packages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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