宗教的な 放送者 Pat Robertson, who turned tiny Virginia 駅／配置する into 全世界の Christian Broadcasting 網状組織 and helped make 宗教 central to GOP politics, dies at age 93

議論の的になる televangelist Pat Robertson, who rose to fame by creating a 宗教的な broadcasting empire but was frequently 非難するd for his 見解（をとる）s on women, the LGBTQ community and other 宗教s, has died at 93. No 原因（となる） of death was given. Robertson was best known for his 役割 on 'The 700 Club,' a variety news hour 現在のd from a Christian 視野. Much of his commentary 焦点（を合わせる）d on his 宗教的な beliefs, though he would often wade into political commentary. His hybrid brand of 宗教 and politics became a 主要な支え in the modern GOP, and Robertson himself ran for 大統領，／社長 in 1988.?

As Robertson's 宗教的な 影響（力） became more 重要な across the US, he pivoted 直接／まっすぐに into politics and in 1988, sought the 共和国の／共和党の 指名／任命 for 大統領，／社長. His 企て，努力，提案 against George H. W. Bush was 最終的に 不成功の, but he brought a large 宗教的な に引き続いて into the political 倍の. He finished in second place in the Iowa （政党の）幹部会，党集会s behind Bush, 借りがあるing his 親族 success to his 控訴，上告 の中で the 明言する／公表する's 広大な 網状組織 of evangelical Christian churches. His 署名 call for support 含むd asking listeners to 誓約（する） that they would work for him, pray for him, and 寄付する to him - a 戦う／戦い cry that 許すd him to より勝る some more 設立するd political 競争相手s. Robertson later 是認するd Bush, who would go on to 勝利，勝つ the White House. The 宗教的な leader's 継続している 衝撃 on 大統領の politics is the vigor with which 共和国の／共和党の 大統領の 候補者s to this day c ourt the evangelical communities of Iowa.

The year after the 選挙, Robertson formed the Christian 連合 in Chesapeake, which became a major 軍隊 for grassroots GOP 活動／戦闘. He remained the 連合's 大統領，／社長 until 2001, when he stepped aside to concentrate on 大臣の work. As 'The 700 Club' 伸び（る）d an enormous audience, Robertson began attracting high caliber guests, 含むing US 大統領，／社長s Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and 結局 Donald Trump. There were, however, times when Robertson's religiously-oriented on-空気／公表する pronouncements drew （激しい）反発. に引き続いて the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, that killed thousands of innocent Americans, Robertson 布告するd that God had 原因（となる）d the attacks 予定 to 怒り／怒る 原因（となる）d by the 連邦の 法廷，裁判所s, pornography, abortion 権利s and church-明言する／公表する 分離. He 述べるd Islam as a violent 宗教, which led to then-大統領 George W. Bush distancing himself from the 宗教的な host.

In 2014, Robertson 怒り／怒るd and 感情を害する／違反するd Kenyans when he 警告するd of the 可能性 of エイズ 存在 transmitted through Kenyan towels. The 網状組織 問題／発行するd a 是正 駅／配置する that Robertson 'misspoke about the 可能性 of getting エイズ through towels.' In 1976, Robertson 予報するd that 'there is going to be a judgment on the world' that would result in its end in 1982. In his 1990 調書をとる／予約する, 'The New Millennium,' Robertson again 主張するd that the world would be destroyed on April 29, 2007, USA Today 報告（する）／憶測d at the time. In 2006, he 予報するd the 太平洋の Northwest would be 荒廃させるd by a 津波, and that '集まり 殺人，大当りs' would be 抑えるのをやめるd in America in 2007. In 2020, Robertson 予報するd that an asteroid would destroy the earth five years after 大統領 Donald Trump won his ill-運命／宿命d re-選挙 企て，努力，提案. Another 結果 that has not come to pass.?に引き続いて Russia's 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国, Robertson made a special 外見 on 'The 700 Club' to say that Vladimir Putin was 'compelled by God' to 侵略する the 領土, but that his ultimate goal is to 'move against イスラエル.'

Marion Gordon 'Pat' Robertson was born in Lexington, Virginia, on March 22, 1930. His father, Absalom Willis Robertson, served for nearly four １０年間s as a US 代表者／国会議員 and 上院議員 from Virginia. Robertson served in the Korean War after 卒業生（する）ing from Virginia 会・原則 Washington and 物陰／風下 University. He received a 法律 degree from Yale に引き続いて his service, but failed the 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 exam and did not 追求する a career in 法律. Robertson met his wif e, Adelia 'Dede' Elmer at Yale in 1952, where she was 収入 a master's degree in nursing. They were married by a 治安判事 without either family 現在の, knowing their parents would not 認可する of the union 借りがあるing to Robertson 存在 a Southern Baptist and his wife, a カトリック教徒.?

In 1961, after buying a 破産者／倒産した television 駅／配置する in Portsmouth, Virginia, Robertson brought the Christian Broadcasting 網状組織 to life. The organization was 設立するd as a 税金-免除された 宗教的な nonprofit, which to this day, brings in hundreds of millions of dollars in '省 support' per year. In 2021, Robertson retired as host of 'The 700 Club.' His son Gordon took over weekday hosting 義務s. Gordon had 以前 後継するd his father in 2007 as 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of CBN. The religi ous マスコミ 大君 also 設立するd International Family Entertainment Inc., the parent company of The Family Channel on basic cable. In 1997, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. acquired IFE. Robertson also wrote 15 調書をとる／予約するs over the course of his lifetime, 含むing 'The Turning Tide' and 'The New World Order.' His wife Dede (pictured together), to whom he was married for nearly 70 years, proceeded him in death last year at the age of 94. The couple had four children, 14 grandchildren and 24 広大な／多数の／重要な-grandchildren, によれば a 声明 from CBN.?Read the 十分な story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12173789/宗教的な-放送者-Pat-Robertson-dies-age-93.html?ito=pull-notification&ci=AK8p7yq_JZ&xi=9a82e0b8-3109-49fc-b631-ef6053787a04&ai=12173789?ito=msngallery

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