Does God have caller ID? And if so, does he use it?

One imagines St. Peter working the big desk, the phone rings and he goes oh, no not him again. At least that’s how I figure it is up in heaven, as Pat Robertson lets loose with another blast of his now legendary Robertsonisms.

Today it’s the unfortunate people of Dover, Pa; a small little town in rural Pennsylvania which recently tossed all eight members of its school board into the electoral has been pile. It seems that the eight former board members were proponents of teaching Intelligent Design, an alternate way of thinking to the theory of evolution. The folks in Dover, involved in a major debate on this issue, take their separation of church and sate seriously and chose to replace those that were in the forefront of the program change. However, by rebuking the ID believers, Robertson suggested that Dover is on a path to destruction.

The decision by the people of Dover sent Robertson off into a full hyperbolic meltdown, as he chastised Dover residents with dire warnings. Said Robertson: "I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city. God is tolerant and loving, but we can't keep sticking our finger in his eye forever.If they have future problems in Dover, I recommend they call on Charles Darwin. Maybe he can help them."

It would seem that since the voters of Dover and Pat didn’t see eye to eye, then for Pat it’s a sign that its time for an eye for an eye.

The call for a plague of misfortune is just the latest in a rather strange bit of public speaking for the controversial 700 club minister. Robertson made news over the summer when he publicly called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez; comments which even the Bush White House were quick to disassociate themselves from.

In 2003, Robertson raised more than a few eyebrows with his comments that what was needed was for a nuclear device to be blown up at the State Department, as a way of getting their attention.

As the years have gone by, his comments have become more off the wall and far from the mainstream. He’s taken credit for steering a Hurricane away from his buildings and been an outspoken supporter of an African dictator while investing heavily in his country. He frequently launches attacks on the feminist, gay and lesbian movements, at one time suggesting that they; along with pagans and the People for the American Way were responsible for the attacks on the twin Towers in New York City. He even blamed Hurricane Katrina on the selection of Ellen DeGeneres to host the Emmys, somehow also finding a tie between DeGeneres' hosting gigs and the tragedy of September 11th.

In short he’s been rather loose cannon for a pretty long time now. In fact it seems that Robertson issues more of his kind of personal fatwa’s, than all of those Muslim clerics (of which he is so suspicious) combined.

When the phone rings up by those pearly gates, you can’t help but think that St. Peter is earning his pay. Earning it large, each and every day that he keeps Pat Robertson’s calls away.