The Fertile Land Of Israel Produces Another Bumper Crop Of Nutjobbery

As you surely know, Pat Robertson just explained how God struck down Ariel Sharon because he evacuated the settlements in Gaza:

ROBERTSON: ...I think we need to look at the Bible and the Book of Joel. The prophet Joel makes it very clear that God has enmity against those who, quote, "divide my land." God considers this land to be his. You read the Bible, he says, "This is my land." And for any prime minister of Israel who decides he going carve it up and give it away, God says, "No. This is mine."

I know this is incredibly surprising, but Pat Robertson sounds just like Abd al-Aziz Rantissi, the late Hamas leader. Before Israel blew him up, Rantissi made this religious pronouncement:

"All the land of Palestine is a part of the Islamic faith and the Caliph Omar bin al-Khattab declared it for all Muslims. Therefore, no individual or group has the right to sell it or give it up."

It's too bad Rantissi died before Arafat, and thus missed the chance to explain how God had struck Arafat down. WHY IS LIFE SO UNFAIR?

In any case, while Israel/Palestine consistently produces huge amounts of Christian, Jewish and Islamic nutjobbery, other religions have really been letting everyone down. What's needed is for someone to loudly shriek that God gave Israel/Palestine to the Buddhists, and if any Buddhist allows non-Buddhists to live there, God will smite them in some violent Buddhist way. I'm willing to step up to the plate here if necessary.