Weightlifiting for Jesus

Pat Robertson claims to be able to leg press 2000 pounds. Why do we care and why does he want us to know?

Pat Robertson has been in the news for something unusual recently. Apparently, he is claiming to be able to leg press 2000 pounds. - that's one ton. My question is - why do we care, and why does he want us to know? One of his people must have issued a press release somewhere along the line since this story has been all over the news.

So, why does he want us to know? The obvious skeptical reason is that he needs some cold hard cash. This is more than just a ploy for media attention, since Robertson credits his personal line of magical protein shakes, which consists of the same thing as every other protein shake on the market.

What I find interesting in this story is that he doesn't credit God's blessings, grace or the natural power of God's creation in the human body when properly nourished. He doesn't claim God gave him the power, or that it takes great faith. No, he credits "Pat Robertson's Age-Defying Shake" which you too can have access to, if you throw down a couple hours worth of wages at your local GNC or "join" Pat's online group.

Frankly, I don't care how many pounds the guy can bench press, he looks to be two-breaths away from a heart attack every time I see him blabbering away about how women and gays caused September 11 or how some natural disaster or other is proof of God's wrath. That cherubic veneer can't hide boiling blood.

Pat, why don't you take those profits from your soy and vinegar hoodoo and donate it to inner-city schools or a soup kitchen? If you do, I promise to write another blog about it on this site for all the world to see.