Person

Pat Robertson

Broadcaster (1930 to 2023) who said in 1980 that a judgment on the world would come by the end of 1982.

Pat Robertson founded the Christian Broadcasting Network and hosted The 700 Club. In 1980 he made a statement, widely quoted since, that a judgment on the world would come by the end of 1982.

Whether that statement was a date for the end of the world or a prediction of a more general judgment is disputed, which is why this site lists it as a record in dispute.

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1982 Pat Robertson and the "judgment on the world" statement of 1980 Pat Robertson · Record disputed In a 1980 broadcast of The 700 Club, Pat Robertson said that a judgment on the world would come by the end of 1982. Whether he meant the end of the world is disputed.