And you know what? I'm going to come right out and say that I agree with people like Faith - I don't understand how you can oppose the views of Pat Robertson, which, to my reading, come straight out of the Bible as it is literally interpreted, and still call yourselves Christians. I don't get it.
These views of Robertson's are his own interpretations of what he is reading and believing. I find it failed logic to subscribe that if anyone disagrees with Robertson's views that they are not a Christian. They may not be a "Robertson Christian", but his views are not a litmus test for inclusion into Christianity as a Faith. In a general sense he has some creadance to what he is saying. The End Times Events are nearing. But the Bible says that nobody knows the hour and day which means that prognosticators do not have enough information to start setting dates for end times events.
The Bible is also clear that when the events start to occur, the Earth will curse God for the affair. This means that when it goes down, there will be no doubt as to why this stuff is happening. We are not at that point yet because few believe these events are nothing but Natural cycles. When the events take on End Times intensity, doubts of natural cyclic occurance will cease.