Pat Robertson says that God can free you from your slavery to vegetables. Yeah, I don't get it either.

Courtesy of Raw Story: 

“God gave you and me as human beings authority, he gave us dominion over everything on this Earth,” the TV preacher explained on Monday’s 700 Club. “Over all the animals, all the snakes, all the birds, all the plants, all the vegetables.” 

“Cocaine is the product of a vegetable, alcohol is the product of a vegetable, marijuana is a vegetable,” he continued. “And yet, people are enslaved to vegetables. And you were made in the image of God. God made you in his image to reign and rule with him. He gave you incredible authority.” 

“Why would you become a slave to a vegetable? Why? Why would you do it.? 

Robertson said that he had “seen a lot of stuff” in his lifetime so he understood that people had a lot of problems, “but God Almighty can deliver you from the bondage of your addiction.” 

“Your slavery to vegetables, he can set you free,” he insisted.

As Raw Story points out cannabis is a herb, however his argument broke down essentially the minute he thought of it.

Speaking just for myself I would like Pat Robertson to know that even without God I am certainly NOT a slave to any vegetable.

I'm a slave to bacon. 

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Well I WAS going to have a salad today, but now.....

By the way I used to have this beautiful girlfriend when I was nineteen who believed that plants could feel pain.  She was already a vegetarian so this belief just messed her up even further.

The funny part is that she swore that you could hear plants scream when you damaged them, and this was while SHE was working for a landscaping business.

God I miss the seventies.