‘Is there really a God?’: Even Ninoy Aquino opened up to Pat Robertson

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Pat Robertson of 'The 700 Club,' who died at 93, influenced believers from different parts of the world, including Filipino opposition leader Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino Jr. in solitary detention.

, which airs to this day, is the flagship show of the Christian Broadcasting Network, a 63-year-old media giant founded by American televangelist Pat Robertson. on Thursday, June 8. Through, Robertson influenced believers from different parts of the world – including Aquino, the nemesis of Philippine dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos.in June 1981, when Aquino was allowed to fly to the US for heart surgery, the Filipino opposition leader said the Christian program “kept me company in my solitary cell.

PROBING QUESTIONS. Pat Robertson of ‘The 700 Club’ interviews Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Jr. about his life in detention. “But then I felt,” Aquino continued, “there must be a God because then, all of this suffering will be useless. I mean, if I am suffering like this and there’s no God, who will ever reward me? Who will ever pay me back? So there must be a God. So I felt then – maybe it’s a fool’s consolation – I had to even invent him if there is no God because that’s the only way you can survive.”

SPIRITUAL CRISIS. Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Jr. opens up to Pat Robertson in this 1981 interview about his spiritual crisis while in detention.

 

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