From a transcript of the November 7, 1990, 700 Club, a religious television talk show broadcast on the Christian Broadcasting Network. The following exchange, between Pat Robertson and co-host Sheila Walsh, took place after CBN reported on a fire that had destroyed much of Universal Studios the night before. In 1988 Universal distributed The Last Temptation of Christ, which, according to the news report, “many Christians asked [the studio] to yank.”

sheila walsh: When something like this happens, people wonder about the judgment of the Lord. Does this fit into that category?