[[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_large”,”fid”:”568606″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image media-image-right”,”style”:”margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; float: right;”,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”}}]]When a 700 Club viewer asked host Pat Robertson today if she should give up proselytizing to her atheist coworker and “let her perish,” Robertson speculated that the colleague might be possessed by demons or a survivor of rape.

“I don’t know if you’re dealing with something that is demonic or something that is deeply ingrained,” Robertson said. “It’s something beyond normal human experience, something has happened and she associates God — maybe she had an abusive father, somebody who raped her and then acted like he was preaching to her from the Bible, you just never know what is going on in somebody’s childhood.”

Robertson advised the viewer to “be understanding, be loving and don’t try to push anything on her, pray for her.”