Pat Robertson: Haiti , page 1

Robertson's "true story": Haiti "swore a pact to the devil" to get "free from the French" and "ever since, they have been cursed"
PAT ROBERTSON: And, you know...something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, "We will serve you if you will get us free from the French." True story. And so, the devil said, "OK, it's a deal."

And they kicked the French out. You know, the Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other. Desperately poor. That island of Hispaniola is one island. It's cut down the middle. On the one side is Haiti; on the other side is the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, et cetera. Haiti is in desperate poverty. Same island. They need to have and we need to pray for them a great turning to God. mediamatters.org...

Nice to know that the Christian Broadcasting Network has a handle on current events. This is the 700 Club...people send this nutbar money, right?

Just posted the vid here.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

What a sick man. The whole city is in ruins...hundreds of thousands possibly dead...no hospitals..food or water...and the ahole has the nerve.

reply to post by JohnnyCanuck

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Rev. Pat dosen't have a good grasp on Reality. I find it hard to put much FAITH in anything he says except "keep the checks and cash coming folks"
I'm pretty sure he is sincere when it comes to that.

www.youtube.com...


[edit on 13-1-2010 by whaaa]

Originally posted by Kaploink
Turning to god? Over 80 percent in Haiti are Catholic and the majority of the rest are Protestant.

Regardless of what Robertson believes, Catholics are Christians.

countrystudies.us...

Roman Catholicism is the official religion of Haiti, but voodoo may be considered the country's national religion. The majority of Haitians believe in and practice at least some aspects of voodoo. Most voodooists believe that their religion can coexist with Catholicism. Most Protestants, however, strongly oppose voodoo.

Catholics have moved so far away from true Christianity, maybe that is why many voodooist relate to Catholics?

reply to post by JohnnyCanuck

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Just goes to prove there are subjects you and I can agree on. Awesome post s & f for you.

wow..... well does anyone remember what ahem Mr. Robertson said after Katrina? Just wondering since there is a large voodoo influence in New Orleans.

Oh, wait I found it, apparently that was God's wrath for legalized abortion. How did he miss the voodoo in New Orleans, oh well.

I believe the New York Daily News said it best, Haiti needs help not stupidity.

[edit on 13-1-2010 by searching4truth]

reply to post by JohnnyCanuck

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Not really surprising, its the only the last in a string of such statements by fundamentalist leaders. Consider what Robertson and Falwell concluded on 9/11:
"JERRY FALWELL: And, I know that I'll hear from them for this. But, throwing God out successfully with the help of the federal court system, throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools. The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say "you helped this happen." (www.actupny.org...)
So, whatever ideologically opposes the extreme evangelical right makes "God mad" and thus he takes it out regionally on totally innocent poeple! Of course there's no mention of decades of US interference in Haiti and the backing of bloody dictators in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic (which once massacred 15 000 black Haitians along its disputed border).
It is distasteful to use tragedy to push ideology, but to some people this makes sense.
Surely the belief that all unbelievers in their ideology will burn forever in hell should provide these people with enough satisfaction, and it should therefore be unecessary to cherry-pick disasters looking for victims to blame.




[edit on 13-1-2010 by halfoldman]

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