Posted on 01/13/2010 5:46:37 PM PST by FromLori
US evangelical preacher Pat Robertson levied blame Wednesday for the devastating earthquake in Haiti on Haitians themselves, saying that the country "swore a pact to the devil" at its creation.
"Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it," Robertson said on his Christian Broadcasting Network show "The 700 Club." Haitians were originally "under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil," said the 80-year-old former presidential candidate.
"They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it's a deal," the televangelist said.
"Ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other."
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Yeah, and we’ve been cursed with Pat Robertson.
Good ol’ Pat does so little to improve the image of Christians. It is not the job of the Christian to judge, for crying out loud.
This has already been posted .... the thread is quite lengthy.
Got a link?
I’m sure this will now be leading the news headlines tomorrow.....Geeeeez........
Yeah . All that voodoo they doo.
I actually could believe this . Haiti does have very very bad karma
Not helped by the fact this dumb story has been posted at least 10 times from various sources on FR today.
Haiti practices a lot of voodoo and the place is so massively screwed up before the earthquake that Pat is probably onto something. Stii - it was an incredibly stupid thing for him to say.
I don’t know how to link, but the thread is entitled: ‘They Have Been Cursed’: Pat Robertson Says Haiti ‘Swore a Pact to the Devil’ (you should find it with a search, I would think!)
and they should be... Pat is a flippin’ IDIOT
Yes, even if he’s right, and he might very well be, it is not for him, or me for that matter, to say.
sounds reasonable to me, also
Haiti is a voodoo superpower but it all seems to boomerang back onto them. All that voodoo puts a curse over their island.
>> It is not the job of the Christian to judge
Huh? Read the complete sentence, please. Methinks a bit more research is necessary on your part.
I did a title search and none showed up. Maybe if you know what it was you could link it.
God has a long memory
“Vengeance is mine , saith the Lord”
That's for sure. Nobody else sucks wind in the Carribean like the Haitians do.
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