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US evangelist says quake-hit Haiti made 'devil' pact
AFP ^ | 1/13/10

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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To: FromLori

21 posted on 01/13/2010 6:11:29 PM PST by hiho hiho
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To: FromLori
Pat Robertson levied blame Wednesday for the devastating earthquake in Haiti on Haitians themselves

Dumbass. Why don't muslims ever take out a fatwa on useless people like Pat?

22 posted on 01/13/2010 6:11:42 PM PST by killjoy (Life sucks, wear a helmet.)
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To: FromLori

Not a big Pat R. fan, but can anyone tell me one thing he said that is not factual?


23 posted on 01/13/2010 6:12:21 PM PST by Pheadrus427
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To: FromLori

WWJD?

Would Christ condemn, or comfort? Even if Robertson’s notion is correct, I don’t believe for a second Christ would’ve said that at this particular time.

How does that statement reflect on Christ and His followers? How will it come off to someone who just lost a child, or a parent? Robertson has lost his way.

SnakeDoc


24 posted on 01/13/2010 6:14:43 PM PST by SnakeDoctor (Life is tough; it's tougher if you're stupid. -- John Wayne)
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To: LeoWindhorse
A pact with the devil? And bad Karma? Are not those two separate cosmologies? I am not being flippant, I am simply interested in your point of view here. Regardless, Mr. Robertson seems to have his own pact about which to worry. Maybe he should just pray for this poor country as should we all.
25 posted on 01/13/2010 6:15:52 PM PST by T bench ("God wills it." Urban II)
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To: FromLori
I know people will be howling about this!

Maybe, probably; whatever; but you can pull the truth here. One only has to wonder or challenge the MO of Haiti; when the other half of this island - with same resources/landscape. . .ocean view, is doing well.

Corruption/drugs/voodoo so embedded here; and all aided and abetted by USA; while the elite political class enjoys the riches of our gifts. How much have we given here? And for what and for whom? The non-political class of Haitians? Nooooo!

Personally, the fact that the palace was taken out; seems a poetic justice; and maybe as well; the UN. That said; am, in fact sorry for the pain and suffering of all those who have little or no say in determining Haiti's present or future; and those 'innocent'. So much for 'change' that no one in this pathetic country can believe in; thanks to the corruption of more than a few. Haitians and non-Haitians.

26 posted on 01/13/2010 6:16:50 PM PST by cricket
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To: FromLori

May Pat Robertson be forced to live with Obama when they’re both experiencing massive “afterlife warming”.


27 posted on 01/13/2010 6:17:17 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: FromLori
Get help Pat or just go away.

Callous and Crazy.

28 posted on 01/13/2010 6:17:56 PM PST by BallyBill (WARNING:Taking me serious could cause stress related illness.)
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To: FromLori
"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.

Why would Pat Robertson assign this to all the people of Haiti? Maybe the pact was made by only a few without the knowledge or approval of the righteous. Many, many innocent people were killed and many more are suffering.

I think that it is judgmental and foolish to suggest that so many innocent people are receiving a just punishment. Shame on you Pat Robertson! Judge not, lest you be judged!

29 posted on 01/13/2010 6:18:25 PM PST by olezip
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To: SnakeDoctor

Jesus was a carpenter and a house builder; He built His house on a rock.

Haiti is cursed by many things, including a faith that incorporates elements outside of Christianity. Like the Irish in America, we can start rebuilding Haiti by sending Catholic missionaries to teach them their faith.

Note: I’m Lutheran


30 posted on 01/13/2010 6:18:39 PM PST by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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To: FromLori

Hey Pat - stupid is as stupid does. You’re not helping the conservative cause with this BS. But, you’re providing people like Olberfurher with plenty of fodder to hammer conservatives with.


31 posted on 01/13/2010 6:18:42 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier whose wife is expecting twins SONS.)
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To: FromLori

The circumstantial evidence is on Robertsons side.


32 posted on 01/13/2010 6:19:13 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, islam will cover the earth with darkness for a thousand years.)
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To: T bench
A pact with the devil? And bad Karma?

Two concepts; not exactly irreconcilable. . .

33 posted on 01/13/2010 6:19:16 PM PST by cricket
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To: Pheadrus427
Not a big Pat R. fan, but can anyone tell me one thing he said that is not factual? The Haitians rebelled against their slave masters and won. Fighting for your liberty is not making a pact with the devil. Fact; there is no devil. Fact; there is no such pact.
34 posted on 01/13/2010 6:21:34 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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To: FromLori

I love it whenever Pat Robertson says something controversial (simple truth that the unclean and faithless cannot by their very nature comprehend) and all of the anti-Christian bigots come crawling out from their rat holes. Google Pat Robertson’s charity Operation Blessing. It is one of the most effective and ethically run charities on earth. Fact. Here are the facts. Everywhere on earth at this very moment where Christianity is illegal you will also find the most unspeakable and horrific human rights violations. It is also a fact that the MOST of the world’s charity comes from nations where there is a Christian majority. YOU JUST CAN’T KEEP ANTI-CHRISTER HATERS FROM HATING.


35 posted on 01/13/2010 6:22:25 PM PST by Binstence (Live Freep or Die)
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To: LeoWindhorse; Frantzie; Blue Collar Christian; changeitback440
All you good people want us to believe that God sent an earthquake in 2010 to crush haitian babies to death because some Haitians 200 years ago made a pact with satan? And you want us to believe it because a rich TV evangelist says so?

You disgust me.

36 posted on 01/13/2010 6:26:07 PM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

I think he was asking for provable facts.


37 posted on 01/13/2010 6:27:55 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, islam will cover the earth with darkness for a thousand years.)
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To: cricket

All I know about Haiti is that it’s poor almost beyond words, while the Dominican Republic isn’t. And, I remember the boat people off Florida. And AIDS. I remember Haiti’s association with AIDS. Here’s an example:

“AIDS Virus Traveled to Haiti, Then U.S., Study Says”
Amitabh Avasthi for National Geographic News

October 29, 2007
HIV went directly from Africa to Haiti, then spread to the United States and much of the rest of the world beginning around 1969, suggests an international team of researchers.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071029-aids-haiti.html

“Haiti: The High Price of Stigma”

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/countries/ht.html


38 posted on 01/13/2010 6:30:43 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: FromLori

‘Seems to me he’s been saying similar stuff about every earthquake for awhile now. What was it here in LA in 94? That God had lifted his hand of protection, or something?

It’s physics, Pat. That’s the way God made it.


39 posted on 01/13/2010 6:31:28 PM PST by onedoug
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To: GAB-1955

I’m not entirely sure why Christ’s occupation is relevant.

Nonetheless, I don’t believe for a second that Christ would’ve given a grief-stricken Haiti the Christian equivalent of “you had it coming.”

Haitians can be converted only by displays of Christ’s love in this trying time. Robertson’s combination of arrogance and kicking Haitians when they’re down is unbecoming, obnoxious, and besmirtches the Christian label he claims as his own.

SnakeDoc


40 posted on 01/13/2010 6:33:37 PM PST by SnakeDoctor (Life is tough; it's tougher if you're stupid. -- John Wayne)
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