Haiti and the Pat Robertson Paradox

I think Voodoo is bad for any culture and it is endemic in Haiti...extremely.

I don’t think any of us can say if God was bringing it on Haiti himself

But Haiti’s culture has been well....cultivated by Haitians now for 200 years plus....and that burden of responsibility including primitive beliefs on withcraft lies on their own shoulders...earthquakes or not.

Folks love to beat up Robertson but he is not 100% incorrect here ..just presumptive.

OK, screaming, cursing and multiple question marks really removes much of my incentive for a civilized conversation.

I’m just quoting the Bible to you. If I understand your wisdom, God was a big jerk till Jesus showed up. Funny thing is, Jesus thought His Father was pretty cool, even when He was on the Cross. And Jesus would not approve of the way you struck out all the yods and serifs in Exodus. You can take that to the bank, wherever it is you store up your wealth.

Given what you think about the Bible, you might not know that Jesus actually came for the lost sheep of Israel - it was Paul who was sent to preach to the Gentiles. It is a common misperception that Jesus’ blood cleanses everyone - it cleanses only those who love Him and believe in the One who sent Him. The one who Moses was quoting when he wrote the Torah.

As for your other points, you do know, don’t you, that there was infant baptism by people a lot smarter than you and me for thousands of years before this discussion? I think that issue is probably debatable, at the very least. So I won’t quarrel with you on that point.

But know this - my logic didn’t take me to aborting the children of the lost sheep or of the dogs that wait by the table for their crumbs. Yours did.

So who is sick and twisted, you Bible-ignorant, anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic bigot?

You're absolutely right, Grace. I'll take full responsibility for my mistakes--and that's saying a lot because I've made some doozies--and for all of my actions.

I WANT to. I refuse to enter the self-destructive, self-defeating VICTIM ("IT'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT") MENTALITY. I'm a lot smarter than that!

One of the smartest things I ever learned was to take full responsibility for myself and my actions! This put me in charge of my own destiny, and it has served me very well!

Leftists love to encourage "victimhood". They love to get "victims" under their control--and subject them to exploitation. To them everybody's a "victim" of one kind or another--and nobody is self-reliant, responsible for his/her own actions, or, consequently, in control of his/her destiny. That's why all these "victims" need Leftist leaders--who tend to be sociopaths or other predators.

But I am not responsible for anybody else's actions, including my ancestors. If they goofed up, they're responsible. I'm not.

"secular, Jewish Jon Stewart"

Secular Jewish? Does that mean the same thing as "secular Catholic?"

Personally, as a Jew, I cannot recognize anything Jewish in Jon Stewart. Every turn of his thought, every word shows him to be a banal, run-of-the-mill, and not-too-bright leftist.

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