Posted on 01/15/2010 7:13:05 AM PST by Jihadi Du Jour
Pat Robertson didn’t say that God did it; he said that the Hatians did it centuries ago by joining up with Satan, thus God stood back and didn’t interfere.
But here’s something that’s rather bone chilling.
http://www.christianaction.org.za/articles_ca/2004-2-Haiti_and_Satan.htm
“Haiti and Satan
Haiti was officially dedicated to Satan in 1791. It was rededicated to Satan during the two hundred year anniversary in 1991 by Aristide.”
“At that time, it was noted that Aristide had, behind his desk in his presidential office, a huge oil painting of a necklace murder. Aristide was quoted as having described the smell of burning petrol and human flesh in a necklace murder as ‘a most beautiful aroma’.”
“Not surprisingly, this country beset by occultism is the poorest state in the Western hemisphere. The vast majority of the population of Haiti are actively involved in Voodoo. Haiti has the worst soil-erosion, pollution, and de-forestation problems in the Americas.”
“Although they share the same island, the contrast between the predominantly Christian Dominican Republic with its lush rainforests and fertile farms, and the deforested, eroded mess that is Haiti could not be more acute.”
“Why then is the ANC government wanting to align itself with an occultic tyrant and a regime dedicated to Satan?”
When things like this happen, it strikes the good, the bad and even the mediocre.
In the youtube video, Robertson spoke of the Haitians being against Napoleon III who was the French Emperor in the late 19th century and not even alive at the time!
Another thing, suffering happens in this life because of original sin. We are fallen, and so is creation itself. Because we and creation are fallen, we will continue to suffer personal and natural pains until Christ returns and remakes everything new again. Had sin never entered the world, this like this would never happen.
I feel we need to be very careful about declaring any event being an act of God; however, we also must not reject the possibility entirely. Many of us feel that abortion, and sins as grave as that, are things can easily bring down the wrath of God upon our nation...our nation bears the corporate sin of legal abortion and I do not think many Catholics would find it strange that God would punish a people for such grave sins.
Yet, no matter what the truth is with all of this...it all comes down to sin: personal sin, coporate sin and original sin.
Haitians react to televangelist Pat Robertson’s ‘devil pact’ remarks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN_goSKPCaM
But the Lord’s children go to meet him, so there is a distinct limit to their suffering.
Imagine what the Christians in China, North Korea, Pakistan, and India go through. Suffering happens.
Pat Robertson is a reason atheists hate religion. he’s playing God when he says they brought this on themselves. talk about pride. he probably also thinks he knows who goes to hell and heaven. this is a result of protestantism—fundamentalist stupidity.
Your link doesn’t work, and the Christian Action Network page doesn’t have anything about Haiti.
“They were under the heel of the French, uh, you know Napoleon the 3rd and whatever, and they got together and swore a pact to the Devil.
“They said, ‘We will serve you if you’ll get us free from the French.’
“True story.
“And so the Devil said, ‘Okay, it’s a deal.’
“And, uh, they kicked the French out, you know, with Haitians revolted and got themselves free.”
How does Pat Robertson know what Satan said?
“The Devil went down to Haiti, he was lookin’ to make a deal...”
The words came out of his own mouth and no amount of putting in context can make them look good. Where does compassion end and condescension begin?
Pat doesn’t know how to shut up.
Every time that a disaster happenes the media go to him and ask, and he never fails to give them fresh red meat.
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