Pat Robertson: Haiti earthquake is divine retribution for a pact with the devil

[GroundedSailor]

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1953504,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

Also see video at link above:

Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
Why Is Pat Robertson Blaming Haiti?
By Dan Fletcher

The Rev. Pat Robertson turned heads with his appearance on The 700 Club on Wednesday when he blamed Haitian history for Tuesday's devastating earthquake. In short, Robertson claimed that the quake was divine retribution for a pact with the devil that was sworn long ago, a statement he was audacious enough to make while the 800 number for disaster relief scrolled at the bottom of the broadcast. Here's the clip:

"And you know, Kristi, 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 the Third 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, 'O.K., it's a deal.' "

So what was Robertson referring to? The theory that Haiti is a nation built on a pact with the devil has circulated on a number of websites, each tracing back to an apocryphal tale of Haitian voodoo priests sacrificing a pig and drinking its blood in 1791 in order to secure Satan's aid in expelling the French occupation. In return, the priests are said to have promised Haiti to Satan for the next 200 years. The French were soon beat back, and in 1804, Haiti became an independent nation. But even if you believe the story (something many historians doubt), Satan's lease on the tiny island nation should have expired in 1991.

This isn't the first time that Robertson has shocked people by speaking off-the-cuff. After then Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke in January 2006, Robertson posited that it was punishment from God. He urged the assassination of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in 2005, and hosted the Rev. Jerry Falwell on the "700 Club" in 2001, when Falwell made comments suggesting gays and feminists, among others, were responsible for bringing the 9/11 attacks on America. He has also become famous for his woeful prognostication, after promising a disastrous tsunami in America in 2006 and a terrorist attack on U.S. soil in 2007, both of which (thankfully) failed to materialize.

How low can this guy go? For a supposedly religious man he displays a most uncharitable manner. Or is he trying to gain exposure (& money?) by making sensational comments on a tragedy?

A vile, despicable, deplorable and hateful man. Wonder what kind of God he follows to learn such traits.



Another link:
Blessing in disguise!


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[Craig234]

What's also notable is he's basically a crook. Read Greg Palast's account of his raising donations for planes for food for Africa, putting one load of food on, flying them to Afica for a photo op when they landed unlaoding the food, and from there flew then mto be used in his mining company without any more food lifts.

 

[Zebo]

Fools and their money are soon parted, amazingly Pat found a lot a fools.

Make no mistake - fuckers like this would kill you too if they had the power to.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Pat Robertson is a smart man, unlike Sarah Palin, he knows who he's talking to and how to get the worst of them to pay.

He's very good at what he does, indeed.

Is he a Christian though? I hope not because if he actually believes the hate he spews then he's a sociopathic clown instead.

 

[StageLeft]

You all would do well if you were half the man Pat Robertson is. You do know he can leg press 1000 lbs, right? Strong as a fvcking ox.

 

[HomerJS]

Mama and Fox News fans say earthquakes in Hatiti are the work of the debil

Oh and BTW that fucktard Limbaugh said today Obama responded so quickly to the devestation so he can score points with blacks. Bitching that it took Obama too long to respond to the failed underwear bomber.

He omits the fact it took Bush longer to respond to the shoe bomber.

 

[JulesMaximus]

You all would do well if you were half the man Pat Robertson is. You do know he can leg press 1000 lbs, right? Strong as a fvcking ox.

I'd rather be former Senator Larry Craig...

 

[Zebo]

You all would do well if you were half the man Pat Robertson is. You do know he can leg press 1000 lbs, right? Strong as a fvcking ox.

That aint shit on a sled. Just sayin'

 

[irwincur]

What a worthless dumb ass. He says this as he is counting cash coming in from 'ol Betty with alzheimers...

He is a stain on the human race.

 

[jonks]

He and Falwell also said 9/11 was because of gays and abortion. Ah, the religion of peace.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

You all would do well if you were half the man Pat Robertson is. You do know he can leg press 1000 lbs, right? Strong as a fvcking ox.

He can leg press 1k lb if he doesn't have to move his legs much, i could leg press twice that if i didn't move my legs more than he did.

If it's not arse to ground squats or deadlifts it really doesn't matter anyway. THAT is how true strenght is measured.

Of course, you wer probably just being sarcastic.

 

[Lemon law]

God what an idiot Pat Robertson is. Once again he will not inspire me to give him a single dime.

But let the real other idiots stand up if they are inspired to give Pat a single dime.

Turds of a feather flock together, what a human waste. I am sure any compassionate God is disgusted and underwhelmed by his leg lifting ability.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Seems to me that Robertson's god is a real prick. I'm sure there must be some religion that follows a kind and compassionate god if he were interested.

 

[CanOWorms]

"And you know, Kristi, 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 the Third 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, 'O.K., it's a deal.' "

Someone needs to tell him that abolishing slavery is not the work of the devil.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

This kind of shite really angers me.

Unfortunately I caught a lot of people today saying the same garbage.
Compassion is a lost art on many people

 

[tvarad]

This kind of shite really angers me.

Unfortunately I caught a lot of people today saying the same garbage.
Compassion is a lost art on many people

This p**ck funds his activities by stealing from old insecure ladies. I remember a story from a couple of years ago where a guy set up an automatic dialer to tie up his ministry's toll free begging line because he was so pissed off that his mother had literally written off all her wealth to it.

 

[Modelworks]

LOL
I would have loved to been present when he said that.
How do you know what the devil said ,you two talk often ? So you are saying that God killed children because of what someone centuries ago did ? How does that fit with "Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction"

People like Robertson have nothing to do with religion, they are no different than any other terrorists.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

LOL
I would have loved to been present when he said that.
How do you know what the devil said ,you two talk often ? So you are saying that God killed children because of what someone centuries ago did ? How does that fit with "Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction"

People like Robertson have nothing to do with religion, they are no different than any other terrorists.

Ahhh, the "no true Scotsman" defense, i was waiting for that.

He's as religious and as Christian as anyone else and just like anyone else he uses his religion to justify the sheit they say or do.

There are no true Scotsmen and not one true Christian either.

 

[Sclamoz]

I like how he says "True story" after making up a bunch of bull haha.

Don't forget this exchange Robertson and Falwell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-CAcdta_8I

 

[Jaskalas]

Retribution cannot be divine. For if there were such a god, I would kill him myself.

 

[Modelworks]

Ahhh, the "no true Scotsman" defense, i was waiting for that.

He's as religious and as Christian as anyone else and just like anyone else he uses his religion to justify the sheit they say or do.

There are no true Scotsmen and not one true Christian either.

There is nothing Christian about Robertson. Christianity does not revel in death only organizations using it for their purposes not God's would do that. The bible forbids finding comfort in the death of others.

 

[totalnoob]

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

There is nothing Christian about Robertson. Christianity does not revel in death only organizations using it for their purposes not God's would do that. The bible forbids finding comfort in the death of others.

I like how predictable this is, when Hamish read the paper the next day and saw the accusations of an Aberdeen man, he said the same thing but a bit difference.. he said: No *true* Scotsman would do that.

Which is what you are doing here, here we have a man who is proclaimed a Christian, leader of a Christian congregation and you first said he's not a Christian, now you are saying he is not a *true* Christian.

It's a logical fallacy, he's as much of a Christian as anyone else who proclaims to be one, there are no rules for this shit, you are a Christian if you believe Jesus is your saviour, PERIOD.


You should fucking know this already, that a Jewish atheist has to explain your own fucking faith to you must suck but it sure is funny.

 

[AreaCode707]

Fundamentalist Christian here. Pat Robertson doesn't speak for me or anyone I know when he says stuff like this.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Fundamentalist Christian here. Pat Robertson doesn't speak for me or anyone I know when he says stuff like this.

Fundamentalist? In what way? From what i have seen you are simply one of those who justifies her own actions that are not according to faith with forgiveness, that isn't fundamentalist at all.

Not that i mind, not at all, rather the opposite, i think that forgiveness is one trait that i miss because i cannot forgive those who do wrong.

Of course, we're in different situations.