Many of us have been reaching out to help Haiti since the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the impoverished nation on Tuesday. Not Pat Robertson. According to CBS News, the conservative pastor said yesterday that Haiti has been devastated by the earthquake because its people “made a pact with the devil.”
Robertson made the absurd comments on his Christian Broadcasting Network radio show yesterday. “Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it,” he said. “They were under the heel of the French … 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,” he continued. “And the devil said, ‘OK, it’s a deal.’ Ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after another.”
It’s true that the Haitian people have gone through a lot, from political upheaval to tropical storms. But seriously? It’s so offensive that Robertson is suggesting that God is punishing them, or that they deserve it. How could he say this? Wouldn’t the “Christian” thing to do be to help the earthquake victims?
Luckily, Robertson isn’t getting much support from the Christian community. “Considering the massive death, destruction and misery in Haiti, it is shameful for anyone — but especially a so-called minister of the gospel — to suggest that God or the poor people of Haiti had anything to do with it,” said David Waters, editor of the Washington Post’s “On Faith” column.
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Comments
Kat Ahn
January 14th, 2010 - 9:57:22 AM
As a Christian, I actually understand why people get so put off by these judgemental pastors who are so quick to judge. Pat Robertson should take a look at the Bible. Here's a few verses from Matthew. 1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
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