"Pact to the devil"

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"Pact to the devil"
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Wed, 01-13-2010 - 4:05pm

To be clear, I'm sharing this *not to bash or poke fun at any particular religion, but to shine light on an *individual, Pat Robertson, whose broadcasting network is carried in hundreds of countries and whose political influence has been considerable (incl. re: laws effecting families like mine):

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Pat Robertson: Haiti 'Cursed' By 'Pact To The Devil'

Televangelist Pat Robertson said Wednesday that earthquake-ravaged Haiti has been "cursed" by a "pact to the devil."

"Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it," he said on Christian Broadcasting Network's "The 700 Club." "They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III, or 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."

Robertson said that "ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other" and he contrasted Haiti with its neighbor, the Dominican Republic.

"That island of Hispaniola is one island. It is cut down the middle; on the one side is Haiti on the other is the Dominican Republic," he said. "Dominican Republic is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, etc. Haiti is in desperate poverty. Same island. They need to have and we need to pray for them a great turning to god and out of this tragedy I'm optimistic something good may come. But right now we are helping the suffering people and the suffering is unimaginable."

(this, and video:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/13/pat-robertson-haiti-curse_n_422099.html )

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Registered: 05-23-2008
Fri, 01-15-2010 - 8:24pm

I never did like Pat Robertson.

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Registered: 05-23-2008
Fri, 01-15-2010 - 8:36pm

If the Haitians have been made so dependent, it's no wonder they don't prosper.

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Registered: 05-23-2008
Fri, 01-15-2010 - 8:47pm

It's laughable that Robertson would say that God

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Registered: 05-23-2008
Fri, 01-15-2010 - 8:51pm
I don't go to church, but I believe in Jesus and some things in the Bible are wonderful to read.
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Registered: 11-11-1999
Fri, 01-15-2010 - 9:31pm

Dear Pat Robertson,

I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I'm all over that action.

But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I'm no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished.

Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth -- glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven't you seen "Crossroads"? Or "Damn Yankees"?

If I had a thing going with Haiti, there'd be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox -- that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it -- I'm just saying: Not how I roll.

You're doing great work, Pat, and I don't want to clip your wings -- just, come on, you're making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That's working. But leave me out of it, please. Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract.

Best, Satan

LILY COYLE, MINNEAPOLIS

dablacksox


Cynic: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.---Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

dablacksox


Cynic: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.---Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

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Registered: 10-28-2009
Fri, 01-15-2010 - 9:43pm
DH and I got a big kick out of that!
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Registered: 04-11-2009
Fri, 01-15-2010 - 11:31pm

So then, do you think that Robertson represents Christian conservatives?

 

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Registered: 04-11-2009
Fri, 01-15-2010 - 11:37pm
That was great! Good to see you here on this board.

 

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Registered: 12-16-2009
Fri, 01-15-2010 - 11:39pm

LOL and thanks!

Kate

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Registered: 12-16-2009
Fri, 01-15-2010 - 11:52pm

BTW Robertson is a false prophet. Big surprise, I know ;)

In 1982 God did not, as it turned out, end the world. I'm not sure how he retained any credibility with anybody after that, yet his ministry, network, and organizations thrived and grew.

Kate

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