Pat Robertson Cites Haiti’s Earthquake As What Happens When You ‘Swear A Pact To The Devil’
Pat Robertson Cites Haiti’s Earthquake As What Happens When You ‘Swear A Pact To The Devil’
Haiti is now struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake that hit the island nation on Tuesday, with the death toll reaching far into the thousands. The disaster “left the country in a shambles, tangling efforts to provide relief to an estimated 3 million people who the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said had been affected by the quake.” Many aid groups, however, are also struggling with their own dead and wounded employees.
Today on his 700 Club television show, Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson highlighted the tragedy and said that his network will be there “to help the people.” However, he then tried to offer an explanation for the earthquake, blaming Haiti’s own people for once making a “pact to the devil”:
ROBERTSON: [S]omething happened a long time ago in Haiti and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. Napoleon the Third and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, “We will serve you if you get us free from the prince.” True story. And so the devil said, “OK, it’s a deal.” They kicked the French out, the Haitians revolted and got themselves free.
But ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other, desperately poor. That island of Hispaniola is one island. It’s cut down the middle, on the one side is Haiti, on the other side is the Dominican Republic. The 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’re helping the suffering people and the suffering is unimaginable.
Watch it:
It’s highly doubtful that Robertson knows anything about why the earthquake occurred. This is the same person who said that then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had a stroke in 2006 because he was “dividing God’s land” and claimed that God sent Hurricane Katrina as punishment for the country’s sins, such as legalized abortion.
(HT: Greg Mitchell and Political Carnival)
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January 13th, 2010 at 2:53 pmRobertson does, on the other hand, know a lot about what happens when you swear a pact with the Devil.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:54 pm.
I remember a hurricane that swept through the NOLA area seeking to destroy teh gays…
January 13th, 2010 at 2:54 pmPat never misses the opportunity to show there are false prophets out there. Way out there.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:54 pmThe popular heretic: “They need to have, and we need to pray for them, a great turning to God.”
Over 80% of them are Catholics, a-hole!
January 13th, 2010 at 2:55 pm.
It’s[sic] a true story because Pat was there!
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January 13th, 2010 at 2:55 pmChristian broadcaster Pat Robertson highlighted the tragedy and said that his network will be there “to help the people.”
As long as they convert to his loony sect…
January 13th, 2010 at 2:56 pmWhat’s Robertson’s source for the Devil quote?
January 13th, 2010 at 2:56 pmDoes he have contacts in that organization?
Pat Robertson has some serious brain damage.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:56 pmIt was Napoleon Bonaparte you psychopathic hatemonger and the actual histories seem to omit the pact with the devil part. Congratulations Pat, you flunk history, theology and compassion all in one moronic statement. Get sick and die!
January 13th, 2010 at 2:56 pmPat Robertson Cites Haiti’s Earthquake As What Happens When You ‘Swear A Pact To The Devil’
Following that logic, that’s the same reason why Ronald Reagan contracted Alzheimer’s disease.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:58 pm9/11, Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina, and the Space Shuttle disasters are what happens when you elect a conservative to the presidency.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:59 pmFcuking idiot.
This self-proclaimed prophet who hears from god on a daily basis is an evil, stupid man.
He doesn’t even consider that the power he gives to Satan puts the devil on equal level with the god Robertson says he beliieves in. With stupefying ignorance, he assigns good events to god and bad events to the devil. Were that ridiculous assumption to be true, I think the devil is winning.
There is no god controlling events – and there is no satan in an eternal duel with him.
We should do all we can to help the people of Haiti, as we should help all people in the world who suffer — excuse me if I think prayers are useless.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:59 pmAccording to Wikipedia, Haiti is 83.7% Christian.
And according to the news, many Christian organizations are trying to set up relief operations there. While Pat sits back on his butt, collects his fat salary, and says “they had it coming.”
January 13th, 2010 at 2:59 pmPat Robertson Cites Haiti’s Earthquake As What Happens When You ‘Swear A Pact To The Devil’
– - Oh please, swiping at Robertson is like nuking fish in a barrel.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:59 pm“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” — Mahatma Gandhi
January 13th, 2010 at 3:01 pmPat Robertson Cites Haiti’s Earthquake As What Happens When You ‘Swear A Pact To The Devil’
That’s the same reason why Robertson makes an awesome fool of himself on a regular basis.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:01 pmSo, to paraphrase Flip Wilson’s “Geraldine”: If it wasn’t for the Devil, Pat Robertson wouldn’t even have a job.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:02 pmBadmoodman, do you expect people to ignore conservative Christians as if they aren’t there? That’s how they infiltrated school boards across the country.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:03 pmI could’ve sworn that Pat Robertson died like 2 years ago?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:03 pmFor Pat’s use in the future (that it would actually search out facts before opening his mouth) — from CIA world fact book: Religion of Haitian People —
Roman Catholic 80%
January 13th, 2010 at 3:03 pmProtestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%)
none 1%
other 3%
>90% of the voting African-Americans voted for President Obama. He’s the one that doesn’t need a boost in his credibility, you drug addict, pedophi|e.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:04 pmCongratulations Pat, the devil just gleefully renewed your contract.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:04 pmThis man is scum, the end.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:05 pmOne could only hope and pray.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:05 pmWhat is this if not a sick-puppy variation on the theme of “blame the victim”? I wouldn’t want to have Pat’s karma.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:05 pmPat Robertson, I won’t go so far as to say on behalf of all right-minded christians to say this. but on behalf of myself, I hope you burn in hell.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:06 pmToday, hate radio host Rush Limbaugh also said that President Obama will use the Haiti disaster to boost credibility with the “light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country.”
Yep, Lumpy’s back on the pills.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:06 pmWhen Robertson says the Haitians made a pact with the devil is he referring to voodoo? Weird. Does that mean he thinks that they were being punished for their beliefs?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:06 pmPerry logan says:
“I wouldn’t want to have Pat’s karma.”
Agreed.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:07 pmHe’s coming back as a person of color on a volcanic island.
Yeah, but what Rush thinks he’s done is with a single utterance create two distinct black communities…. I wonder to which black community does Donavan McNabb belong?
What a tool.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:10 pmI thought this dooshnozzle was dead. My bad.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:11 pmah yes, jesus’s call to “kick’em when they’re down” in action.
pat’s always rockin’ the wwjd.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:11 pmROBERTSON: [S]omething happened a long time ago in Haiti and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. Napoleon the Third and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil.
Pat’s World:
getting out from under the heel of whitey = pact with the devil
Uppity Haitians.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:12 pm33 – real hillbillies are always on the path.
guess that makes you a fake, in addition to being a pansy.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:12 pmThe God of Hate & Light Skins has spoken…..
January 13th, 2010 at 3:13 pmPat Robertson is all the evidence you’ll ever need about the astonishing depths of ignorance and credulity that human beings are capable of achieving — think of all the zillions at home watching his show and sending him money, when he regularly comes out with remarks like this.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:13 pmExit Stage Left says:
I thought this dooshnozzle was dead. My bad.
A reason to start praying?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:14 pmThis is nothing new. Pat Robertson has been a vile hatemongering before it became vogue.
As for Rush…
He said the same thing regarding Darfur. That the Dems only supported intervention to shore up the black vote.
Seeing as how he’s a good Christian and all…he’ll be burning in hell soon enough.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:14 pmI’m not sure which is more amazing. That Pat’s allowed to spew his bigoted vile over the airways, or the fact that he’s still alive!
That said, there is so much wrong with his little “sermon”, but I’ll only point out one:
The Dominican Republic is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, etc
Ummmmm really? Because from what I heard, you never EVER want to leave your beach side resort to interact with the locals due to the high crime and poverty.
But, I did hear that young boys are much cheaper there, right Oxybreath?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:15 pmI’m sure the the folks in the Dominican Republic will be trilled to hear that they are “prosperous!” Get off your money counting chair and see the real world, Pat.
Getting rich by using and promoting the fear of God! Been going on for ages.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:15 pmAccording to Pattie Gawd didn’t given man a brain to think with. He just used it as filler so your head doesn’t look like a spent whoopee cushion.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:17 pmWho speaks for the people in negotiations with the devil?
I mean, is there a designated representative?
I think that should probably be an elected position is all I’m saying…
January 13th, 2010 at 3:18 pmEvery time there is a natural disaster in the world, whether it be earthquake, volcanic eruption, tornado, hurricane, etc., the self-righteous religious zealots will evaluate the politics of the affected region and proclaim that it was “God punishing sinners” if it suits their agenda.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:18 pmWhat a disgusting bastard.
I have nothing more to say about this assh0le.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:18 pmMy parents made a trip to Haiti in the late 60s, and they were shocked at the grinding poverty then. It has only gotten worse with the population increase and time.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:18 pmThis from the Christian who invests in blood diamonds.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:19 pmDid the Bloviator claim the Tsunami relief efforts in ‘04 were that President’s efforts to build credibility amongst Indonesians in this country?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:19 pmRobertson goes around pretending to be a religious leader, but he tells his followers those in need are not deserving because of their beliefs.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:19 pmbelaccifer lacca says:
Who speaks for the people in negotiations with the devil?
The Devil’s Advocate, of course.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:21 pmWhy does this not surprise me. I mean they very quickly with hours of it happening, politicized the attempted underwear bombing, and now they are doing the same with the earthquake.
It’s amazing these people call themselves Christians because they sure don’t act like Christians.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:22 pmMy gawd, not everything is politically motivated you overweight, drug addicted, mucking foron.
Some of us actually have compassion for their brothers and sisters of this great planet.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:22 pmAnd will do what they can to help ease the pain.
You know, such little things like water, food, and shelter!
The Devil’s Advocate, of course
Holy Crap, Keanu Reeves?!?
That actually makes a lot of sense…
January 13th, 2010 at 3:22 pmThe 700 Club should have been IRS audited, shut down, liable for decades of back taxes and this clown put in a dark cell.
Christians, this is the type of arrogance from your paid hucksters that is killing credibility with your religion.
What’s next, Jimmy Swaggert getting caught with a hooker?
Ted Haggard having gay sex on meth while denouncing homosexuality?
John Ensign paying his chief of staff to have sex with his wife?
Oh, wait!…
January 13th, 2010 at 3:23 pmand
January 13th, 2010 at 3:23 pmpat robertson would know about “making a pact with the devil” which is what he did to gain fame. unfortunately, pat will be spending eternity getting sodomized by satan as part of the deal.
I’m guessing the only thing the hillbilly’s crack knows about religion is that wooden crosses burn.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:23 pmbrothejr says:
It’s amazing these people call themselves Christians because they sure don’t act like Christians.
That’s why they have to label themselves — their words/actions don’t make it clear.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:24 pmCan we get some attorney’s to look at the contract that Haiti signed?
I mean, is there any wiggle room here?
If there isn’t, is there any chance the other side would buy the Devil out?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:24 pmWhat’s a Devi?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:24 pm“Hillbilly Jack says:”
Hey pansy. Sit down and shut up.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:25 pmSuch compassion!!
January 13th, 2010 at 3:25 pmWhat a creep.
Typical of so called right wing republican A**holes.
DRxJ says:
“What’s a Devi?”
Unknown.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:26 pmThey’re in disguise.
So Pat, what about the 6.5 earthquake in California? Is Satan just really busy this time of year?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:27 pmReligious salesman get their money by similar means to the big banks, insurance companies, drug companies, and shady pols…..fraud. And fraud without a grain of guilt. In fact they tell themselves that they are doing a public service! If there’s a vengeful God, they will be punished!
January 13th, 2010 at 3:27 pmThe truth is, if there really was this Christian version of God he would be getting pretty pissed at how his new program has been abused and He would be doing something about it. Like trashing an economy or making the evil doers babble weird shit in public while they wet their pants in fear of….
Hmmmmmm.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:28 pmGod must be really ticked off. Five of his church’s got burned in the Athens,Texas area since the first of this year. Is the payback for the pact to elect Bush President?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:29 pmhey shitstain@68,
January 13th, 2010 at 3:29 pmyou got the “sorry” part right. describes you to a tee. could have ended that statement right there
This is just more proof that evangelical christianity in America is nothing more than a political hate cult. There is nothing ‘christian’ about these people. Their actions and words are not christ centered, they are no different than the taliban. They want to compare President Obama to Hitler and then sit there and watch the human suffering in the aftermath of this disaster and without blinking blame the victims. Hate is the fuel that runs the evangelical engine and the needle shows a full tank.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:29 pmThis is really low. Isn’t he the same guy who blamed tolerance towards gays as the reason for 911. I can’t tell these ‘religious’ guys apart.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:30 pmLon Crackenberry says:
If that’s true, how come I didn’t get a vote on this Haitian hurricane thingy?
I’m a liberal and I’m against it…
January 13th, 2010 at 3:31 pmpat robertson only said that because jeebus hates black folks. right cancervaturds?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:31 pmCrackenhead was right, Devi’s ARE everywhere.
Devi’s are the essence of every Goddess in Hinduism and thus are a piece of all positive energy on the earth. Us liberals truly are enlightened, then.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:32 pmIf you call yourself a Christian? You own this vile POS. Find a way to get your church to condemn him, and others like him. If your church won’t go along? Leave that church and tell them why. It can’t come from unbelievers, it has to come from decent Christians.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:32 pmLon the MORON
There are IMBECILES everywhere and they ARENT disguised. They are conservatives. Why dont you just STFU since you are obviously too stupid to even TRY to contibute to the conversation you ignorant punkass troll
January 13th, 2010 at 3:33 pm“Bozo The Neoclown says:
and
pat robertson would know about “making a pact with the devil” which is what he did to gain fame. unfortunately, pat will be spending eternity getting sodomized by satan as part of the deal.”
Careful – you’ll be getting Pansy Jack all hot and sweaty with that “sodomized” word…
January 13th, 2010 at 3:33 pmI like Pat’s logic. A country that is over 90% Christian (much higher than the US) has been punished by Gawd! Sort makes you just want to kneel down and worship, don’t it?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:34 pmToday at lunch while watching MSNBC coverage of the tragedy in Haiti I asked my wife, “how long long before one of the Christian right says something to blame the people of Haiti for this disaster? You know, Gods will kind of thing? She answered, Oh, come on. They wouldn’t. How Christian would that be?
Sadly, the answer is extremely Christian.
We didn’t even make it through lunch.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:35 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
BTW. Among “liberal” apologists it’s common to say; “he’s not a real Christian”. I say BULLSHIT! You own him so you have to find a way to shut him the Hell up.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:35 pmHis narrative is loopy, so I’m not sure what he’s talking about. Is he describing their slave rebellion as a “pact with the devil”?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:35 pmLon the MORON
It is TRUE you are one sorry pile of dogshit
January 13th, 2010 at 3:36 pmIf Pat and God are BFF’s…
why didn’t HE tell Pat to tell the Haitians to change their wicked ways or else HE’d give them an earth-quaking they wouldn’t soon forget?
And what about all the other less powerful earthquakes that have occur ( and continue to occur) that don’t kill anyone?
What are those for?
Are those lesser quakes because the plants and animals effected were/are just mildly misbehaving, according to ‘God’?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:36 pmSure you have. I bet you see Russia from your front door too.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:36 pmHow can a religious leader say such a thing. THOUSANDS are dead! These are the poorest people in the Hemisphere for God’s sake. That is why younger people are looking for alternatives for religion instead of their parents church.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:37 pmbothWrong,
Phuck you! You are an agent of evil. I sincerely hope you suffer every moment of your miserable life.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:38 pmbothWRONG
Got something other than your CLAIM about anecdotal evidence to back up your bullshit? No? Imagine my suprise
January 13th, 2010 at 3:38 pmso cancervaturds
lemmie get this straight
just because haitian don’t suscribe to your narrow religious views they are not deserving on simple human compassion?
how very christian of you
January 13th, 2010 at 3:38 pmP.D.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:40 pmHe also blamed Katrina on gay tolerance and other sexual “sins.” Which is odd because God must have crappy aim if he destroyed several churches but left the red light district of New Orleans pretty much un-touched.
This didn’t start with Pat Robertson, this is a part of what a citizen of Haiti will tell you about themselves.
And Pat will happily tell you the story of how he was ’saved’ by the torture and murder of his prophet 2000 years ago…
Do you think that the Devil is really punishing Haiti? And if so, how do we stop it? Who do we call to negotiate here?
Do Robert Johnson’s descendants have any information about that late night crossroads meeting with the Devil where he got all that talent?
Can someone resurrect Daniel Webster? Turns out the whole island of Haiti is a Jabez Stone… Jeebuz.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:41 pmAs satisfying as it might be to split some fundies’ heads, that would just make them martyrs. I was thinking more along the lines of organized boycotts, from within churches, of CBN and any other project the Pat Robertsons of the world may be involved in. Shun them. Excommunicate them. Flood their phones and websites. March on their megachurces and shut them down. And, most importantly, call them out for their unspeakable evil.
Unfortunately, it can’t come from atheists, it has to come from decent Christians. And, if their own pastors, priests, and preachers refuse to join in? Find a way to empty their own churches. It’s time for decent Christians to organize and stop the vile crap.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:42 pmbothWrong says: “….unfortunately many of them subscribe to MULTIPLE religions.”
which is what Christianity is (multiple religions) and what Christians do (practice the rituals and observations of multiple faiths whilst pretending it’s all their own.
and what’s this “unfortunately”? Explain that.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:42 pmnoseeum @ 9 says:
Pat Robertson has some serious brain damage.
He does. Of that there is no doubt.
What does that say about the millions that follow him? Fund him? Defend him?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:43 pmFace it, this isn’t about Haiti. This quake could have hit St Louis, Cincinnati, Colorado Springs, anywhere and Pat would have found some way of claiming it as Gawd’s retribution.
What he and others don’t see is that maybe the whole climate change business is just Gawd’s first eviction notice.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:44 pmWhat a disgusting MF’ing SOB Robertson is. He doesn’t give a fat rat’s ass about human tragedy, only cares about his goddamned bank account and position. May his buttmuffins attract a contagious pox that spreads wildly and rots away forever his viagra terminus.
Trying to be nice here. It ain’t easy.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:44 pmbothwrong…
Many of the indigenous cultures of the Americas have religious practices that are a combination of x-tianity and their native beliefs.
The catholic faith has long elevated the concept of a devil to equal status with the x-tian god.
Native cultures found it difficult to reconcile the teachings of the priests about a god who was supposedly benevolent and kind and would save you from the devil, but would kill, enslave and torture you if you didn’t adhere to the dogma and pay your tithe.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:46 pmWhat a sanctimonious turd.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:46 pmBAT!
SHIT!!
CA-RAZY!!!
Pat, you’re a stupid P.O.S.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:46 pmWhat a bunch of stupid crap. Give me a break.. pack with the devil” right like that is even possible. What a complete load of hocus pocus crap…
January 13th, 2010 at 3:47 pmGawd is always talking to Pat. – Pat. Pat. Pat
When is GAWD gonna talk to MEEEEEEE?????
January 13th, 2010 at 3:47 pmPat Robertson is the f**king devil. I may be an atheist but I know evil when I see it. Instead of setting aside his religious beliefs to talk about aiding people in their time of need, he had to open his f**king mouth.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:48 pmThe best part is the real motivation for such a statement.
Pat is not stupid or a wild-eyed raving religious lunatic. I am sure in his heart (assuming there is one) he really doesn’t believe the nonsense he spouts. Remember, his T.V. show is really about making money. If he thinks his regular viewers (who are mostly stupid and wild-eyed raving religious lunatics) will give more money to his church if he says crazy stuff, then he will say it.
Who is worse – a crazy religious lunatic or a cynical self-serving huckster willing to take advantage of the mentally deranged?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:48 pmThere was this dude named Jesus a while abck who posited (among other things) that each individual person had their own relationship with God, and that God didn’t curse or bless entire nations or towns or whatnot, but rather dealt with each individual separately. Started his own religion and everything.
I don’t know what religion Pat Robertson believes in, but it ain’t Christianity.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:48 pmIn the early 90s I used to watch a little of his show in the morning and share his crazy conspiracies with my coworkers at lunch. He really hated Clinton and accused him of every imaginable crime. His show is what fixed news is patterned after. They would sit around and say “I heard this” and “I read that” (never citing sources) to try and justify their lies. They used each other as credible sources. This man has said so many horrible things about so many people it has certainly overshadowed any good that may have slipped in. My minister at the time would use him as an example of a false prophet. He was one of the first to prove it was not about religion, but power over peoples lives.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:48 pmneoconsrscum,
I must disagree. He’s not crazy, he’s vile. The mentally ill deserve compassion. Marion “Pat’ Robertson deserves the contempt of every decent person on earth.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:49 pmI do hope there is a special place reserved for these monsters–Robertson and Limbaugh– in the Hell of whatever their so-called ‘religion’ might be.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:50 pmElBruce says:
It’s almost as if Pat has never even read John 9:1-5… interesting isn’t it?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:52 pmpete
I agree. He is vile. Kinda like Lon the Moron
January 13th, 2010 at 3:52 pmAnd which one of the other so called fine Christian leaders wanted to assassinate Venezuela’s leader H Chevez? Maybe it was Roberts… they are all the same.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:52 pmpete: Unfortunately, it can’t come from atheists, it has to come from decent Christians.
IMHO “decent Christians” should stop calling themselves christians.
There is nothing remarkable or otherworldly about the philosophies ascribed to Christ. They are humanist, rational concepts that have bee posited by many others in other parts of the world and in older historical contexts than that which Christ is supposed to have occupied.
(sorry PatrioticLiberalChristian in case you are looking in, bu that’s what I ‘believe;—its not a condemnation, just a discrete criticism).
January 13th, 2010 at 3:52 pmSo when exactly did the plate boundary get there? Am I to suppose it was during the age of colonialism?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:52 pmwolfsinger says:
“What does that say about the millions that follow him? Fund him? Defend him?”
Weak minds who wish to be saved from their imagined toil and misery, and need to blame other cultures and beliefs for their ignorant and shallow existence.
People who let the television think for them.
People who value earthly possessions, yet have few, and send 7 dollars to Robertson in the hopes they will have a harp, a crown and a mansion of gold in the afterlife.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:53 pmThe part that really pisses me off is that, come Sunday, millions of Christians will sit in their churches and proclaim that Robertson “isn’t one of us”. Once again I say “BULLSHIT”.
Instead of climbing an ivory tower, do something to show your disgust. Decent people created this monster and it’s long past time for them to shut him up.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:57 pmSlaves freeing themselves would be against Christian doctrine, so he does have a point even if his comments were offensive. However, I doubt the “Bible is always right” crowd really want to have a national conversation about the large amount of screwed up things that are biblically acceptable.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:57 pmJohn 9
1And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Huh, scripture fail Pat?
Jesus seems pretty clear that God don’t work that way and that the best thing to do is do good things while you are able, while you are in the world…
January 13th, 2010 at 3:57 pmdbadass says:
“Am I to suppose it was during the age of colonialism?”
All that Spanish bullion and silver plate on the seafloor?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:58 pmThe weight of all the indigenous blood spilled to mine it from the continent only makes it heavier.
bothWrong: “This didn’t start with Pat Robertson…”
a)irrelevant,
January 13th, 2010 at 3:58 pmb) no one claimed it started with Pat R.
c) is that an excuse? Just because “he didn’t start it” its acceptable for him to continue with such insane and vile rubbish and make his living off of doing so?
But, I thought the French were bad. Why was God on their side?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:58 pmWhat comes out of Robertson’s mouth is not surprising. He is part of the culture war that has been going on since the 1950’s when the religious lost influence over a significant portion of the population. This war began with rock and roll, comic books, and prayer in the public schools. The war continues to present with new issues. Much like Reagan, Robertson yearns for the good old days when ministers and priests had great influence.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:59 pmshoeless,
January 13th, 2010 at 4:01 pmMaybe God’s a big fan of French cheeses and creme brulee.
Lon Crackenberry says:
Devis are everywhere. They’re disguised as liberals.
War. Concentation of wealth. Torture. Poverty. “Greed is good.” Intolerance. Disease. Rape.
Which side promotes all of the above? It ain’t liberals. Satan votes Republican.
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bothWrong says:
For example, one of the Catholics I met is actively practicing most of the elements Voodoo rituals, trinkets, etc.
“Elements” of a religion is not the same thing as placing faith in that religion. You’re basically indicting people for being from a different culture from you. That’s also known as “bigotry.”
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wiley says:
His narrative is loopy, so I’m not sure what he’s talking about. Is he describing their slave rebellion as a “pact with the devil”?
Robertson is reiterating a propoganda myth started by the slaveowners.
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noseeum says:
The catholic faith has long elevated the concept of a devil to equal status with the x-tian god.
No, it hasn’t. Although Christianity has historically skirted the edges of Manicheanism, it’s not Church doctrine.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:03 pmFuggin’ evil moron.
If there truly was a God – He’d turn that sick barstid Pat Robertson into a french fry right this minute.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:03 pmpags2, that war has been raging since the Black Death in Europe. The church, no matter the denomination, yearns for the domination of the past. They are massive institutions that will not die quickly or quietly.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:04 pm5th Estate,
I know many decent Christians. I’m just unwilling to allow them the refuge of saying “Pat’s not a real Christian”. That’s the worst kind of cop-out.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:04 pmSome story, but Pat Robertson is a pig.
Devoutly religious people are the most dangerous people on earth.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:05 pmThose who use “whatever” in their explanation of a “true story” don’t really know all of the facts.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:06 pm“Devoutly religious people are the most dangerous people on earth.”
televangelist aren’t “devoutly religious” they are opportunist charlatans preying on the weak.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:07 pmRobertson has no friend in Jesus.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:07 pmRobertson is no Christian, hads no truly religious bone in his body. Every time he makes his hate-filled, horrific comments, like this one and so many others, he himself is making his own pact, and the devil rubs his hands together in glee. Robertson is a monster.
bizarrobrain says: shoeless,
Maybe God’s a big fan of French cheeses and creme brulee.
read the Holey Bibbel, bizzarro!
“God” likes barbecued cow, goat, donkey. HE hates veggies.
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Joe Scarborough is wrong. Good deeds won’t cover up Pat’s words. History is filled with evil doers who did “good deeds”.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:08 pmHas anyone noticed that almost all of the rants by the current crop of trolls have devolved to simply repeating over and over that liberals are bad? They don’t even try to make up a reason anymore.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:10 pmSo “80% Catholic, 16% Protestant” gets you Robertson’s wrath?
January 13th, 2010 at 4:11 pmbothWRONG
YOU can pull whatever CLAIMS you want to make about your ANECDOTAL evidence out of your ass all day long. If you expect me to take you seriously with YOUR history of spewing flat out bullshit you have lost your mind. Cough up some evidence or be prepared to be laughed at as you deserve
January 13th, 2010 at 4:11 pm5th Estate,
January 13th, 2010 at 4:12 pmOh that’s right…the fundie God is a real man’s God. Forgive the bad joke but maybe God likes French sausage.
Although my time was more on the Dominican side of the island the Haitians I met were all very kind people
January 13th, 2010 at 4:13 pmChristian Minister in Haitian-American Church Disputes Pat Robertson’s Comments on Haiti
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bothWrong have you spent much time in Haiti and in what capacity? Thanks
January 13th, 2010 at 4:15 pmPat Robertson is just another typical rightwing reactionary superstition-ridden grifting neo-Confederate A-hole throwback.
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bothWRONG
Shove your condescension up your tarhole PUNK. You met some people and they said some things, that is ANECDOTAL evidence, even IF I believed you and you havent EARNED any credibility is by DEFINITION weak evidence at best let me enlighten YOU about the rules of rhetoric and
debatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence
1) Evidence in the form of an anecdote or hearsay is called anecdotal if there is doubt about its veracity; the evidence itself is considered untrustworthy.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:19 pmnoseeum says:
“…it’s not Church doctrine.”
Perhaps.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:19 pmHowever, the practice of perpetually threatening their religious subjects with eternal damnation, and the punishment of being dispatched to hell prematurely if they did not accept the dogma, elevates evil to equal status.
Subjects are forced to make a choice.
What would you choose?
Theoretical death at the hands of an unknown entity, or clear and immediate death at the hands of the soldiers standing behind the priest?
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Okay maybe we should change “much” to “any”….
January 13th, 2010 at 4:19 pmsorry, # 146 was addressed to ElBruce, not myself.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:20 pm;)
bothWrong says:
Dude, do you think that Pat Robertson is enlightened in his approach to scripture and how it relates to earthly events?
Thanks.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:20 pmHere’s something creepy.
According to wikipedia the Slave revolt started when:
“Dutty Boukman, a high priest of vodou and leader of the Maroon slaves, during a nocturnal religious ceremony at Bois Caïman. Within the next ten days, slaves had taken control of the entire Northern Province in an unprecedented slave revolt that left the whites in control of only a few isolated, fortified camps. ”
Could this be what Pat Robertson was refering too?
January 13th, 2010 at 4:21 pm“this article in French addresses the ambiguity and abeyance of the whole divine curse idea.”
from the article you started bothWrong.
Let me take a shot at the root of this story.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:21 pmthe monarchy of france felt (much like the rest of the royalty of europe during the time) they were chosen by divine intervention to be kings and queens. therefore, it is logical to assume the only way a colony such as haiti could overthrow rule by a “divine ruler” was by making a pact with the devil.
bothWrong says:
Eugene, I am telling you what the average Haitian thinks about the beginnings of his country.
No you’re not. You are lying. You have never met a Haitian in your life.
You’re just another wingnut who’s inventing personal claims to try to back up another lie.
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bothWrong says:
Where the story comes from and any guess as to the basis for this belief that there is a “pact with the devil” is anyone’s guess.
The story was invented by the slaveowners. You and Robertson are repeating it apparently because you side with slaveowners.
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bothWrong says:
Any Haitian will tell you
…that bigots on the mainland will happily smear their people and make up the most outrageous lies they can imagine just to try to make a stupid point.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:24 pmWhat next? The idiots in the Religious Right will reference TEH “descendants of Ham?”
January 13th, 2010 at 4:24 pmbothWrong says:
The issue isn’t the story, bothWrong… the issue is whether its appropriate to use the story to justify or explain a natural disaster, you see the difference
January 13th, 2010 at 4:25 pmalso Pat’s use of the words, ‘True story’ are a little disturbing…
pete says: 5th Estate, I know many decent Christians. I’m just unwilling to allow them the refuge of saying “Pat’s not a real Christian”. That’s the worst kind of cop-out.
I know, pete.
here’s the trouble(s).
1) Christ is accepted as the Son of God by Christians, yes?
God is a lying evil vindictive bastard.
Christ actually rejected almost everything ‘of God’.
But he’s still the Son of God and indivisible from him.
SO what does that make a Christian? —A ‘believer’ in God, the evil vindictive bastard.
2)Formal Christianity is run and operated by the likes of the Pope, Pat Robertson etc. Like ‘God’ they are all evil vindictive bastards.
“Decent Christians” have no control over the ‘brand’. They are subservient to it and can’t change it. So they shouldn’t subscribe to it. They HAVE THE CHOICE==Jesus said so, and it;s true in fact as well. (in comparison,I choose to be a Democrat because it’s better than being a Republican and I do have the option to change in some way the nature of the Democratic Party).
SO,,,,”decent Christians” could band together and make their own religion and operate it as decent Christians, or they could refuse to subscribe to ANY organization under ‘Christian” banner (call themselves ‘Nazarene’ for instance) and keep their faith personal and private, as Christ suggested.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:25 pmFact: There is no God, it is a faerie tale made up my ancient Goat Herders.
Fact: There is no Devil, it also is a faerie tale made up my ancient Goat Herders.
Fact: Pat Robertson is using religion to fill his bank account.
Fact: Pat Robertson is a hateful as$hole, who is using religion to spread hate.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:25 pmEvangelicals like Robertson don’t believe Catholics are real Christians. He probably believes that when the majority of them became Catholic it was a pact with the Devil. Somebody should ask him which incident he is referring to.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:25 pmAccording to Wiki:
It’s crazy that Robertson would describe a population overthrowing foreign occupation and enslavement as “a pact with the devil”???? That is mindbogglingly evil of robertson. Haiti’s overthrow of french rule under the leadership of Toussaint L’Overture was the epitome of liberty and democracy. It should be applauded.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:26 pmbothwrong
It is time to remind you of your ORIGINAL CLAIM
Unfortunately for Haiti, much of this is true by their own claim.
So what is the claim you are saying is mostly true? Back to Robertson
[S]omething happened a long time ago in Haiti and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. Napoleon the Third and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, “We will serve you if you get us free from the prince.” True story. And so the devil said, “OK, it’s a deal.” They kicked the French out, the Haitians revolted and got themselves free.
So you are claiming that it is mostly true that the Haitians swore a pact with the Devil to win their revolution, a slave revolt actually, against France and your evidence of this is some STORIES YOU HEARD? Are you freaking KIDDING ME? Some legends have you claiming that the Haitians swore a pact with the devil, REALLY? Please tell me this is an elaborate joke
January 13th, 2010 at 4:27 pmLon are you a poser?
January 13th, 2010 at 4:27 pmDid Pat forget to include his web site address so donations could be made to him for the great work of saving the unwashed?
January 13th, 2010 at 4:28 pmmmmmmmm ham……
January 13th, 2010 at 4:28 pmRepug Pat is the devil
January 13th, 2010 at 4:28 pmbothwrong
And you have your STUPIDITY which you are apparantly quite happy with. So babble on
January 13th, 2010 at 4:29 pmCrackenberry? Is that the cereal with the fruit in it?
January 13th, 2010 at 4:29 pmmethinks Bothwrong was here to spread the propoganda as heard on the baggyballs limpballs show. notice how quickly he bagged ass when we started pulling the ole “logic and reason” play on him?
January 13th, 2010 at 4:30 pm“Subscribe to “The Crackenberry Report”.”
Just leave it it the bin marked Recycle.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:31 pmHey Bothwrong, did you know that Pat Robertson can squat press 5,000 pounds!!??
January 13th, 2010 at 4:31 pmRab says:
Crackenberry? Is that the cereal with the fruit in it?
Fruit of the cocaine tree…
January 13th, 2010 at 4:33 pmIn retrospect, the French run slave-01K program was not all that popular in colonial Haiti. Something about that beast of burden, human pack animal, work til you drop for no wages, no education, and no future for your children couldn’t generate interest in a buy-in.
A pox upon Pat Robertson and all his progeny for having the nerve to associate the love of freedom, independence, and the absence of french tyranny with a devil’s pact…
January 13th, 2010 at 4:34 pmRab says:
“Crackenberry? Is that the cereal with the fruit in it?”
Krakenberries are sea monster turds.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:35 pmNo time to read all your posts, sorry…Robertson is just another evil bible thumping millionair, makes his money by scaring relegion into the masses…Jeebos..I have more respect for whores than preachers and polaticians, they play and others pay for their preached fear to follow a sky master.. He and all the rest of them should be taxed…P. B. J.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:35 pmIt is interesting that the slave revolt in Haiti was the only one successful on a national level. And it happened around the same time as our own revolution. And that it scared southern slave owners for almost a century.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:35 pmIt’s more of the just world theory…Why do such disasters from a loving God happen? It must be because the people who were inflicted were godless sinners…Of course Pat Robertson probably knows that his “true story” is a myth, but that doesn’t stop him from cynically exploiting it for his audience…
oh, his just world theory does not explain why he had to flee Hurricane Isabel when it struck close to Virginia Beach. By his logic, he must be a vile, evil man…because his prayer to divert the hurricane did not work…
January 13th, 2010 at 4:37 pm5th Estate says:
here’s the trouble(s).
1) Christ is accepted as the Son of God by Christians, yes?
God is a lying evil vindictive bastard.
Christ actually rejected almost everything ‘of God’.
But he’s still the Son of God and indivisible from him.
SO what does that make a Christian? —A ‘believer’ in God, the evil vindictive bastard.
That is not correct. God made a covenant with Abraham and the Jews. Christ did not reject God but he said he came to make a new covenant. Hence, the two rules that Christ said are important: Love God and love your neighbor. He did not say anything about continuing the laws set out in the old testament.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:38 pmEver watch this creatures TV show? I did once. I just love
when he starts his prayer scam. Hands raised, and those
squinting eyes, I suppose when you squint your eyes like you
are taking a crap it puts you into an even greater spiritual
headspin.
Taking a crap about covers it.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:38 pmLon Crackenberry says:
2 minutes.
Hillbilly crackhead. Why am I not surprised?
January 13th, 2010 at 4:39 pmSo God is concerned about the evil in a ?1791? voodoo rite but totally oblivious to the abuses of white landowners that led up to the Haitian revolt ?
January 13th, 2010 at 4:39 pmBothwrong: “Dude, I am trying to enlighten you about the state of the country.”
Sure you are… Pat Robertson style!
January 13th, 2010 at 4:40 pmgreenpagan says:
Pat Robertson is just another typical rightwing reactionary superstition-ridden grifting neo-Confederate A-hole
More than just typical if he’s coming out as both pro-slavery and pro-monarchy in this day and age. That takes some balls, that does.
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bothWrong says:
Yes, and right here the SAME GUY says that the “stories” about a pact with the devil are a part of his culture and nobody knows where they came from.
Thanks for citing a link. Golf claps for you.
So this is one of those things where an evangelical church has somebody come visit and badmouth his homeland, like that witch-hunter who put a force-field around Sarah Palin? Finding one person willing to slander his own country proves nothing. It certainly isn’t the “average Haitian perspective,” as you’ve been claiming.
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cd says:
Here’s something creepy.
According to wikipedia the Slave revolt started when:
“Dutty Boukman, a high priest of vodou and leader of the Maroon slaves, during a nocturnal religious ceremony at Bois Caïman. Within the next ten days, slaves had taken control of the entire Northern Province in an unprecedented slave revolt that left the whites in control of only a few isolated, fortified camps. ”
Yep, that’s probably the source of the lie. But I’m sure that lots of people prayed over the revolution as well within those ten days.
So imagine you’re signing up to throw out the crackers and suddenly the leadership says “Sorry folks, revolution’s off. That lady over there did a voudoun ceremony so if we revolt now that means we’re all Satanists. Everybody put your chains back on and wait patiently for your masters to pick you up.”
I’m thinking that’s probably what bothWrong and Pat Robertson would prefer.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:40 pmI wonder if Wegener understood that it was the heat of Hell that was causing those convection currents within the magma of the mantle….
January 13th, 2010 at 4:40 pmHaitians made a pact with Dick Cheney? Wow, that guy sure gets around!
January 13th, 2010 at 4:46 pmI think they are waiting to see how those Liberia war-crimes trials turn out before they comment.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:51 pm@177
Actually, you are not correct.
Matthew 5:17-18
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
Luke 16:16-17
January 13th, 2010 at 4:54 pm16 “The law and the prophets were in effect until John came; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone tries to enter it by force. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.
I’m sure many people who identified themselves as Christian prayed too Bruce but Dutty Boukman seems to get alot of credit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutty_Boukman
As for what Robertson thinks I can’t tell where that man’s sham ends and his real opinions begin.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:58 pmI think they are waiting to see how those Liberia war-crimes trials turn out before they comment.
Oh, Charlie Taylor… what ‘remarkable relief work’ you have wrought…
/sarc
January 13th, 2010 at 4:58 pmglamourdammerung says:
Actually, you are not correct.
Matthew 5:17-18
Luke 16:16-17
I bet Robertson eats shellfish, pork and cheeseburgers.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:59 pmSo God is concerned about the evil in a ?1791? voodoo rite but totally oblivious to the abuses of white landowners that led up to the Haitian revolt ?
I’ve never found it, but I’m sure there is a verse in the conservative bible that says that sin isn’t sin if you’re a person of property. It’s been the curse of established churches since the time of Constantine, that they seldom judge the rich and powerful with a tithe of the fervor with which they judge the poor.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:00 pmIt is nice to see society has made such wonderful advances that we have supposedly rational people declaring that natural events are dictated by deities with a grudge.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:01 pmglamourdammerung says:
I kinda wish we were talking about the Operation Blessing planes and the diamond mines, glamour… maybe our friend Joe has a point.
Why don’t more people know about the illegal use of the orginazations planes in a bloody diamond mining operation?
January 13th, 2010 at 5:01 pmpags2 says: “Christ did not reject God but he said he came to make a new covenant. Hence, the two rules that Christ said are important: Love God and love your neighbor. He did not say anything about continuing the laws set out in the old testament”
I assume you are just pointing out a flaw that you see in my specific argument?
January 13th, 2010 at 5:05 pmEleventy-billion contradictions and fallacies about God and Christ, and you want to fault me for a perceived flaw in my argument? :D
@192
Because of that damned “liberal media” that stops at nothing to embarrass good, god-fearing conservatives. Though I would think “why is Robertson’s ass not in a prison” is a better question.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:06 pmThough I would think “why is Robertson’s ass not in a prison” is a better question.
Very true, very true…
January 13th, 2010 at 5:07 pmElBruce
So this is one of those things where an evangelical church has somebody come visit and badmouth his homeland, like that witch-hunter who put a force-field around Sarah Palin? Finding one person willing to slander his own country proves nothing. It certainly isn’t the “average Haitian perspective,” as you’ve been claiming.
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Even if it were, which I dont believe it still wouldnt back up his original claim which was that what Robertson said was mostly true
January 13th, 2010 at 5:07 pmIf anyone is in league with the devil it’s Pat Robertson. As a Christian he makes me sick.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:08 pmHardy! Excellent point…he unwittingly confirmed it when he had to flee Hurricane Isabel, after constantly using natural disasters to suggest that the victims were evil…
January 13th, 2010 at 5:11 pmPat – actions speak louder than words. (aren’t these the folks you rant on and on about, because they don’t believe in your religion?):
“U.S. MUSLIM CHARITY TO FLY $1 MILLION IN RELIEF SUPPLIES TO HAITI – TOP
Islamic Relief USA works with Mormon church to aid Haitian quake victims”
(Alexandria, VA, January 13, 2010) — Islamic Relief USA, America’s largest Muslim relief organization, announced today that it will immediately fly a $1 million shipment of aid to those impacted by yesterday’s earthquake in Haiti. That relief aid will be sent in coordination with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:12 pmPlease forgive me for any typos, but I’m just so mad right now that I can’t think clearly, let alone type clearly..Pat Robertson is definately not a “Christian”, even if he calls himself one.. As a Christian myself, I can only just say that I’m ashamed of Robertson and other fundies for twisting the bible to make it fit their own narrow perspective. How can he say something like this when the people over there need assistance? Has he forgotten “love they neighbor” already? Where is his compassion?.. Oh wait, I forgot..he dosen’t have any since he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for a larger bank account..
January 13th, 2010 at 5:32 pmEarthquakes has been hitting all continents and other places with no exception.
There are many earthquakes that hit Southern Europe,Asia,Latin America,North America,the Middle east,and many other parts of the world,in the last few years alone.
Pat is just playing racist as usual bringing religion into this and also inhumane.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:33 pmSadly his words are coming from a person who claims to be a religious person, supported by tax free income.
While people are dying in Haiti from a devastating earthquake, Pat is busy selling his racism.
BTW, if anyone is interested in helping the Presbyterian Church (USA) with their relief effort in Haiti, here’s a way to contribute to the relief effort
January 13th, 2010 at 5:37 pmNBC’s Joe Scarborough: “MSM will now obsess over Pat Robertson’s ‘devil’ comment but will pay no attention to his organization’s remarkable relief work worldwide.”
Hmmm Joe’s got a point there about the how the media is lax on reporting…
January 13th, 2010 at 5:46 pmlike when Lori Klausutis was found in Joe’s office dead one morning with a cracked skull shortly before he resigned from Congress to “spend more time with his family”…..
the media paid no attention to that story….actually I don’t recall hearing that one at all in the corporate media..
I only became aware of it years later because of the internets.
Wonder why.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:47 pmSorry..Stupid computer
Hey Pat: STFU. KTHX.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:53 pmWell, Pat Robertson should know something about selling out to the Devil. That poor damned Lucifer is probably still wondering about when he’s going to get to collect on all the times he’s had to repurchase Pat’s soul.
Looks like Port au Prince is built really close to a major fault, but that shouldn’t surprise anyone; there’s a string of volcanoes running right down that string of islands, and they aren’t dead. There’s a respectable correlation between volcanos and fault zones.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:58 pm5th Estate says:
Eleventy-billion contradictions and fallacies about God and Christ, and you want to fault me for a perceived flaw in my argument? :D
I think your premise is wrong because you can harmonize God and Christ. But I will take your word on the number of contradictions and fallacies. I don’t have that many fingers and toes.
glamourdammerung says:
Actually, you are not correct.
Matthew 5:17-18
Luke 16:16-17
I think those are quite ambiguous. There was God given law (Ten Commandments) and man made law. While Christ was aware of both, he chose ambiguity. We have to assume those statements were correctly reported by Matthew and Luke.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:59 pmAnd Pat Robertson is what happens when you think like a Nazi.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:10 pmAfter reading what Robertson said on national (Faux Noise) TV, I went directly to the Red Cross website and donated $50. If everyone who read that article did that, it would do a lot more good than paying to Robertson’s pagan god. Yet another reason I gave up organized religion. If there is a hell, I’m sure God (if there is a God) has a nice warm place reserved for Mr. Robertson.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:25 pmExcuse me, I meant “praying to Robertson’s pagan god.” My bad.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:26 pmPat should hesitate to reveal himself in this way. The reason he knows what the Devil has done is because he is, himself, the Devil.
If stupid were a malignant disease, Pat would have been dead years ago.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:39 pm@207
I think you are attempting to backpedal. A statement that the OT laws still applies is pretty unambiguous.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:45 pmxenon says:
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And Pat Robertson is what happens when you think like a Nazi.
Which is why he’s in no position to call the people of Haiti “sinners”.. If anybody’s evil, it’s definately him.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:49 pmNBC’s Joe Scarborough thinks it’s ridiculous that journalists are calling attention to Robertson’s comments,
That is true Joe, how about they instead focus on how did Lori Klausutis die in your office, and why you were in such a hurry to leave Congress?
January 13th, 2010 at 7:04 pmSo according to Pat, Haitians should not have freed themselves from their slave masters the French,
and should have stayed slaves. But because they did free
themselves from the French, and refused to live as slaves,then they had sworn to the Devil.
What kind of twisted logic is this…? !
January 13th, 2010 at 7:25 pmI have worked my whole life in relief work and I have never heard that Robertson’s group has done diddly squat, or that they even exist. The only foreign connection I know of is that Robertson had a business deal with the one of the bloodiest criminals on the face of the earth, Robert Taylor, the former dictator of Liberia, concerning some gold mines.
Given Robertson’s penchant for grabbing attention, I sincerely doubt that he wouldn’t be advertising his relief efforts if they existed.
January 13th, 2010 at 7:43 pmSince he is the devil he should know
January 13th, 2010 at 7:48 pmWhat kind of twisted logic is this…? !
It is racist logic. Blacks could not have been capable of freeing themselves. If whites didn’t do it, it must have been the devil. I would still like to know when exactly did this occur, what was the actual deal, and what did the devil actually do (he said the “Haitians revolted and set themselves free”) God should be able to fill him in on the deal next time they talk.
January 13th, 2010 at 7:49 pmexcuse me, Charles Taylor.
January 13th, 2010 at 7:49 pmHe is a sick man and the people who follow him and send him money are sick.
January 13th, 2010 at 7:50 pmthat’s wicked
January 13th, 2010 at 7:51 pmglogrrl says:
If everyone who read that article did that, it would do a lot more good than paying to Robertson’s pagan god.
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Excuse me, I meant “praying to Robertson’s pagan god.” My bad.
No, “paying” makes sense. Robertson demands a steady flow of cash for his dark god of death and hatred, masquerading as the Biblical Jehovah.
January 13th, 2010 at 8:16 pmIf you believe in Satan you are by definition a pagan since Satan is a pagan god. “Only one god” is clear and it doesn’t leave room for minor gods like “angels and demons”. Those concepts polluted the Jewish faith when the Jews were slaves in Babylon and “angels” were borrowed from the local religion… Much like how the Jews started to worship Egyptian gods when they were in Egypt… These ignorant XTian fools really bore me… ZZzzz..
January 13th, 2010 at 8:18 pmPoor ol’ Pat is already crying about how everyone is picking on him for being a jerk.
January 13th, 2010 at 8:26 pmAmazing, the bitterness with which white capitalists regard this once-proud nation. Leave it to Robertson to inject his sulfurous poison into yet another mind-bending human tragedy. Forget the attaining of grace, Pat the False can’t even exercise basic humanity.
January 13th, 2010 at 8:46 pmOral Roberts…meet…Anal-Retentive Robertson.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:31 pmIt’s telling that these hucksters never condemn the greed and theft of Wall Street.
January 13th, 2010 at 10:26 pm@227
January 13th, 2010 at 10:42 pmYea I guess according to their bible, greed and theft are ok, but helping out someone else in need is sacreligious.. I’d like to see their bible though, ’cause it dosen’t sound like my version of the bible at all. Turdbrains..
Scarborough faults the critics who are repulsed by Robertson’s superstitious idiocy and mean spirited attack on a devastated people? Joe, you’re just as bad as Robertson!
January 13th, 2010 at 10:46 pmPatheticPatrick
Did you really try that pitiful bit of stupidity in two different threads? You are a punkass troll. You are so disgustingly ignorant you make me sick
January 13th, 2010 at 11:50 pm@ 208. xenon says: And Pat Robertson is what happens when you think like a Nazi. January 13th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Nah, Pat Robertson is what you get when you think like a brain-damaged Christo-Fascist coot. It’s kind of like a Nazi, except the Nazis were cranking on some old German pagan stuff while trying to turn the church into a direct instrument of the state.
Fascist isn’t quite right either; Mussolini did have at least formally correct relations with The Church, and Robertson will probably tell anyone off the record that those Papists are demonists and the Pope is in league with the devil, just like the Haitians.
Can’t call Robertson a Falangist either. While they were just as Fascist as the Fascists, the Falangists were on cordial terms with The Church.
Let’s change that defining phrase for Robertson to “brain-damaged Christo-authoritarian wingnut coot”.
January 14th, 2010 at 1:14 amPatheticPatrick
You are a liar and a punk. I criticized Reid. A bunch of liberals here criticized him. He didnt get off nor was he absolved. Feingold publicly took him to task. He appologized, but when it happened the left was all over him. You are such an ignorant and pathetic liar. You are so stupid you just spew out whatever Rush told you to think and you couldnt care LESS about the reality of the situation. God you are a brainwashed moron. AND a liar
January 14th, 2010 at 1:22 ampatrick5 says:
Reid can say all kinds of racist BS but it is okay because the votes right, shouldn’t Robertson be allowed to say stupid racists things because he gives money to the poor? If not, why not?
I happen to believe that one person doing something wrong never excuses another person doing something wrong. I can understand why they do it, but it’s still wrong. Also, consider the context. Reid made a dumb comment for a writer based on what his thinking was. He chose to say them, and now he’s getting shit for it from all over.
Pat Robertson basically kicked in the teeth an entire nation of people who just went through an earthquake that took hundreds if not thousands of their lives and destroyed their capital city by telling them that they earned the miserable tragedy that befell them.
So you tell me, is there an equivalency here? Is there a moral highground for defending Pat Robertson’s comments? Do we simply say ‘oh well it’s fine for him to say these things because somebody somewhere else said something wrong, so it’s not like you can say he can’t say them.’ YES, we can, and we should. Evil happens when good men stand by and do nothing.
January 14th, 2010 at 1:40 amGreat post Dreams
January 14th, 2010 at 2:09 ampatrick5 says:
Reid can say all kinds of racist BS but it is okay because the votes right,
Did you miss the part where Reid was supporting Obama’s candidacy when that “quote” was made? LOL! Yeah, that’s “really” racist! Project much you little racist brownshirt?
January 14th, 2010 at 2:55 ampatrick5 says:
Reid can say all kinds of racist BS but it is okay because the votes right, shouldn’t Robertson be allowed to say stupid racists things because he gives money to the poor? If not, why not?
LOL! You dare conflate those two things? Reid wasn’t trying to keep “blacks” or “Obama” down and wasn’t “insulting” Obama you clueless retard! He also made those statements in private! By contrast Robertson’s statements were public, and meant to intentionally “hurt” and “shame” and “blame” Haitians in their time of need. If you don’t have the brains, compassion or capacity to understand the difference bovine – you have no place in the “human” race!
January 14th, 2010 at 2:57 ampags2 says:
I think those are quite ambiguous. There was God given law (Ten Commandments) and man made law. While Christ was aware of both, he chose ambiguity. We have to assume those statements were correctly reported by Matthew and Luke.
LOL! Give the guy a nickel! That’s the whole point of XTian teaching in general. None of the “books” of the bible are historic, they all contradict each other, and only the most consistent and pro-roman-values were selected as Catholic doctrine. At which point they were “edited” for “clarity”. When you say things like “while Christ was aware” you assume you know what happened – and you don’t. When you say “he chose ambiguity” you assume you know what happened – and you don’t. Facts are lost in the sands of time, and just like everyone who put their own spin on Obama’s “hope” and “change” you have chosen to create a god in your own image. Nothing wrong with that per-se, but be honest with yourself that what you’re doing is no different than what the wingnuts do. They just happen to project more authoritarian values onto their HeyZeus than you do…
January 14th, 2010 at 3:01 amI send all the curses in the world to Pat Robertson. That’s my pact with the devil. Robertson is a pompous ass living his comfy life and laying blame while people suffer. Get off your ass and help out Pat. Try closing your mouth while you do that. You embarrass yourself and everybody around you.
January 14th, 2010 at 3:53 amI would like to see some sort of movement to have Robertson’s 700 Club removed from the Directv lineup. I resent the hell out of the fact that I have no choice and HAVE to pay for his channel when he is nothing but evil.
January 14th, 2010 at 9:31 amWhat a huckster this guy is. By his own actions and words it’s quite obvious that he himself doesn’t even believe in the god he says we should all be so terrified of.
I wondered how long it would take this guy to capitalize on this tragedy, and blame it on the citizens of Haiti themselves to keep the $$$ rolling in. It’s a good thing for him there is no hell waiting, or he’d have a reserved seat.
January 14th, 2010 at 10:54 amPat Robertson will burn in Hell for all eternity for this.
January 14th, 2010 at 1:25 pmDoes that women who is just sitting there have a brain and a heart?
Why didn’t she simply get up and walk off the set?
She made herself just as insane as Robertson by nodding her head.
January 14th, 2010 at 3:53 pmPat Robertson is what happens when you “swear a pact to the Devil.”
January 14th, 2010 at 3:56 pmPat: To abide by your twisted interpretations of God and the Bible, one can only assume that you will drop dead soon yourself as punishment for invoking God’s name while speaking the words fed to you by the antichrist himself. You are the wolf the Jesus spoke of. You lead 1000’s of sheep who believe your words are of Christ. When the truth is you are a messenger of satan and an abomination among those who love our Lord. You are the reason the Book of Revelation tells us that Jesus will have a problem with over half of the churches on his planet when he returns. For these churches are in reality the den’s of Satan, deceiving millions. The quake in Haiti as well as the other large quake and natural disasters we are witnessing are the signs of the times as predicted in Matthew by Jesus. Period. You incite hate in the name of God and woe to you my friend. For you will surely have hell to pay.
January 14th, 2010 at 6:59 pmFascist isn’t quite right either; Mussolini did have at least formally correct relations with The Church, and Robertson will probably tell anyone off the record that those Papists are demonists and the Pope is in league with the devil, just like the Haitians.
Your’e right. While Mussolini was officially an athiest, he recognized the great power that the Catholic Church held over his fellow citizens, i.e. establishing a treaty with the church that basically recognized the importance of the church (if I remember my history correctly), but in exchange, the Catholic Church agreed not to criticize Mussolini or his agenda. OTOH, Hitler and the Catholic Church were pretty much like best buddies…Hitler had the support of one of Germany’s most influential bishops and he made a concious effort to make his speeches have a “Christian” or “moral” undertone, since that was what he was appealing to in the masses. This is why I start laughing my head off whenver I see teabaggers on tv with signs comparing Obama to Hitler or Democrats to the Nazis; these poor people don’t know that fascism is incredibly conservative and a better comparison would be if someone carried a sign comparing Bush to Hitler ( and Cheney as Rommell, Perino as Goebbels,etc)… At least that would be partially true..
January 14th, 2010 at 8:52 pmPat Robertson as a man of God you should not be speaking that kind of crap.
January 14th, 2010 at 9:07 pmYeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for God is with me always. God does not forsake his children. Pray for yourself then you can pray for Haiti and the world.
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Pat Robertson as a man of God you should not be speaking that kind of crap.
Yeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for God is with me always. God does not forsake his children. Pray for yourself then you can pray for Haiti and the world.
I will stop calling Pat a liar once he stops calling people that don’t worship Jesus his way “sinful”. It’s people like him who make me embarassed to call myself a Christian.. He says he’s doing the work of God, but he and I must have a very different god, because my god tells me to go help my less-fortunate brothers and sisters around the world, not sit in a tv studio all day milking money off of people by scaring them. If he really is a man of God, then why isn’t he down in Haiti already and helping the earthquake victims there? I think that ChurchWorldService is being more “Christian” now than Pat Robertson will ever be.
January 14th, 2010 at 11:31 pmBut I do agree with you, ChildrenOfGod, we shouldn’t be calling him a hypocrite, because we’re not exactly perfect ourselves. However, Pat is a huge hypocrite and definately not a “christian” at 1east not according to my own understanding of the bible. You see, I thought that the bible told us to help the unfortunate, poor, etc, not judge them and say that it’s their fasult that something bad happened to them, like Robertson seems to be doing.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:49 amPat Robertson’s behavior makes a confirmed atheist long for a just god.
January 15th, 2010 at 7:18 pmJoeyTranchina says:
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Pat Robertson’s behavior makes a confirmed atheist long for a just god.
Amen..
January 15th, 2010 at 8:06 pmNot that I’m an atheist or anything ( I’m not), but I can definately see why people have problems with us Christians. We talk about being godly, but we act like we are the spawn of satan.
January 15th, 2010 at 8:08 pm