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January 13, 2010
When catastrophe strikes, the crackpots follow
Pat Robertson never seems to miss an opportunity to make a horse's ass of himself, and the latest is his attempt to blame the disastrous Haitian earthquake on a "pact" he says a Haitian made with Satan in 1803, for which God has retaliated: On the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club" today, after a lengthy interview with a missionary who talked about helping the victims earthquake in Haiti, Rev. Pat Robertson had some interesting thoughts as to why the earthquake struck the impoverished nation:Actually, this particular crackpot meme is not unique to Robertson. A loopy WorldNetDaily writer named Janet Folger has also maintained that Haiti is "dedicated to Satan." America was dedicated to God, and Haiti was dedicated to Satan. Then, rag-tag America conquered the most powerful nation in the world and went on to become the richest nation in the world. Haiti went from the very richest to the very poorest nation in the world.The racist nonsense at the site Folger linked is appalling, and IMO unworthy of more discussion. (As is the notion that God would punish people today for something allegedly done by a general in 1803 -- which makes about as much sense as calling all Jews "Christ killers.") The problem I have with Robertson and his ilk is that every time a disaster strikes, they appear out of the woodwork and opportunistically plug in their favorite villains for blame. When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, it was of course God's punishment directed at the homos. (Never mind that the French Quarter escaped with minimal damage...) Inevitably, San Francisco will have another large earthquake. I don't think it takes much imagination to guess who will be to blamed for "God's wrath." If only these people could become Democrats! Global Warming would be a perfect outlet for their nutty theories. posted by Eric on 01.13.10 at 04:05 PM
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I had read about this but I hadn't read the whole article or saw the quote you highlighted Ummmm, well, I guess. So in other words, he's saying that Satan was on the side of the only slave revolt to ever succeed. Veeshir · January 13, 2010 05:52 PM Amen. Stephen Borchert · January 13, 2010 06:38 PM Pat is so ignorant. Every one KNOWS it is zombies. M. Simon · January 13, 2010 07:03 PM Mark my words. When Haitians repudiate that Satanic deal, they will again be enslaved by the French. Bleepless · January 15, 2010 06:46 PM Post a comment
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Janet Folger, erstwhile of reparative-therapy-for-homosexuals fame? Wow. Got her hands in all kinds of scientific certainties, hasn't she?