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Pat Robertson: Haiti "cursed" after "pact with the devil."

Salt in the wound?

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Posted by nmclaughlin on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 3:46 pm

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nemo0037

January 13, 2010 - 4:02 pm EST

You know, Robertson can be trusted to say the most outrageous things when huge tragedies strike. Everything from gays and atheists being responsible for 9/11 to Muslims being punished for the great tsunami a few years back. Now this. It sure gets him a lot of attention, which may be what he craves more than anything. And it sure seems to play well with his audience, so I guess they deserve each other.

But I can't help wondering about this idea of Robertson that all the people in Haiti made a pact with Satan 200 years ago, and that was what enabled them to successfully gain their independence from France. He really thinks Satan has that sort of power over rulers? Kind of non-Biblical, I should think -- I thought for sure that the New Testament says that all governments are ordained by God.

I wonder whether he would think the same of the American revolution if he learned that some witches in Salem cast some spells to help with our revolution? :)

Get A Clue

January 14, 2010 - 4:08 am EST

When someone purports to speak for me or my country or my religion and I choose to not speak up to disagree, others may rightfully assume I concur.
Since I'm not a Christian I really don't care what Pat Robertson blathers on about.
But I wonder if Ms. McLaughlin, for instance, has an opinion. She runs the only N&R blog where the person on the masthead never participates in the discussion.

nemo0037

January 14, 2010 - 7:20 am EST

That's a bit harsh, IMO. I've corresponded with Nancy for a fairly long time, and I expect that she has a deeply negative view of Robertson's verbal excrement. My impression has always been that Nancy views this blog as a place where she puts out conversation starters and hopes (expects?) the readers to carry the conversation forward.

Myself, I was hoping to hear what the Christian readership here thought of this rubbish from Robertson. As you say, silence often equates to acceptance. It's just that I know very few Christians who would agree with Robertson -- on this or any number of other of his ideas.

Get A Clue

January 14, 2010 - 8:43 am EST

I'm not intending to be harsh. I simply stated fact. She does toss out one-liners and links, but that's it. Most of the other N&R blogs have an interesting give and take between the public and the blogger; this one doesn't. She writes well; I'd be interested in what she thinks about the snippets she posts. I encourage her to use this blog to engage her audience.

DrMaryJohnson

January 16, 2010 - 5:48 pm EST

Robertson's remarks were uncalled-for (although I have previously heard snippets of the story to which he was referring). But as Fred Gregory points out, before this is over there will probably be a long line in that department.

GetAClue has a point. My "favorite" moment on this blog (NOT) was when, in the wake of Obama's election, it jumped on the lighted "Christmas Cross"-as-a-weapon-of-mass-bigotry bandwagon. If you dared display the Cross, you were an insensitive, cave-dwelling Klan sympathizer.

The whole premise was absurd.

It may not have been Nancy (if memory serves, Joe Killian was subbing at the time), but it spoke volumes.

Robertson's not the only one who should think before he speaks.

FredGregory

January 15, 2010 - 9:53 pm EST

Danny Glover has his Pat Robertson moment as he blames the Haitian earthquake on glonal warming.

What a fool !!

http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2010/01/video-actor-danny-glover-blames-...

nemo0037

January 17, 2010 - 9:06 am EST

Um -- Fred, did you actually watch the video clip? I did, and I don't think that Mr. Glover was "blaming the earthquake on global warming." He mentioned the global warming issue as ANOTHER problem that directly affects the Caribbean. And I agree -- I've been to the Caribbean a couple of times in the past few years and I've seen the devastation slowly killing off the sea life in the areas around several islands there, due to warming, higher levels of UV radiation and increasing acidity leveling in the water.

And what Glover was saying is that as American takes a leadership role in dealing with the earthquake disaster, it needs to provide similar leadership regarding other threats. I don't call that stupid. I call that a darn good suggestion.