Pat Robertson Haiti comments stir controversy (full video, photos)
Pat Robertson has stirred controversy with his recent comments that Haiti is cursed after making a pact with the devil in the 1700’s. Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, it was the largest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti. As many around the world have gathered to lend support, aid, and find the quickest way to bring relief to the devastated nation, Pat Robertson called the earthquake a ‘blessing in disguise.’ The comment has outraged many as there are countless dead, dying, and wounded laying in the streets and the desperate search to save those trapped under the crumbling rubble rages on.
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The comments were made during a January 13, 2010 episode of the 700 Club. Pat Robertson’s camp has since released a statement saying that the comments were taken out of context and that Pat Robertson never indicated that the ‘wrath of God’ had fallen upon the Haitian people. The comments are available for viewing in the video player below. You can also read more about Dutty Boukman at the Louverture Project here.
This isn’t the first time that Pat Robertson’s comments have sparked controversy after a natural disaster or national crisis. He had remarked that 9/11 occurred due to the United States stance on abortion and also linked abortion to Hurricane Katrina.
Pat Robertson released a statement on the CBN website stating that the comments were taken out of context.
On today’s The 700 Club, during a segment about the devastation, suffering and humanitarian effort that is needed in Haiti, Dr. Robertson also spoke about Haiti’s history. His comments were based on the widely-discussed 1791 slave rebellion led by Boukman Dutty at Bois Caiman, where the slaves allegedly made a famous pact with the devil in exchange for victory over the French.
This history, combined with the horrible state of the country, has led countless scholars and religious figures over the centuries to believe the country is cursed. Dr. Robertson never stated that the earthquake was God’s wrath.
If you watch the entire video segment, Dr. Robertson’s compassion for the people of Haiti is clear. He called for prayer for them. His humanitarian arm has been working to help thousands of people in Haiti over the last year, and they are currently launching a major relief and recovery effort to help the victims of this disaster.
They have sent a shipment of millions of dollars worth of medications that is now in Haiti, and their disaster team leaders are expected to arrive tomorrow and begin operations to ease the suffering.
Chris Roslan
Spokesman for CBN
Here is the full video so that you may see Pat Robertson’s statements in full context and determine whether you feel his comments were inappropriate or not.
A man looks for a body among hundreds earthquake victims at the morgue in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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put on some blue jeans GO HELP THESE PEOPLE instead of your religust CRAP
comments like this not only do christianity an injustice, but shows that Pat Robertson has not read his bible lately. Mr. Robertson should remember that Christ himself would be the first one there to help. Shame on you Mr. Robertson.
Mr. Robertson stop blaming the victims, it is not very christen of you.
hat do say, i feel a man in christ should offer support and help not to look down at those in need. I ask that everyone pray and help hese people now. note i will no longer watch are listen to to cbn programs again, you speak of christ and his ways but yet you as leader a pastor do not walk the way of christ.However i will pray you and others cause you indeed need god in your life after those conmints.
after hearing your conmits i had to wonder about your faith. Hows does a person of christ like yourself said such things at time like this, I'm confused , it seem like you would have asked for us to pray , and make stupid conmits like that.tell me how does aqman of god like yourself ( so you clam ) take time to punish people of need instead asking for help.As a pastor you should have took time the time to bring people together.P.S I will no longer watch or listren to any programs CBN and will aske others to do the same. This was the cruelest thing I've heard in long time. People need your help not YOUR STUPID OPINION. WOW AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN. lORD HELP US.
May GOd forgive you!
Most Americans do not give much thought to Haiti. They may know it is a black, French-speaking country, which shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. From what they see on television they realize it is a poor, violent nation ruled by a succession of dictators, each seemingly worse than the last. They may also associate Haiti with AIDS, crime, drug gangs, boat people and environmental disasters. These are all correct associations but the history of Haiti puts all this in a broader context. It offers one of the most sobering lessons about race in the New World. It is a story that is rarely told, but the grim realities of the aitian revolution and its aftermath are just as worthy of our attention today as they were 200 years ago. None other than Lothrop Stoddard (see AR, Jan. 2000), who wrote his Ph.D. thesis on Haiti and later published it as The French Revolution in San Domingo, called the black uprising “the first shock between the ideals of white suprema
never let mythology get in the way of the truth.
These are my comments ...... !
Anyone ever read about Sodom and Gomorrah?
"Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, 'Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them - do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.'" Luke 13:1
Pat Robinson clearly (as always) has no idea what he's talking about. Haiti is among the most religious nations in the Western Hemisphere. They don't need your prayers. They need food, water, shelter, and medication. A billion people praying won't make a lick of difference, but a billion people helping sure will. Give your heads a shake.
Everyone MUST help if they want Haiti to get better AND MOST PEOPLE AREN'T SO WHY NOT YOU!!!Other countrys helped us when the twin towers fell so why not help Haiti. You no,what go's around go,s around and back around.
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