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What are your thoughts on Pat Robertson's comments about the Haitian earthquake?

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Televangelist Pat Robertson has publicly made a disgusting, blasphemous comment on what he believes is the reason behind the tragic earthquake that has killed immeasurable thousands of Haitians and left millions more suffering, dieing, injured, or stricken by the loss of a loved one. Robertson had the nerve to utter, on live television, that the disaster is a result of "a curse brought upon the people of Haiti when they made a compact with satan" hundreds of years ago.

The demented doctrines of people like Pat Robertson are one of many reasons I'll never be a "protestant". People like him will dissolve the protestant sector in time anyway; for they can't even find agreement among themselves! Even within the protestant denomination, one can find a battle raging among those who do and don't believe that Robertson's comments were justified. Their fighting is nothing more than constant feuding that is merely leading their people astray from the Truth.

I found this statement by Keith Olbermann to be a near perfect expression of my feelings toward Robertson's fallacy:

"Sir, because of your tone-deafness and your delight at human misery and your dripping self-satisfied holier-than-thou senile crap, I am now likely to believe that you ARE the devil!"

What are your thoughts on Robertson's commentary?

Update:

Johnny Y - I agree completely.

Update 2:

Johnny Y - I agree completely.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I wouldn't pay much attention to Pat Robertson. I am a Christian, and its unfortunate than others listen/support him. Wake up, were meant to be discerning, but sadly is not always the case. He and others like him discredit the Gospel.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It could be God's judgment, and it might not be God's judgment. If you read the bible, God destroyed the entire city of Sodom. What makes you think he still doesn't render such judgments? However, I do not condone saying this or that is God's will, because God's ways are unknowable. Not even the Holy Men described in the bible knew why God did some of the things he did.

    Moses for example, never understood why God chose him to bring the Israelis out of Egypt. Samuel did not understand why God chose a boy to be King. Job did not know why God allowed him to suffer so much. With that said, it might be that God rendered judgment upon these people, but I seriously have no clue.

    Anyway, my opinion?

    I think the man has the right to think that it was God's judgment. Just as you think it was not.

    Source(s): Don't ask a question, if you don't want an honest answer from me.
  • 1 decade ago

    It's not the first time he has made a foolhardy statement.

    Now regarding your commentary... everyone who is not Catholic are not Protestants, and they will not "dissolve" in time either. Are you a part of the problem or the solution? Perpetuating this archaic schism makes you just as divisive as you claim the "Protestants" to be. Seems you are the one who is doing the protesting.

    The Truth. You can put your faith in the Catholic Church, believing it is the only true way. I'll put and keep my faith in Jesus Christ. Like many people, I will follow Christ, not the doctrine or traditions of any Church or denomination. We are Christians first, not a Catholic or a Protestant.

    Source(s): John 14:6 "Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me"."
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think Pat Robertson seriously believes hell is under the Earth and Satan was banging on the roof with his trident and that's what caused the earthquake in Haiti.

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  • 1 decade ago

    He's the most idiotic piece of dung to spread his bigoted, smelly trash over public media.

    Only the lowest of trash would use a disaster to spread his religion more. He didn't give a single ounce of sympathy to those people suffering, and instead preferred to bash them for some ridiculous "they made a pact with the devil; true story" nonsense.

    A man with no sympathy is worse than the devil.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Pat Robertson is God's curse on America.

  • Pat Robertson is a terrible, terrible example of a religion that desperately needs a good example to follow.

    Source(s): I am interested in Buddhism and Taoism.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a microphone. I think he has dementia.

    But to be fair to all the other, good Christians who are Protestants -- he isn't speaking for them. No one elected him official spokesman, right?

  • 1 decade ago

    Scroll back to yesterdays questions...I already answered that question in depth.

  • 1 decade ago

    Rather evil. He's an embarrassment to humanity.

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