And people still take him seriously?!?

jewel January 16th, 2010

Honestly, I don’t get it. Here we are, in the 21st century and there are still people talking about pacts with the devil to explain completely natural events!

Here’s Pat Robertson, of the 700 Club talking about the earthquake in Haiti:

The Haitians “were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III and whatever,” Robertson said on his broadcast Wednesday. “And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, ‘We will serve you if you will get us free from the French.’ True story. And so, the devil said, ‘OK, it’s a deal.’ “

Seriously?  He believes that?  Aside from the complete and utter heartlessness of his “explanation”, it doesn’t really sound like his god is all that loving or big on forgiveness.  Mr Robertson seems to be light on the compassion as well.  Not that this really surprises me, mind you,  since he and Jerry Falwell blamed 9/11 on”the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists…” rather than squarely where the blame really was, which was religion and politics.

4 Responses to “And people still take him seriously?!?”

  1. # Alan in Upstate NYon 16 Jan 2010 at 6:18 pm

    You’re not alone. I don’t get it either. Delusional, perhaps?

    Clear skies, Alan

  2. # jewelon 16 Jan 2010 at 7:12 pm

    Honestly, Alan, I hope I never understand people like that. Delusional indeed.

  3. # Alan in Upstate NYon 16 Jan 2010 at 7:55 pm

    This may explain his comment.

    http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-391134?hpt=Sbin

    I think it would be dangerous to understand such folks.

    Clear skies, Alan

  4. # jewelon 16 Jan 2010 at 8:07 pm

    Indeed.

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