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Quake-hit Haiti made devil pact
Posted on: Thu January 14, 2010
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WASHINGTON: US evangelical preacher Pat Robertson levied blame late on Wednesday for the devastating earthquake in Haiti on Haitians themselves, saying that the country swore a pact to the devil at its creation. Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it, Robertson said on his Christian Broadcasting Network show The 700 Club. Haitians were originally under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil, said the 80-year-old former presidential candidate. They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it s a deal, the televangelist said. Ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other. Over 100,000 people were feared dead on Wednesday after a massive 7.0 earthquake razed homes, hotels, and hospitals in the capital Port-au-Prince. Bodies of the dead were laid out on city streets as residents dug through rubble for survivors. Robertson contrasted Haiti with its neighbour Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispanola. The Dominican Republic is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, etc. Haiti is in desperate poverty. Same island. They need to have and we need to pray for them a great turning to God and out of this tragedy.
Courtesy : The News