"Haiti is cursed by the Devil."

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In my opinion, Robertson is just one of the many psychos in the religious right.

It's more just a massive cult that spews ignorance of every type.

It's because of this type of bollocks that I'm barely, if at all, involved with my church now.

I think Pat Robertson could use some toilet paper, what with all the s**t he's spewing.

Pat Robertson is a f*****g monster. I've read he made money off African blood diamonds.

When even a far-right ultra-nationalist and quasi-conspiracy theorist like Michael Weiner Savage calls you nuts, you know you're in loon territory.

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^ This is one of the few instances where I though exactly what Michael thought (aside from his whole "Liberal Left are charlatans" and "leftism is Haiti's problem" spiel). Robertson totally butchered the facts about when the revolt took place (it occured quite earlier than the reign of the Third Emperor of France) and seems to rely on a double standard: were the Christians feed to the Lions on God's bad side?

What Pat Robertson said was terrible but I don't think it's as bad as what Danny Glover(the actor and left wing loon) said which was along the lines of that the earthquake happened because Earth is punishing us for the failed global warming summit in Copenhagen. I'm sure Robertson has done a lot of good in his life despite this way of thinking, Danny Glover starred in Lethal Weapon?

When I first saw what happened in Haiti one of the things I thought was that some christian evangelist was somehow gonna blame it on atheists and homosexuals.

And the difference between Robertson and Glover is that Glover doesn't have a congregation. Glover doesn't speak for anyone but himself, whereas Robertson has the responsibility of speaking for a large number of people.

a large congregation of people who will probably do more to help these people than any of us. I just think you guys should look at both sides of the coin here. I think a lot of you guys are quick to say Christians are monsters and are all that's wrong with the world. The Haitian/Devil pact superstition has been around for a long time so I think this is a little blown out of proportion in comparison to statements in the past that religious figures(including Pat Robertson) have said about whatever current event at the time.

Let me just say again though, what Pat Robertson said was wrong and terribly insensitive. I am not surprised he believes that though.

It just speaks for how NUTTY it all is, in every respect.

Pat Robertson And Diamonds

Televangelist Robertson's Humanitarian Planes Used For Diamond Mining Firm

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -Airplanes sent to Zaire by evangelist Pat Robertson's tax- exempt humanitarian organization were used almost exclusively for his diamond mining business, say two pilots who flew them.

Three airplanes were flown to Zaire in September 1994 by Operation Blessing. However, chief pilot Robert Hinkle said only one or two of the roughly 40 flights during his six months in the country could be considered humanitarian. All the rest of the flights were mining-related, he told The (Norfolk) Virginia-Pilot.

Robertson's spokesman first denied the accounts by Hinkle and a co-pilot, Tahir Brohi of England. Later, Gene Kapp, vice president for public relations at Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network, said the planes turned out to be unsuitable for medical relief and that Robertson reimbursed Operation Blessing for their use.

"Without Mr. Robertson's generous overture, Operation Blessing would have incurred further expenses with its aircraft," he said.

Robertson refused to be interviewed directly, the newspaper said in Sunday's editions. Calls to his office on Sunday were not answered.

Hinkle, from Chandler, Ariz., said he had assumed the flights would be for humanitarian work.

"We hauled medical supplies one time," Hinkle said in a telephone interview. "It might have been about 500 pounds at the most. It was a very minimal amount." The planes were capable of carrying about 7,000 pounds, he said.

Notes that Hinkle kept during most of the flights contain entries for 36 flights, the newspaper said. Of the 17 that mention the purpose of the trip, 15 are related to diamond mining.

Robertson's company, African Development Co., based in the Zairian capital of Kinshasa, sought to dredge diamonds from a remote jungle riverbed. Robertson is the president and sole shareholder of the company.

The company ended up losing millions of dollars, and is now the center of a lawsuit in which Robertson is trying to recoup some of his losses from a mining equipment manufacturer.

Zaire was a hot topic on "The 700 Club," Robertson's daily religious TV show, with regular reports in in 1994 on the work done by six Operation Blessing volunteer medical teams sent to help refugees from Rwanda.

During one broadcast in December 1994 Robertson showed snapshots taken on a trip to Zaire. The newspaper said Robertson didn't tell viewers the airstrip was built so planes could bring in mining equipment.

--Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 4-28-97

Comments By E. L. Bynum

I saw a comic about this today in the Casper Star Tribune. Pat was saying his bit about Haiti on broadcast while a couple of Al-Qaida suicide bombers in full gear were watching the TV in their hideout, and one terrorist says to the other, "Have you ever heard such radical extremism?"

Funny, yet sad because it is too true.

Christians may have irked God lately as well, they got Pat and Jerry.

Because of Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Fred Phelps, I am considering converting to Wicca, and forcing others to convert as well.