Haiti Quake: more than 100,000 feared dead

[sharkey360]

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Pat Robertson, the evangelical Christian who once suggested God was punishing Americans with Hurricane Katrina, says a "pact to the devil" brought on the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

Officials fear more than 100,000 people have died as a result of Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti.

Robertson, the host of the "700 Club," blamed the tragedy on something that "happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it."

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.' "

Native Haitians defeated French colonists in 1804 and declared independence.

Source - Pat Robertson says Haiti paying for 'pact to the devil' - CNN.com

[menzymenz]

i wonder if native filipinos made the same pact with the devil ...

[romano2717]

the fight for freedom is now an act of satanism? LOL

[rodsky]

Pat Robertson a copycat. He's is doing a "Sharon Stone".

Sharon Stone says the China earthquake is karma

-RODION

[Tirong-say]

Dili pud tingale uy, harsh ra pud kaayo na iyang statement, maora man ug dili siya kamaong maluoy, insult to injury man na iyang gibuhat, angay gani unta siya mo-support kay mao nay gikinahanglan sa mga tawo didto.......

[amingb]

Mao rana diri sa Pinas gi silutan sa Ginoo pinaagi ni Ondoy .....

[kobmat]

He seems to know a lot about the 'secret pact'. He even have some dialogue/transcript. Maybe he was there, and was the one that people was making a pact with.

[pinoyapache]

pat who he seems to know more than our own apollo quiboloy.

[ngano-diay?]

Ay ambot anang Pat. Huwat lang ta mahitabo-an ang iyang diamond mine sa africa. Let's see what he says then.

http://www.skeptictank.org/robem2.htm

[john_dux]

ive been watching the news and i saw the pictures..

from how i understand the situation there it seems they suffer from poor building construction.. tanawa nino ang mga buildings nga destroyed, it seems murag daghan building wala reinforcement bars. and kadto naa, kulang ra kaau for their sizes.. clearly the buildings were not designed for such seismic loadings..

7.0 earthquake isnt that strong actually, its very common around the pacific ring of fire. we cant blame the haitians for their poor design. such area isnt an earthquake prone zone. last earthquake was more than 200 years ago..

this event was similar to that of japans' in the past.. where the culprit was poor engineering.. im confident that if these should happen in our country, damage would only be minimal since our structures are design for large seismic loadings..