“A long time ago, when Haitians still lived under the yoke of the French, Napoleon III and so, they came together and made a pact with the devil” Robertson said in a television broadcast. ”We will serve you if you free us from the French, ” he said. And the devil said “Ok, we have a deal.”

Since then it has constantly gone wrong with Haiti, said Robertson. He sees evidence in the Dominican Republic: the neighbor that has been spared. ”The island is divided in two. On the one hand, Haiti, on the other hand, the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is prosperous, Haiti is in poverty. On the same island. We must pray that they turn to God. I am optimistic that something good can come from this tragedy.

That so many buildings are destroyed, perhaps did not even seem to be so bad, he also blurted: “Maybe now will begin a thorough rebuilding?” was the reasoning.

In the general turmoil that caused the earthquake and the humanitarian disaster in Haiti, U.S. television evangelist Pat Robertson has added his two cents. Its purpose, disclosed on the Christian Broadcasting Nework: the horrors faced by Haitians repeated long are the poisoned fruit of a pact with the devil in the late eighteenth century.
“Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you’ll get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it’s a deal … ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other. ”
Comments from people angry swarm. “Go to hell, Pat Robertson. And the sooner the better, “he has said the Rev. Paul Raushenbush, head of the religion section at Huffington Post. This is one among hundreds. The White House has also felt the need to criticize his comments.
Also ulcerants are these words for many it is that Pat Robertson – who is not his first controversial – insists the contribution of everyone to help Haitians recover from the earthquake – we hear Moreover, this effect at the end of the video clip. The famous American TV evangelist, who founded, among others, several charities, is an evangelical Christian, a religious movement whose mission fiber is very strong. This means of course to convert souls to “the faithful throughout the nation,” as evangelicals, but also to help others, purely and simply.
Christian Aid in Haiti
Moreover, all the help that Haiti will receive in the days and years ahead, a significant proportion will come from missionaries and ordinary members of Christian churches around the world. In the United States in any case, with many churches of evangelical persuasion, we already reported here and there that the aid missions organized. It is not evangelical, but many are.
Unlike government aid, still encrypted, aid that comes from religious organizations do not. It is however not negligible.
We must also say that the evangelical movement is growing in Haiti, which may also explain the willingness of evangelicals from the outside to offer assistance. Almost all Haitians are Christian majority and a Catholic – and more practice “voodoo” that persist – but the evangelicals to gain ground: between 10 and 15% of 10 million Haitians are now the obedience.