Thursday, January 14, 2010

Pat Robertson needs to shut up

In case you missed it, Pat Robertson was on television this week saying that the devastating earthquake in Haiti a few days ago was the result of God punishing the country for making a pact with a devil a couple hundred years ago.

That's right, Robertson, an evangelical christian and host of the "700 Club", is telling us that maybe 50,000 lives were lost because a rumor that a people made a pact with the devil to gain independence from the French.

First, he wasn't around back in the 1700s or the 1800s, so how is he so sure this so called pact ever happened? Second, keep stupid comments like that to yourself, ass. Tens of thousands of people; men, women and children alike are suffering as their homes, hospitals and just about everything has been destroyed. And here is this moron telling the world that they brought it on themselves because their ancestors made a deal with the devil.

He has the right to say this thanks to our Constitution. I am not asking that we censor him or prevent him from saying what he did. I'm saying he is an inconsiderate jerk who is obsessed with national attention. This is the same guy who said Hurricane Katrina was punishment for abortions being legal in the United States. Oh, he also said he thinks there is good that can come of this tragedy. Nevermind that there are families and friends mourning the loss of loved ones in these events, there is attention to be had!

Now, I'm not a religious man, so I could be wrong here, but I don't believe God would wait hundreds of years to get back at the relatives of a group of people who shook hands with Satan. I'd like Robertson share his opinion with victims' family members and see what happens.

Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad

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