He Lives: Haiti's Misery provides fodder for Pat Roberston

I first heard about Pat Roberston's remark about the disaster in Haiti that came yesterday. David wrote:

Pat Robertson, on Haiti,

They made a deal with Satan.

Robertson reports that "Haiti" said to Satan: "We will serve you [Satan] if you get us free from the French." According to Robertson, Satan responded: "Okay, it's a deal."

Here is the video. The money quote begins around the six minute mark of the video.

I can't believe Roberston could be that stupid. Bad things don't happen to people because they made a deal with Satan. The truth is Haitian rebellion from the French happened because God allowed it and America was blessed by their freedom. Remember they bankrupted Napoleon to the point that he had to sell the Louisiana territory to the U.S. effectively doubling it. Besides loosing Haiti and loosing to Russia weakened Napoleon enough so that the British could win and start their own empire for the next 100 years! The Haitian War for independence was a watershed event that was pivotal to world history.

I think Roberston thinks that Haiti must have done something really wrong for all the horrors, not just the Earthquake, that they deal with. He thinks that God is punishing them. That makes no sense. Why don't we just see what Jesus had to say about this.

Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish." - Luke 13: 1-5

He Lives: Haiti's Misery provides fodder for Pat Roberston