The Bible is Not a F%#$ing Weapon

Televangelist Pat Robertson said Wednesday that earthquake-ravaged Haiti has been "cursed" by a "pact to the devil."

"Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it," he said on Christian Broadcasting Network's "The 700 Club." "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."

Robertson said that "ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other."

Just like that, Mr. Robertson permits the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people because of a pact they apparently made with the devil. C'mon...this isn't a Disney movie Mr. Robertson. Your "pact" amounts to no more than them being born in a different location and of a different skin tone than you. Mr. Robertson, did the Archbishop of Haiti who perished in the earthquake also have a pact with the devil? Did the unborn and newly born children of Haiti also have a pact with the devil? Did the humanitarian workers, the average law abiding Hatians, even the petty thieves in Haiti, have a pact with the devil? No.

The idea that being Christian makes you an authority on Godliness is preposterous and completely out of line with the teaching of Jesus Christ. If I sound angry here it's because I am, and you should be too dear readers. Mr. Robertson, and millions of people like him, use God and the Bible to justify bigoted, racist, sexist, homophobic, white supremacist views. They use the bible to permit and excuse the annihilation of millions of people due to natural disasters (and I would argue unnatural deaths as well). These people are using your God to achieve hatred. Mr. Robertson and those like him are to Christianity what the Jihadists are to the religion of Islam - dangerous, hate-flled extremes.

If Mr. Robertson, or anyone else including you, wants to actually act like a Christian or a decent human being, then send money, thoughts, prayers, food, whatever you have, to Haiti. Any decent human being should be saying "how can I help?" not "they deserved it." Here's one way you can help:

To assist relief efforts: text "HAITI" to "90999" and $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross, charged to your cell phone bill. Or text "Yele" to 501501 and $5 will be donated to Wyclef Jean Charity. Seriously, it's a couple of dollars...you can afford it. They can't afford not to have it.