Something happened a long time ago to Haiti, and the people may not want to talk about it: they were under the heel of the French… and (Haitians) got together and swore a pact to the Devil. They said ‘We will serve you if you can get us free from the French.’ True story. And so the Devil said ‘Okay, it’s a deal.’ And they kicked the French out. The Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other. (They’re) desperately poor. That island of Hispanola (sic) is one island, it’s cut down the middle: on the one side is Haiti, on the other side is the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, et cetera; Haiti is in desperate poverty. Same island! They need to have - and we need to pray for them - a great turning to God.

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Evangelist PAT ROBERTSON, explaining his theory behind Haiti’s woes on the Christian Broadcasting Network.

(via inothernews)

I very much want to meet the sheep followers who believe Pat Robertson simply because he says, “true story”. Are there people watching him on TV thinking to themselves, NO WAY JOSE! Oh wait, Pat said it’s a true story, so it MUST be true. Why else would he say “true story”? Is it a nervous tick every time he lies? I almost respect him for being able to look the newscaster straight in the eye and claim, with a straight face, that a story about a Devil pact is true. That is some gumption.