Pat Robertson is quoted as saying that "a long time ago in Haiti ... they got together and swore a pact to the Devil". Mr. Robertson said that because of that pact, the nation of Haiti has been cursed by various problems ever since.
First, Mr. Robertson does not know that every person in Haiti made such a pact. Maybe some did, maybe even a majority did. But to blame a specific disaster on specific sins of the past is an error. Nothing in creation can happen apart from God. He either causes events or He allows events, but the real God is really in control. Speculating on why He causes or allows certain events to happen is very dangerous business. We can say (because He said) that death is a result of sin. And while we know that God is Good, and we have His Word to guide us, we must be careful: the terible events happening in Haiti could happen anywhere that sin abounds. People of God, have mercy on the poor victims of this disaster and repent before something worse happens to your nation.
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