Poseidon strikes again

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It's always amusing to me to watch various theists turn themselves inside out trying to explain how a loving and benevolent God could allow something like the cataclysm in Haiti.

Of course, even funnier is to see how the evangimorons are viewing this. Viz.,

Pat Robertson, a Christian televangelist, speaking today about the devastating earthquake in Haiti, said Haitians had collectively "sworn a pact to the devil," which brought on the country's extreme poverty and the earthquake.

"Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French ... and they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, 'We will serve you if you will get us free from the French.' True story. So the devil said, 'OK, it's a deal.'"

"Ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after another," Robertson said, referring to the country's poverty.

Golly, Oral Roberts just got called home; perhaps it's time for the same thing to happen to Brother Pat.

Oh, if only they'd been Christians! This mantra has even been applied to the licentious sinner, Tiger Woods.

I suppose it's somewhat consoling to know that "the faithful" are decrying these remarks, but the fact remains that Robertson was an advisor to Holy George, and Hume is watched by millions.

UPDATE — I see that Mark Joseph is as amused by it all as I.