Remember Pat Robertson's claim regarding the Haitian earthquake?
Pat Robertson, the American Christian televangelist and host of "The 700 Club," said that Haitians need to have a "great turning to god" while he was reporting on the devastating 7.0 earthquake that shook the island nation — the most powerful to hit the country in a century.
As Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said "well over" 100,000 people may have died in the natural disaster, Robertson took to the airwaves Wednesday on his show and said that the country has been "cursed by one thing after another" since they "swore a pact to the devil."
"Something happened a long time ago in Haiti and people might not want to talk about," Robertson said Tuesday.
"They were under the heel of the French, you know Napoleon the third and whatever. 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 prince.' True story. And so the devil said, 'Ok it's a deal.' And they kicked the French out. The Haitians revolted and got something themselves free. But ever since they have been cursed by one thing after another," Robertson said.
Danny Glover made the ridiculous claim that the Haitian earthquake was a result of global warming. Bit of a conflict with Robertson.
Then, after the Easter Sunday earthquake that struck Baja, Mexico and southern California, transcendentalist mental-ist Deepak Chopra said this:
"Had a powerful meditation just now -- caused an earthquake in Southern California," Chopra wrote to his nearly 179,000 Twitter followers shortly after the quake.So I guess it should come as no surprise that an Iranian cleric was quoted as having said the following:
And then, to clarify: "Was meditating on Shiva mantra & earth began to shake," he tweeted. "Sorry about that."
From the DailyMail.uk: Women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes, a senior Iranian cleric has said.
Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi's comments follow a warning by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that a quake is certain to hit the capital Tehran and that many residents should relocate.
In a prayer sermon, the cleric said: 'Many women who do not dress modestly... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes.'
Well, immodest dress might cause certain things to shake about, but I highly doubt tectonic plates is one of them.
We're experiencing what I'm calling "Deusaster Poker" - "I see your crazy spiritual explanation for a natural disaster, and raise you one." It's fun! Anyone can play!
Here's the basic formula for playing: [Natural disaster] because [unrelated spiritual/religious/ecological/cultural reason].
For example - [Chile was struck with an earthquake] because [financial institutions employed predatory lending practices on poor people].
It doesn't have to make sense. In fact, the less sense it makes, the better your chances of winning the game.
I'll deal the next hand: [Mt. Eyjafjallajokull erupted] because [?]
Play your cards in the combox.
