Thanks Thanks:  0
Likes Likes:  0
Needs Pictures Needs Pictures:  0
Picture(s) thanks Picture(s) thanks:  0
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 20
  1. 15th January 2010, 07:51 AM #1
    jimbur
    jimbur is offline Jim
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    Victoria
    Posts
    3,191

    Default God versus the Devil in Haiti

    You think you've heard every kind of stupidity but there's always another one to to be amazed at.
    American evangelist, Pat Robertson, one time presidential candidate, says the people of Haiti are to blame for the earthquake because they signed a pact with the devil to get out from under French rule!
    Presumably he means that god caused the earthquake to punish them.
    Logically (if such a word can be used in this context) it must follow that anyone helping the victims is interfering with god's will.
    It certainly puts our worries about spelling and grammar into context.
    Jim
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 15th January 2010 07:51 AM # ADS
    Google Adsense Advertisement
    Join Date
    Always
    Location
    Advertising world
    Posts
    Many





     
  3. 15th January 2010, 08:36 AM #2
    Pat's Avatar
    Pat
    Pat is offline Good Wood Ruined!
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Towradgi
    Posts
    4,837

    Default

    Religious extremist's of all persuasions should be locked up with each other to debate their own beliefs, while the rest of the world can live in relative peace and harmony.
    Pat
    Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 15th January 2010, 09:38 AM #3
    ozhunter's Avatar
    ozhunter
    ozhunter is offline Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmo
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    Bathurst NSW
    Age
    55
    Posts
    512

    Default

    and I say
    If you find you have dug yourself a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
    I just finished child-proofing our house - but they still get inside.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 15th January 2010, 10:19 AM #4
    Wongo's Avatar
    Wongo
    Wongo is offline GOLD MEMBER
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    Sydney
    Age
    54
    Posts
    8,883

    Default

    They need to start praying this lady. Apparently she fixes everything.

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 15th January 2010, 11:31 AM #5
    wheelinround's Avatar
    wheelinround
    wheelinround is offline GOLD MEMBER
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    North Of The Boarder
    Age
    68
    Posts
    16,794

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Pat View Post
    Religious extremist's of all persuasions should be locked up with each other to debate their own beliefs, while the rest of the world can live in relative peace and harmony.

    Agree been to many a footy/soccer match where war has broken out it now happens at tennis.
    as well as clubs n pubs where to drinkers of different ales can't agree so its becomes an all in brawl.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 15th January 2010, 11:32 AM #6
    wheelinround's Avatar
    wheelinround
    wheelinround is offline GOLD MEMBER
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    North Of The Boarder
    Age
    68
    Posts
    16,794

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Wongo View Post
    They need to start praying this lady. Apparently she fixes everything.

    Wongo knows she's looking into more wood and tools for him
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 15th January 2010, 12:54 PM #7
    Old farmer
    Old farmer is offline SENIOR MEMBER
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Sydney
    Age
    93
    Posts
    570

    Default

    I'm rather with Wonga about "this lady fixing everything", from what we are being told but she was a great Australian, working all her life to give some education to poor children, being ex-communicated by a ****** bishop and then being re-instated.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 15th January 2010, 03:02 PM #8
    Mr Brush's Avatar
    Mr Brush
    Mr Brush is offline Class Clown
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Darkest NSW
    Posts
    3,221

    Default

    It gets worse.......saw this on the front page of our local paper today

    Home is good enough for Mary MacKillop to live in - Local News - News - General - Southern Highland News

    Someone is trying to cash in on the fact that Mary MacKillop once lived in the house they are trying to sell !! Obviously the entire house now has magical healing qualities....

    Its a quiet week for news in Bowral
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 15th January 2010, 10:05 PM #9
    funkychicken's Avatar
    funkychicken
    funkychicken is offline Toolmaker Extraordinaire
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    Toowoomba, Qld
    Age
    31
    Posts
    2,520

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by jimbur View Post
    Presumably he means that god caused the earthquake to punish them.
    Logically (if such a word can be used in this context) it must follow that anyone helping the victims is interfering with god's will.
    Nope, he's saying the opposite
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 16th January 2010, 07:40 AM #10
    Sebastiaan56's Avatar
    Sebastiaan56
    Sebastiaan56 is offline Necrotreeophile
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Blue Mountains
    Posts
    2,613

    Default

    I remember similar comments being made by the same character about the Pakistan earthquake. The tragedy is that the one he professes to follow taught love and compassion. Throwing the first stone is a famous teaching that comes to mind.

    Im issuing an open challenge to all business owners to donate one days takings to relief efforts. We donated yesterdays takings to UNICEF.
    "We must never become callous. When we experience the conflicts ever more deeply we are living in truth. The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil." - Albert Schweizer

    My blog. http://theupanddownblog.blogspot.com
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 20th January 2010, 11:13 AM #11
    rrich Guest

    Default

    I never ceases to amaze me how many of the morons of my country are quoted globally.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 20th January 2010, 11:34 AM #12
    jerryc's Avatar
    jerryc
    jerryc is offline SENIOR MEMBER
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    melbourne
    Age
    89
    Posts
    738

    Default

    I wonder what is Pastor Robertson's view of the earthquakes that the good ol' USA has suffered? Should I also throw in bush fire and tornadoes for good measure?

    Reminds me of a hymn from my childhood

    All good things around us
    Are sent from Heaven above
    So thank the Lord, Oh thank the Lord
    For all his love.

    Interesting that the good Pastor does not see earthquakes as the work of Satan. After all it is said "The Devil looks after his own".

    Jerry
    Every person takes the limit of their own vision for the limits of the world.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 20th January 2010, 02:12 PM #13
    acmegridley Guest

    Default

    What happened to my ju ju dolls man!!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 22nd January 2010, 09:19 PM #14
    China
    China is offline China
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    South Australia
    Posts
    4,477

    Default

    I guess if that home igood enough for MMcK the the reformatory north of Adelaide that she used to run Now a buldozed heap of rubble would now be a sacred site. Bet they wish they didn't buldoze it now.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. 23rd January 2010, 08:05 AM #15
    artme
    artme is offline Skwair2rownd
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    Dundowran Beach
    Age
    76
    Posts
    19,922

    Thumbs down

    In Atafona, where we were living in Brasil, the ocean has wiped out about 5or 6 streets of substantial houses since 1969. The sand dunes are also marching over parts of the town.

    Funny thing is people used to just accept this. However since the crusading, evangelical churches from the States have gained a foothold in the region every thing has become a matter of God punishing the people for God only knows what.

    The hardworking, but poor and good people must wonder what they have done to deserve this double whammy.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Similar Threads

  1. The Devil made me do it!
    By pugwash in forum WOODIES JOKES
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 15th November 2008, 04:44 PM
  2. Devil Doweller
    By Slow6 in forum HAND TOOLS - POWERED
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 1st November 2006, 03:45 PM
  3. The Devil
    By Geoff Dean in forum WOODIES JOKES
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 14th April 2004, 01:39 PM
  4. Give the Devil his due
    By John Saxton in forum WOODIES JOKES
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 17th September 2000, 02:17 AM
  5. Hell and the Devil
    By Gino in forum WOODIES JOKES
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 16th June 2000, 07:42 PM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules