So-Called Christianity
As most of you that keep up with current events already know, Haiti suffered a huge earthquake this week. Thousands of people are dead, and a country already plagued by immense poverty has suffered a blow it will take years to recover from. People all over the world are rallying, gathering supplies, volunteering to go to Haiti and help, making cash donations to reputable charities – all to try to do some small part to help our fellow man in a time of need. This is true Christianity in action.
In the meantime, one of America’s so-called religious leaders has opened his mouth and inserted his foot, yet again. Pat Robertson has made a statement saying that Haiti had brought this tragedy upon itself, for making *A pact with the Devil*. How dare he actually utter those words and call himself a Christian!
Now, I have been a believer most of my life. I have been raised to believe every Word of the Bible is the truth. I have a very hard time picturing Jesus Christ, if He were in Haiti today, standing in the midst of such devastation and death, saying “It’s your fault. Deal with it”. Instead, I think He would be weeping over the dead, comforting the living, and doing what He could to ease the suffering of the people. It’s what He did 2000 years ago. I have no reason to believe it would be different today. And for Pat Robertson to speak as he did offends me greatly, both as a Christian and as a human being. I can only hope and pray that his words do not turn others away from Christ. Please do not paint all Christians with Pat Robertson’s brush. That would be yet another tragedy in a world struggling with enough already.
