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JANUARY 17th 2010
Happy MLK Day to everyone.


 VOODOO, THE DEVIL, AND PAT ROBERTSON
Recently Pat Robertson created quite a stir when he said Haiti had made a pact with the Devil, which is why they are experiencing so much trouble, the recent earthquake being one example.
 
“They [Haitians] said, 'We will serve you if you will get us free from the French.' True story," Robertson said. "And so, the devil said, 'OK, it's a deal. "

Pat always seemed to have a direct line to The Almighty...and apparently now he’s even privy to the Devil’s conversations.

Well, the story about Haitians slaves making a pact with the Devil is of course extremely unlikely. The slave revolt of 1791 did arise out of a Voodoo festival, which might be how the story arose.            

Was Voodoo to blame for the earthquake? No. But did Voodoo hold Haiti back in development which made the catastrophe much worse? My answer would be yes. Let’s think about it....

FRANCOIS "PAPA DOC" DUVALIER  (1907 -1971)
AND
JEAN-CLAUDE "BABY DOC" DUVALIER (1951-)

Father and son dictators of Haiti who ran the impoverished island nation with iron fists. The Duvaliers used Voodoo to their advantage, making people fear them through the superstitious belief that they had employed the most powerful Voodoo priests in Haiti. The fear wasn’t all superstition, either. The pair of the ran the infamous “Tom Tom Macoute”, a secret police that would secretly kidnap, torture, and murder anyone who spoke out against their regime. Baby Doc took the Voodoo imagery even further by telling the people of Haiti he was the incarnation of Baron Samedi, the Voodoo god of death. He often sported a top hat and cane to promote the image, and even changed the colors of Hati’s flag to red and black - - the colors of Voodoo - - to further the idea.

 Eventually the people of Haiti had enough, and Duvalier was overthrown, due in part to the CIA, because the US was tired of Hatians seeking refuge from the magic island. When Haitians got rid of the Duvalier’s, they wised up and used guns and Molotov cocktails instead of just voodoo. Haiti, along with Cuba (a nation with followers of a similar religion to Voodoo called Santeria) are the only two third world nations in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti has one of the highest percentage of AIDS cases in the world, which former Nigerian Ju Ju priest Isaiah Oke blames on Voodoo’s use of blood rituals, dead body parts, and orgies which often happen during ceremonies. He also says African kings were usually the men who were considered to be the most powerful Ju Ju men, because the people fear them. This ancient tradition seems to be what enabled the Duvaliers to come to power. Does Voodoo sound like it works? Well, it does help enslave people through fear and superstition, so it works for ruthless dictators like the Duvaliers.

If Haitians had not feared Voodoo so much they could of gotten rid of the Duvaliers much sooner, and never had to go through the economic hardships that country has seen.

Has Voodoo lead to the suffering we see in Haiti? Yes, but not in the way most people realize.

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