Haiti
Like most folks, I'm stunned and feel helpless about the suffering in Haiti. Not only the devastation from the earthquake, but the fact that Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. I've researched and written about this in the past.
The question being asked, once again, is "Why is Haiti so poor?" It is not because they "made a pact with the devil" as Pat Robertson stated on the 700 Club (to the embarrassment of every sane Christian in the world) and it is not because of "voodoo" (almost as ignorant a claim as Mr. Robertson's).
The crushing poverty in Haiti is the direct result of European colonialism and slavery. Contrary to Pat Robertson's idiotic statement, the continual suffering in Haiti is not due to the sins of their forefathers. It is due to the sins of our forefathers.
Here's a good summary by an expert on Haiti: http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/misctopic/leftover/whypoor.htm
The question being asked, once again, is "Why is Haiti so poor?" It is not because they "made a pact with the devil" as Pat Robertson stated on the 700 Club (to the embarrassment of every sane Christian in the world) and it is not because of "voodoo" (almost as ignorant a claim as Mr. Robertson's).
The crushing poverty in Haiti is the direct result of European colonialism and slavery. Contrary to Pat Robertson's idiotic statement, the continual suffering in Haiti is not due to the sins of their forefathers. It is due to the sins of our forefathers.
Here's a good summary by an expert on Haiti: http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/misctopic/leftover/whypoor.htm
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