People make foolish statements all the time. Otherwise the E television channel would really need some help with programing. Unfortunately, when a prominent television personality who is well known due to his conservative faith and politics makes a foolish statement, the backlash is magnified exponentially.
If you haven't heard, Pat Robertson made an inexplicable statement that Haiti brought the earthquake on themselves because the country has been "cursed" since it made a pact with the devil in order to gain independence from France.
Let me be clear: Pat Robertson does not speak on behalf of all Christians. I'm proud of how the Church has arisen to pray, provide aid and, in many cases, ran to the disaster. It's easy to sit back and criticize. It's much harder (and more Christlike) to run to the problem and be the hands and feet of the Christ who gives real life.
Fellow believers, let's not add any more fuel to the fire by sitting in judgment of one person's comments. Instead, may the words we choose to use bring healing rather than division.
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