A Christian minister in a Haitian-American church has previously disputed the widely reported comments by 700 Club commentator Pat Robertson, who claims that Haiti’s recent catastrophic earthquake is the result of a Haitian “pact to the devil.”

CBS News reports that Pat Robertson told a nationwide television audience today that “They were under the heel of the French, you know Napoleon the third and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said ‘We will serve you if you will get us free from the prince.’ True story. And so the devil said, ‘Ok it’s a deal.’ And they kicked the French out. The Haitians revolted and got something themselves free. But ever since they have been cursed by one thing after another.”

In 2005, the website “Black and Christian”  provided reports by Ph.D. Jean Gelin on this subject.  The website stated that “Jean R. Gelin is a licensed minister of the Church of God and serves as an assistant pastor for a young Haitian-American church in the United States. He holds a Ph.D. in plant sciences and works as a scientist in agricultural research.”

Dr. Jean Gelin described such comments  as “nothing more than a fantasist opinion that ultimately dissipates upon close examination.”

Dr. Gelin wrote three articles for the website addressing the historical, cultural, and political issues associated with such claims in a series entitled “God, Satan, and the Birth of Haiti.”

R.E.A.L. provides links to these articles below:

— Christian Minister – Dr. Jean Gelin: “God, Satan, and the Birth of Haiti” Part 1 of 3

— Christian Minister – Dr. Jean Gelin: “God, Satan, and the Birth of Haiti” Part 2 of 3

— Christian Minister – Dr. Jean Gelin: “God, Satan, and the Birth of Haiti” Part 3 of 3

Pat Robertson has a history of making extreme remarks that disparage others and could be considered by some as inciting violence.

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In 2003, Pat Robertson also repeatedly suggested the need for a nuclear attack on Washington DC.

As CNN reported in October 2003, “Television evangelist and Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson’s suggestion that a nuclear device should be used to wipe out the State Department was ‘despicable,’ department spokesman Richard Boucher said Thursday.”

Robertson had introduced Joel Mowbray as a speaker on his television show, and made the inaccurate statement that Mowbray’s book called for an attack on the State Department.

CNN reported in 2003:
“Introducing Mowbray on his show, Robertson said that a reader of his book could conclude that the State Department needed a nuclear explosion. ‘I read your book,’ Robertson said. ‘When you get through, you say, ‘If I could just get a nuclear device inside Foggy Bottom, I think that’s the answer,’ and you say, ‘We’ve got to blow that thing up.’ I mean, is it as bad as you say?” Robertson said. ‘It is,’ Mowbray said, although his book never suggests that the State Department should be blown up with a nuclear device. Foggy Bottom is the nickname for the State Department’s Washington headquarters. In a June interview with Mowbray on the ‘700 Club’, Robertson made similar remarks. ‘Maybe we need a very small nuke thrown off on Foggy Bottom to shake things up like Newt Gingrich wants to do,’ he said.”

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We  urge all those who seek to justify violence and hate against others to support our universal human rights, and choose love, not hate.