For the record… ”I FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID OFFENDING GUILTY MEN, for there is
no way of avoiding it but by our silence and
silent we cannot be because of God’s command. Titus 1:9-14
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s voodoo priests are objecting to anonymous mass burials as an improper way to handle the tens of thousands of dead from the earthquake — and have taken their complaint to President Rene Preval.
Dumping the dead in hurriedly excavated mass graves without proper rites is seen as desecration in a country where many believe in zombies — dead bodies brought back to life by supernatural forces who could persecute the living.
Haitian officials say so far at least 50,000 bodies have been dumped in mass graves outside the shattered capital, Port-au-Prince, in what they view as the most efficient way to dispose of the fast-rotting corpses from Tuesday’s disaster.
“It is not in our culture to bury people in such a fashion,” Haiti’s main voodoo leader, Max Beauvoir, said in a meeting with Preval.
Local radio is broadcasting messages for Haitians to put bodies recovered from under the rubble of collapsed buildings on the street for collection by garbage and other trucks.
“The conditions in which bodies are being buried is not respecting the dignity of these people,” Beauvoir, who was educated at City College of New York and the Sorbonne in Paris, said in the Preval meeting this weekend.
More than half of Haiti’s 9 million people are believed to practice voodoo, a religion with roots in Africa. Some 80 percent also are Catholic and most Haitians see no conflict between the two.
PAT ROBERSON AND HIS COMMENTS ABOUT HAITI
In case you missed it, Robertson said this on the 700 Club: “”Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III 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 French.’ True story. And so, the devil said, ‘OK, it’s a deal.’ “And they kicked the French out. You know, the Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other. Desperately poor. That island of Hispaniola is one island. It’s cut down the middle. On the one side is Haiti; on the other side is the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, et cetera. Haiti is in desperate poverty. Same island. They need to have — and we need to pray for them — a great turning to God. And out of this tragedy, I’m optimistic something good may come. But right now, we’re helping the suffering people, and the suffering is unimaginable.” End of quote. From www.politicsdaily.com
As one can imagine, there has been every kind of comment imaginable. Condemnation came from nearly every corner, people from all walks of life, spewing out the same comments: “a loving God would never do such a thing”.. We, as humans, are quick to cast blame and slow to accept accountability and responsibility. Quick to quote the Bible when it is in our favor, slow to read the Bible because it shows us for what we are, sinners bound for Hell in need of a Savior! Let the incident in Haiti be a warning for the good ‘ole USA. “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” —Psalm 9:17
Here’s one for the Record!!!
SCIENTOLOGY FOUNDER DEMON POSSESSED?
L. Ron Hubbard once said, “If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start in his own religion.” In 1954 this recluse who died Jan. 24 2007, did just that and founded the multi-million-dollar Church of Scientology. Some well-known Scientologists include actor John Travolta, NFL qb John Brodie, Tom Cruz, and convicted killer Charles Manson. Hubbard taught that the human race began 74 trillion years ago on the planet Venus (Chr. Today, 3-7-86). His son renounced Scientology many years ago and is said to be a Christian. He said his father was demon possessed and quoted Hubbard as having said, “I would rather reign in hell than serve in heaven.” He said his father wrote Scientology’s theories while under the influence of drugs, had many mistresses, was plagued with VD, and was deeply involved in the occult..
…and these are the signs of the times
