tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post320686747164733900..comments2023-10-07T09:34:47.507-05:00Comments on Aggie Catholics: One Catholic's Response to Pat RobertsonMarcelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18121158394600137195noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-29262339712799640822010-01-15T12:28:40.693-06:002010-01-15T12:28:40.693-06:00I do roll my eyes at certain comments made by Mr. ...I do roll my eyes at certain comments made by Mr. Robertson, but please remember that Operation Blessing (a ministry of Robertson) has a presence in Haiti and are helping in this trajedy even as we speak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-54554200628617359272010-01-15T08:06:01.041-06:002010-01-15T08:06:01.041-06:00As a Catholic, I believe you missed the point.As a Catholic, I believe you missed the point.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377735995337391727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-21539971180399996882010-01-14T23:03:40.438-06:002010-01-14T23:03:40.438-06:00Read this post AND the comments, especially the tw...Read this post AND the comments, especially the two signed "Really?" ... <br />http://curtharding.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/why-roberston-is-wrong/LissaKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817867467505219943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-9428048961284917642010-01-14T22:01:36.919-06:002010-01-14T22:01:36.919-06:00"A disciple asked St. Macarius, 'Is it po..."A disciple asked St. Macarius, 'Is it possible for a man who has a gift of grace to fall?' The saint answered,"If he gets careless, he falls. The adversaries never are idle or shirk battle. How much more,then, ought you to never cease from the quest of God? For great is your loss if you are careless, although you may think yourself to be exercised in the very mystery of Grace.'"Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819831282677092730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-28843635751962989922010-01-14T18:09:05.866-06:002010-01-14T18:09:05.866-06:00Wikipedia says the Haitians began their revolution...Wikipedia says the Haitians began their revolution in 1791 with a Voodoo(Vodou)ceremony. Perhaps that's what he's talking about. I know...don't trust Wiki...but I like it.cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740424381668418568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-65212501125959234912010-01-14T17:18:40.553-06:002010-01-14T17:18:40.553-06:00Marcel, by that logic, you are saying that because...Marcel, by that logic, you are saying that because denying politicians Holy Communion will send them into rage, then, it shouldn't be done.<br /><br />It is charity my friend, to instruct the ignorant. I am not saying God is punishing Haiti for the sins, but remember that God does punish by earthquake and war. And, when he does so, the innocent and the guilty alike perish. A classic example, 'Tower of Babel'. <br /><br />Disasters are not just meant for us to cry over the loss of loved ones, but a call for us to cleanse ourselves yet again and renew our hearts.<br /><br />PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-83501172518303599112010-01-14T15:45:53.261-06:002010-01-14T15:45:53.261-06:00Wow ... and that's why I never listen to Pat R...Wow ... and that's why I never listen to Pat Robertson when he makes these kinds of comments. And seriously, why does he have to blame every sort of major disaster towards pacts with the Devil? <br /><br />Indeed, he did it with Katrina, and now this with Haiti? Surely, I agree with you guys that this is an irresponsible act that is now hurting the people of Haiti. And as they are now suffering, the people there don't deserve this.VDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443767602664991864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-19524847375431079362010-01-14T15:42:05.530-06:002010-01-14T15:42:05.530-06:00Dominican Republic is prosperous? Possibly for the...Dominican Republic is prosperous? Possibly for the few, but certainly not for the many as exemplified by the scores of children at the airport looking to grab your luggage in exchange for a few pesos. <br /><br />Robertson is just another one of those Protestants making the case for the "Prosperity Gospel". Poor = God's punishment. Rich = God's benevolence.Richard Alemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05272016770106926094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-51572533566056188352010-01-14T13:46:50.809-06:002010-01-14T13:46:50.809-06:00John - true. I kinda mixed up a few facts. The H...John - true. I kinda mixed up a few facts. The Haitian slave revolt was in 1791 (Louis XVI's time) and then Haiti won independence in 1804 (Napoleon I reigned).Marcelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121158394600137195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-65553417027996860642010-01-14T13:21:20.090-06:002010-01-14T13:21:20.090-06:00I hate to say it but Pat, like all mainstream prot...I hate to say it but Pat, like all mainstream protestants, believes without question in Faith without Reason - believes without question in the voices he hears in his head - and such thinking is dangerous and will lead to destruction. Faith is not Faith when reason is removed from it. Martin Luther was dead wrong!halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781744767513686930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-39898322389477283492010-01-14T13:19:24.635-06:002010-01-14T13:19:24.635-06:00Hi,
Good response To Robertson's cruel and th...Hi,<br /><br />Good response To Robertson's cruel and thoughtless comments about Haiti. I hope you are sending this message to him directly. There is an error, though, when you write that the Haitians revolted at the same time as the French, under Napoleon 1st. The 1789 French Revolution was against the king, Louis XV1John O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760566182422340022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-7506967131193183372010-01-14T13:11:50.168-06:002010-01-14T13:11:50.168-06:00He is probably correct, but the pact was made by t...He is probably correct, but the pact was made by the great grandfathers of these people - you think God is punishing them for the sins of their ancestors? What none sense! He is just like the Muslims who believe that the Jews are mostly bad because of ancestral sins. We Catholics are told not to be so negative towards Protestants because, after all, the mistakes that set them against the truth of Church, happened a long long time ago and many fathers have unwittingly passed on this misinformation to their offspring. I'm afraid the Pat has embraced the protestant error of believing in Blind Faith without Reason. Truth is, "Faith without Reason" is a good working definition of insanity. Pray for the poor Protester!halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781744767513686930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-50546868811971765692010-01-14T12:11:37.667-06:002010-01-14T12:11:37.667-06:00Sharon - Let us assume, for argument's sake, t...Sharon - Let us assume, for argument's sake, that Robertson is dead on. Would enraging people really lead them to repent?<br /><br />Of course they need to repent, so do we.Marcelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121158394600137195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-61475146032752773842010-01-14T12:03:30.489-06:002010-01-14T12:03:30.489-06:00Pat might be wrong about the mind of God in this c...Pat might be wrong about the mind of God in this case and he might be wrong about some of his history. But if He is even possibly right, wouldn't it be more loving to say they might need to repent than to say nothing to point them toward salvation and eternal life? And he is sending and rallying help for them,too.Sharon Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07612327131893223744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-85611917301973193222010-01-14T12:00:57.189-06:002010-01-14T12:00:57.189-06:00Great comment. Maybe our sin in America is to bla...Great comment. Maybe our sin in America is to blame for the disaster in Haiti?<br /><br />In the Gospel Jesus reminds his disciples that the people killed in the tower accident didn't die because they had more sin than they but as a warning.<br /><br />Our Lord was horrifically killed on the cross, should we his servants be expected to be treated better than their Master.<br /><br />Maybe this is a moment of grace for all of us, the people of Haiti and us to come together in true Christian solidarity. Maybe it is to help people in this country to recognize true poverty and to no longer use our "tough economic times" as justification to compromise with candidates who want to kill little babies with abortion.<br /><br />Pat Robertson endorsed Guiliani for president (pro-abortion catholic), yet he dares to accuse the good people of Haiti for making a pact with the devil. <br /><br />May God have mercy on all of us, and may Robertson be converted and come to the one true faith before his death.Thomas Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112941171656719846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-25363866779753457762010-01-14T11:42:26.137-06:002010-01-14T11:42:26.137-06:00good response, Marcel.good response, Marcel.The Ironic Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990289461877567408noreply@blogger.com