God is pro-slavery
January 14, 2010 2:29 PM   Subscribe

Ever since Ham's descendants were cursed to be slaves to the descendants of his brothers by Noah god's stance on slavery has been pretty clear. So it's no suprise that the only succesful slave revolt in history only happened with assistance from the devil and resulted in tragedy , so says Pat Robertson.
posted by djduckie (4 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: I suspect there's an interesting post to be made about the historical and religious context of the latest random fucked-up shit that Pat Robertson horked up, but this isn't really doing much to present any of that in a post-worthy fashion. -- cortex



 
Pat Robertson's still alive?
posted by box at 2:31 PM on January 14, 2010


You should hear his theory about 9/11. On second thought, don't bother.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:33 PM on January 14, 2010


... there is a very tiny grain of truth to be found in the splattered mass of Robertson's upchucking. The Haitians have indeed been cursed for 200 years, and the curse does indeed go back to their liberation. But pace Robertson, the source of this curse is not metaphysical. As I noted in a piece written in 2004:
Exactly two hundred years ago, Haitian slaves overthrew their French masters -- the first successful national slave revolt in history. What Spartacus dreamed of doing, the Haitian slaves actually accomplished. It was a tremendous achievement -- and the white West has never forgiven them for it.

posted by Joe Beese at 2:34 PM on January 14, 2010 [1 favorite]


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posted by Substrata at 2:36 PM on January 14, 2010 [1 favorite]


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