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- WriterSD, on 02/09/2010, -0/+34My favorite line from the story: "The spirits of the dead that Louis invokes are a mischievous bunch. They wear black top hats and glasses, live in cemeteries and have funny names like Gede Ti Pete -- Little Fart."
- Jandels, on 02/09/2010, -3/+36Voodoo spirits are just as likely to have caused the earthquake as the Christian God and both are just as likely to have helped the people in its aftermath.
- AmyVernon, on 02/09/2010, -3/+36Pat Robertson, is that you?
- alanocu, on 02/09/2010, -0/+32Ten Baptists from Idaho are being held in Haiti after attempting to leave the country with 33 Haitian orphans. This is shocking. Who knew there were Baptists in Idaho? And not just Baptists, but Southern Baptists. Have these people never seen a map?
- SQLDigger, on 02/09/2010, -1/+19I thought this was an interesting read. It's a really interesting religious dynamic they have there. As far as Christianity goes, I was raised Baptist, but the more I learn, it seems that the Catholics, depite their own failings, for the most part have a more circumspect attitude than some Protestant groups when it comes to dealing with other people's religious beliefs.
- CoreyDigg, on 02/09/2010, -2/+20And the difference between practicing Voodoo and and other religion is?
- juliusthecat, on 02/09/2010, -1/+18Immorality brought this upon them. ***** me, we Americans are totally *****.
- SQLDigger, on 02/09/2010, -1/+13don't be a haitier.
- BeShirtHappy, on 02/09/2010, -2/+13omg... I think it is Pat Robertson!
- kingfoot, on 02/09/2010, -0/+11Did they very the whole thing?
- MisterMajusty, on 02/09/2010, -0/+10Just look at women.
- Propethic, on 02/09/2010, -0/+10Blasphemy! My toaster runs on haitian spirits
- Kungfumantis239, on 02/09/2010, -3/+13Just because you've seen something you don't understand doesn't mean it can't be explained.
- Mist0r_Wiggles, on 02/09/2010, -2/+11Agreed, I've been raised as a Christian, and the church I went to for a long time was VERY political. Every week we would say something about the devil doing of our politicians (all Democrats). I went to a Catholic mass just recently and it was more calm and not political at all. I'm thinking about converting, because I'm sick of labeling everything as "the devil." Sure Catholicism isn't perfect, but I like the one I'm going to so far.
- AmyVernon, on 02/09/2010, -1/+10You totally made me laugh. Most random comment of the day. ;-)
- carbonetc, on 02/09/2010, -2/+11It's amazing how many things an earthquake can mean. If it's under a place you deem impious, God is doling out punishment. If it's under a place you deem pious, God is blessing his followers with chance to exercise their faith and show kindness to each other. If it's on a barren moon, God isn't particularly involved at all.
It's almost as if you're projecting your desires onto a simple non-teleological geological event that occurred exactly where you'd expect such an event to occur (between two tectonic plates).
But we know you'd never do that. - CoreyDigg, on 02/09/2010, -1/+10tvvitter, there is nothing they believe that requires any more of a leap of faith or is any "crazier" than any other religion.
- bnasley, on 02/09/2010, -1/+9yeah, but sodom at least had a physical act named after it and gomorrah sounds a little like an STD. haiti's getting short changed. i just looked on wikipedia and there's no "Haitisized" or "Haitireah".
man... that nation has NUTHIN'!! - hyped, on 02/09/2010, -5/+13it's amazing what ***** people will make up to explain things they know nothing about
lol, religion - hascat, on 02/09/2010, -2/+9You're projecting your own desire for the existence of supernatural phenomena onto unusual experiences in your own life and regarding those experiences as proof. Human sensory perception can be biased by environmental factors not readily apparent to the individual experiencing them. Infrasound is a good example. Countless studies have shown how memories can morph over time from something mundane to something more serious, or be invented entirely. The "stuff" you've seen in your life may have very plausible explanations not obvious to you, or may be fabrications of your imaginative subconscious.
- gskrilla, on 02/09/2010, -3/+9You mean when you don't educate people they believe crazy things? Wow! I always look at little kids like they are idiots when they talk about Santa. What do people expect with a country so poor that is uneducated. You explain why the earth shook and ***** you up.
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 52.9%
Education expenditures:
1.4% of GDP (1991)
country comparison to the world: 175
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world ... - nepidae, on 02/09/2010, -1/+6It's primitive thinking like this which increase destruction because they don't build their cities using science.
- Propethic, on 02/09/2010, -1/+6No.
What is the correlation between practicing religions(any) and natural disasters? - KahRahTay, on 02/09/2010, -1/+6@Mistaxe
If you're gonna get upset with the christians on digg, at least focus on the hateful ones and not the ones like LJU1492, who are just pointing out the ignorance and hypocrisy of the others. - altgeeky1, on 02/09/2010, -0/+4I have not very clearly received your convey.
- DDRSkata, on 02/09/2010, -0/+4Not that it matters, but they're actually 80% Catholic and 16% Protestant. While an undetermined percentage adhere to voodoo traditions, only around four percent follow it as a religion.
- zadadka, on 02/09/2010, -1/+5With you.
Hilarious "WTF";'s are just the nose-snorting best. - carbonetc, on 02/09/2010, -2/+6It's completely natural and expected for ancient cultures to do this. Humans are hardwired for it.
When it becomes a problem is when pockets of society refuse to notice that a thousand years worth of better explanations have come along.
Magical thinking is utterly, utterly fascinating to me, from an anthropological standpoint -- I could read about the worldviews of remote Amazonian and African tribes all day. But it quickly becomes more of an irritation when 21st century politicians start building policies on it. - toasty8, on 02/09/2010, -1/+5I'm pretty sure there's some people in America who believe this kind of thing too. Nothing wrong with it, they're allowed to believe what they want to.
- atlasdugged, on 02/09/2010, -0/+4Just ask Pat Robertson
- MisterMajusty, on 02/09/2010, -0/+4I agree. We live in more advanced societies that have further developed resources in the sciences so we can discern facts from magic. Unfortunately these people that still cling to these ancient views that cause these problems.
"But it quickly becomes more of an irritation when 21st century politicians start building policies on it."
I don't think they understand the concept of "Separation of church and state." - gerrylazlo, on 02/10/2010, -0/+3Mistaxe, the Bible doesn't say Jesus died to stop natural phenomena, it says he died for our sins. As for earthquakes, ***** happens.
- SQLDigger, on 02/09/2010, -4/+7Just because you think you can explain something doesn't mean you understand it.
- DreKor, on 02/09/2010, -2/+5Clearly there are. And a bunch of them went down to Haiti.
- CheeseburgerBro, on 02/09/2010, -1/+3Say it, brother! If they were Baptists or Scientologists we'd be lauding them as geniuses!
Hold on -- wait a minute... - sterling5587, on 02/09/2010, -2/+4You're an idiot. I wish I could digg you down a million times.
- Pinkertinkle, on 02/09/2010, -1/+3That's some voodoo strong medicine
- OMGscience, on 02/09/2010, -3/+5Well there is no "god" to blame in the first place. The heathens need to just realize sometimes ***** just happens there is nothing divine about it.
- toasty8, on 02/10/2010, -0/+2None of which occurred in Haiti.
- LJU1492, on 02/09/2010, -4/+6No No No
God didn't sent the earthquake... ever heard of Jesus, and what he did on the cross....
He took the _full_ cup of God's wrath, and emptied it.. no more wrath.
Please stop blaming God for things he didn't do. - MisterMajusty, on 02/09/2010, -3/+5I actually respect these religions of other underdeveloped countries and also some polytheistic religions of the past. Those followers at least tried to form a basis of explanation of certain occurrences in the world from their lack of resources. They had gods that made the sun go up, the grass grow, and wind blow. It's foolish to think that a single convenient entity could solve all of man's problems by following ten simple rules. And even if there were higher beings that control the world and our actions, I wouldn't believe that it can be controlled by one single god. I'm fairly certain that an automobile engineer wouldn't be able to perform heart surgery, hell I could barely manage my sims as it is.
Now I'm not wholeheartedly an atheist, you can label me as an agnostic if you must. I was raised and baptized a Catholic, but seeing how these christians throw religion around to try and assimilate them warrants me to question the faith. I believe in the teachings of Jesus, turn the other cheek, love your neighbor, and all that stuff. But when I see preachers not practicing what they preach, then there must be something wrong. - nepidae, on 02/09/2010, -3/+5There is definitely something wrong with it when people do not prepare for disasters and instead rely on prayer. You end up with, well Haiti.
- toasty8, on 02/09/2010, -1/+3So one of the poorest nations in the world has the means to prepare for a disaster?
- gerrylazlo, on 02/10/2010, -0/+2I don't think heathens is the word you want to use.
- DDRSkata, on 02/09/2010, -0/+2OH GODDAMMIT, ***** |3LEED IS BACK AGAIN.
This is the most persistent troll in the history of trolling. - inactive, on 02/09/2010, -0/+2More likely the terrorists did it but have bad aim.
- Retsam06, on 02/09/2010, -0/+2I think everyone saw what he did there.
- Retsam06, on 02/10/2010, -0/+2@SQLDigger
I completely understand you. I live in Arkansas, so I'm mostly surrounded by Southern Baptists--that, or "Non-denominational," which is just saying "We're mostly influenced by whatever's the biggest group around here but don't want to call ourselves that to get more members"--and can relate. Of the so-called Christians here, it seems like on average the catholic is much nicer and a decent person than the average baptist.
I think it's more of how the two groups tend to raise their children and perpetuate their beliefs. Catholic kids get taught to respect their elders and each other, that their actions have consequences, etc., while the baptist kids essentially are taught to pay lip service to Christianity in the form of attending church and disdaining those who don't. And then many of them act like total douches as soon as the service is over.
The Lutheran Church, though, is more like the catholic church in that regard. It's mostly a bunch of German/Norwegian people descended from immigrants, and they learned respect like the Catholics did. They act decent and are taught not to be ***** to each other (mostly), still have the tradition and liturgy (mostly) like the Catholic church did, but follow Sola Fide with actual commitments and don't go for penance/confession or an Episcopalian/hierarchical church structure (except for ELCA). - gerrylazlo, on 02/10/2010, -1/+2I'd digg him down so far, he'd need a ladder to get to hell.
- BaphClass, on 02/09/2010, -1/+2Maybe he was sick of all the prayers, and this was basically a giant "***** OFF" to us meat-folk?
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