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It seems that for the past few years, Pat Robertson has repeatedly made big news for his colorful and sometimes bizarre comments. His most recent comment was about Haiti’s latest earthquake tragedy. I thought I would weight in on Robertson’s comments, and briefly discuss it.

What Did Pat Robertson Say About the Haiti Earthquake Exactly?

Pat basically told a story about how the Haiti people swore a “deal with the devil” some years ago during their struggle with the French. He then goes on to say that they have dealt with curse after curse, and that we need to pray for them. The full video is below from Youtube:

First of all, I do agree with a great many people that Pat should not have said those comments during such a tragedy. While it may be true that Haiti has dealt with lots of tragedies, and perhaps even made a “deal” in some historical event hundreds of years ago, it is pointless to try and blame every tragedy on some “pact” that may have happened in the past.

After all, good things happen to good people, and bad things happen to good people. The book of Job shows us that sometimes tragedies have nothing to do with a sin or “bad person or country.” Sometimes tragedies happen randomly while God’s will is passively being fulfilled. Whether or not something good or bad happens sometimes has nothing to do with what your beliefs are, or whether or not a country or person is “righteous.” Therefore, I feel we shouldn’t go out of our way to try and analyze any particular event to determine whether or not it was caused by God’s active will, or passive will. Let us all find comfort that God has a will, trust in that, and leave it at that.

So I do think Pat should not have brought that up at this time of devastation. Yes, some Haiti people practice an odd blend of Voodoo and Christianity, but nonetheless, we shouldn’t be focusing on that. The important thing right now is to help those who are suffering, regardless of their past or beliefs. Again, it is impossible to know the mind of God on any number of events that may transpire daily. And both good and bad people are experiencing terrible mental stress, pain, and worse. So let us focus on that.

However, before we throw him on the cross to crucify him (like most secular news organizations are doing), I think we need to be realistic and realize that this is a 79 year old man, who was speaking from him opinions on a country from a historical & religious perspective, on a show that provides sole commentary from a religious perspective. Again, 79 YEARS OLD, people!

I’ll bet if leading atheist Richard Dawkins came out at age 79 and said he believed in God, this is what would happen: the atheists would immediatly say,  “Oh, that is just because his mind isn’t as good and  he is old now, don’t pay him attention.”  And don’t think they wouldn’t do that, because they used the same arguments when former atheist Anthony Flew turned theist. But yet, a 79 year old Christian says something in bad timing, and they jump him like a hyena on a dying animal (or like Obama on a bad healthcare policy).

Also, let us not forget the fact that towards the end of the video (which many people are not showing on their news station of course), Pat does come in their defense and says we need to pray and also help all of the suffering individuals down there. So it isn’t like he just bashed Haiti in a cruel way and left it at that. He simply gave his opinion on perhaps why the tragedy happened, and then said regardless we need to  help and pray.

So to summarize, Pat should not have brought up their “deal with the devil” thing, of course. It was bad timing, and lacked some taste. However, on the other hand, I don’t think this 79 year old man deserves to be bashed with such extreme measures considering some of the great work he has done for others, and ( is presumably going to do) to help the Haiti people. Especially given the fact that immediately after the comments he says we need to pray and help them all.

So that’s my 2 cents.

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Hello Everyone!

Whew, my wife and I have been so busy lately that it has been a while since my last post. I have been posting a series called “The end times.” However, I am going to take a quick break to discuss an article on AOL today, and also address a skeptic claim.

Hopefully, I will be back on to the “end times” topic soon, as I do enjoy that (even though it does seem to take more time to write about).

Critiquing an Evolutionary Article on AOL Today

AOL published an article today that was quite absurd to say the least. I wish this was one of my “joke” type  articles, but this is a real article I assure you. An evolutionary biologists thinks he has found the “Real Reason” we cry.

What a relief! I am glad to see that cancer research is being placed on the back burner for now, because it is obvious that tears have such a high priority in modern medicine.

I mean, after all, we need to make sure our tax dollars for medical research are funding studies that will shed light on such important topics that will aide the human race such as tears (although this was at a university in Israel). I can’t wait to see what they roll out next week, perhaps they will tell us how our flatulence has evolved from smelling like roses to having an odor, or why broccoli isn’t enjoyed by most people despite being a healthy food.

According to this article, some brilliant evolutionist (aren’t they all so brilliant), says the following (and I quote):

Dr. Hasson notes that by blurring one’s vision, tears lower defenses, thereby handicapping aggressors and evolving into a sign of submission.

Isn’t that brilliant! This guy has the answer! Tears have evolved to simply keep us safe from people harming us. It shows people we are submitting to them, so they won’t kill us. Wow. This makes perfect sense, and is easily observed in nature.

After all, when people cry at a funeral, isn’t it obvious that the real reason they are crying is not from sadness, because they are fearing the corpse may spring back to life and strangle them? Thank you evolution for keeping us covered on that one from another potential aggressor.

And let me remind you, this comes just 1 day after AOL published another article about a man who slapped a child in a store because she would not stop crying. (WOW).

So which is it AOL? Does crying cause people to be aggressive to you, or prevent it? LOL….Get your story straight people! Crying actually tends to make people MORE aggressive in most cases. I know it sure annoys me to hear someone sniffling their nose at a movie, or a child crying non-stop for an hour.

Even Jim Carry had it right in the movie “Dumb and Dumber” when he goes: “Want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?….Whaa….Whaaaa..”

In reality (a place most evolutionists don’t like to dwell), matured people rarely display crying publicly if they can avoid doing so. Many people cry privately, and do everything they can to prevent crying in public (except for children, funerals, etc.). Out of all of the times I have cried in my whole life, most of it was done in private or late at night, as I recounted the loss of someone I cared about, or thought about the sad parts of life.

If crying is supposed to be a sign of vulnerability that simply evolved to help us stay protected from aggressors, then it is a severely malfunctioned process at best. If someone came up to me to try to fight or kill me, crying is the last thing I would do. My “flight or fight” sense would kick in, and I would either be running for my life or trying to use self defense. I would not be bawled up like a child in a corner sobbing.

Also, the article doesn’t even touch on the fact that crying has other biological benefits. When a newborn child cries, a mother will actually start secreting milk. Children often cry if they are hungry, scared, hurt, etc.

Then, in this same article, another “doctor” makes a brilliant statement:

“Pain is something people feel in their brains. We can shut off pain with medication but we can’t shut off crying,” notes Eric R. Braverman, M.D.

Okay did you catch that? Pain can be shut off, but crying can’t. What?? That makes no sense whatsoever. I have only cried in my life for 2 reasons:

1. I was sad (mental pain)
2. I was hurt (physical pain)

To stop crying at any point in my life, all I had to do was simple:

1. Remove the pain (the physical stimulus)
2. Remove the sadness (by getting over it, or accepting it)

After removing the stimulus, my crying seized with it. But this doctor makes it clear that crying simply cannot be shut off, even with medication. Interesting. Next time I hear a child crying in the store, I will go up to the parent and  say the following:

“Gee ma’am, did you know that your child’s crying simply cannot be shut off right now. The evolutionists have proven it scientifically. You can stop pain, but not crying, so don’t fight it.  In fact, your child is submitting to you right now and it is all good ole evolution in action. You will be glad if someone tries to mug you in the parking lot, because they will see you child’s tears and stop.”

On a serious note, it does frustrate me quite a bit that people publish such nonsense. Why are they even trying to research why we “cry” anyway. Will that do one thing to help anyone?

If they spent the same energy on another topic, we would have electric cars, cures for cancer, and we might even get the economy in shape. But heaven forbid we do that.

Instead, let us use our (evolved) brains and spend our time and money on really important topics such as why we cry, to make sure we research this and then publish a bogus article (probably so we can get press attention and get another grant). After all, this one has really stumped the average person for ages.

In reality, the only person I can recall ever NOT KNOWING why we cry is Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator (in Terminator 2). And that was because he was a machine. I think we ”humans” know why we cry already, without having to spend time and research to figure it out. Just one more great example of an evolutionists with nothing more to do.

What is that saying? An idle mind is the devil’s workshop (or playground)…

But then again, this was written by a man who apparently thinks his relatives are primates and researches this for a living, so what can I say? Perhaps crying should be added to those really hard questions in the universe such as:

1. Why are we here?
2. Where did we come from?
3. How can we cure cancer?
4. How can we save the economy?
5. How can we have world peace?
6. What can we do to stop Aids and other diseases that are killing people right now?

Oh wait guys…those other questions can wait, another more important questions just came in:

     7. Why do we cry?

So let’s focus in on that one for a while guys!

Then once again the article goes on to tell us information that is supposedly “just discovered.” Here is the next brilliant statement it makes:

“The research points out emotions as important clues [as to] how humans interact.” Essentially, the research demonstrates that we communicate non-verbally. “

We need a study to tell us that we communicate non-verbally? What? Um, what is this world coming to? Has that not been common knowledge since man has been in existence? I think so…

God help us all and please have mercy on us.

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