Warbler said:

I wonder, if any among the killed or wounded are truly devote Christians? I'd like to hear from them. I mean if god is punishing the people of Hatti because they turned to Satan, what do the truly devote Christians of Hatti think of god punishing them along the those in Hatti who are not Christian? Surely god is smart enough to think of a way to just punish the non Christians who turned to Satan without punishing the true Christians who did not turn to Satan.?

whatever happened to "judge not lest ye be judged" and "he who has not sinned, let him cast the first stone"?

Because in the view of Robertson and his ilk, there are no truly devout Christains anywhere but in the US watching the "700 Club." He is a man who once said Episcopelians were the Antichrist.

It's the "Us vs. Them" mentallity that hatemongers like Robertson thrives on. Haiti is a convienient "other" to point to and say 'look at this poor, black country that is suffering because they aren't the correct brand of Evangelical Christianity. Please call and donate."

It's telling that Robertson in the same rant said that The Dominican Republic is great and prosperous, ("they have resorts"). While the DR might be a step up from Haiti, unemployment and failing infrastructure is rampant... and if their current 'prosperity' is due to how much they love God, where was he during the rascist and extremely oppresive Trujillo regime in the last century? Although it's likely Robertson would have approved of Trujillo.

If God is truly punishing people for being bad, he does a piss poor job of it. I recall a sign I once saw that read "AIDS is God's way of showing he hates hemopheliac children."