phands
12 Feb 2010, 11:06 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100212/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake
Typical xtians.....you want to eat/have medicine/have shelter? Then you have to swallow all this other shite as well.....
Baptists, Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientologists, Mormons and other missionaries have flocked to Haiti in droves since the earthquake — feeding the homeless, treating the injured and preaching the Gospel in squalid camps where some 1 million people now live.
In many of the camps, trucks with loudspeakers blast evangelical music while missionaries talk to families under tarpaulin roofs.
The Rev. Florian Ganthier, of an evangelical church in the capital that was partially destroyed in the quake, said he knows of dozens of Voodoo followers have converted in the last month.
"People who practice Voodoo are living in the shadows," Ganthier said. "This earthquake was a sign to all those who do not accept Jesus Christ in their life."
Voodoo, or Vodou as preferred by Haitians, evolved in the 17th century when the French brought slaves to Haiti from West Africa. Slaves forced to practice Catholicism remained loyal to their African spirits in secret by adopting Catholic saints to coincide with African spirits, and today many Haitians consider themselves followers of both religions.
Voodoo's followers believe in reincarnation, one God and a pantheon of spirits. Voodoo leaders say that although they do not believe in evil spirits, some pray for the spirits to do evil.
Typical xtians.....you want to eat/have medicine/have shelter? Then you have to swallow all this other shite as well.....
Baptists, Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientologists, Mormons and other missionaries have flocked to Haiti in droves since the earthquake — feeding the homeless, treating the injured and preaching the Gospel in squalid camps where some 1 million people now live.
In many of the camps, trucks with loudspeakers blast evangelical music while missionaries talk to families under tarpaulin roofs.
The Rev. Florian Ganthier, of an evangelical church in the capital that was partially destroyed in the quake, said he knows of dozens of Voodoo followers have converted in the last month.
"People who practice Voodoo are living in the shadows," Ganthier said. "This earthquake was a sign to all those who do not accept Jesus Christ in their life."
Voodoo, or Vodou as preferred by Haitians, evolved in the 17th century when the French brought slaves to Haiti from West Africa. Slaves forced to practice Catholicism remained loyal to their African spirits in secret by adopting Catholic saints to coincide with African spirits, and today many Haitians consider themselves followers of both religions.
Voodoo's followers believe in reincarnation, one God and a pantheon of spirits. Voodoo leaders say that although they do not believe in evil spirits, some pray for the spirits to do evil.