[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ver and over we may hear someone condemning Haiti. “The people in Haiti are too evil! They believe in iniquity! So God punishing them for their sins…” It is true that God does not like spiritualistic practices like obeah/voodoo, for such practices are connected with the demons and Satan, God’s enemies. So we rightly condemn those practices, which are harmful. However, is it fair to condemn Haitians in general? Is there no decent Haitian at all? Come on. I personally know that there are godly, decent living Haitians who do not get involved in demonic activities. Yet, some of these suffer from natural disasters. Is God punishing them? Job was an outstandingly righteous man. Job 1:1. Yet Job suffered a lot at the hands of the Devil Job 1:12, 14 – 19; Job 2:7. Stephen was stoned to death. Acts 7:58 – 60. The apostle Paul faced many hardships too. 2 Corinthians 11:23 – 27. Other servants of God faced difficulties too as shown at Hebrews 11:35 – 37.
Are we to imagine that these godly persons were punished by God? What about godly ones in Haiti who suffer; are they punished by God? Job 34:10 and James 1:13 prove that God does not do what is wicked; he does not bring trials on people. God allows people, including his servants, to go through trials but he does not cause them. Ecclesiastes 9:11 says that “time and chance happeneth to them all.” So people, being at a certain location at a certain time, may suffer due to some disaster striking in that location.
So it is with Haiti. Its location makes it prone to disasters. If another country was located where Haiti is, and Haiti was located south of St. Vincent, for example, then that country in Haiti’s current location would have been having the hurricanes, earthquakes etc. and experiencing suffering. Then Haiti would have avoided those disasters. Feel sorry for the poor of Haiti, the children eating mud cakes etc. They have been made to suffer for years due to exploitations of the past and present, bad governments and so on. Condemn the practice of obeah/voodoo but NOT the Haitians. Sympathize with, and pray to the Most High for them to cope, while we ourselves try to live God’s way, avoiding a self-righteous, judgmental attitude toward Haitians. Psalm 65:2; Psalm 83:18; Ecclesiastes 7:20, 22; Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14.
Article written by Star contributor Simeon James.
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Just after the earth quake I read an article which basically said God was punishing Haiti for its widespread practice of homosexuality. I don't know how to describe this kind of thing. I don't know if is ignorance, if it is hatred of the country and its people, if it is racism or just hypocrisy. I mean where do get homosexuality the most? I don't think I can answer that. What I know is that it is not Haiti. After all the practice is not legal in Haiti. If God is punish a country for its homosexuality then common sense says h would go after those countries where same sex marriages are sanctioned by law.
In the words of Karen Carpenter "Rainy days and Mondays always gets me down". So Simeon Templar James your impromptu on Haiti and it's occurring tragedies fell very short but none the less more informative compared to the abstract rubbish that was printed in this very same publication by a low life contributor (I refuse to call his name to this day. I will not waste one breath to the acknowledge that man, a dark moment for the Star ) a few moons ago. His disgusting impromptu was titled Haiti's True Curse. His impromptu was written with a scorn about a country and it's people. Much of his Yellow Journalism written in The Star painted the country as a backward society and a wasted cesspool. It's a pity "THAT DUNCE" did not do his homework, if he did he would have written a bit differently about a people and it's rich culture. If he only knew of The Haitian Connection to New Orleans and the Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln that have evolved Black History. Haitian's are some of the most ambitious people I know fo from the Caribbean. Forty five percent of all Black Doctors and 56 percent of Black Nurses in New York City are Haitians. They have their own radio station (Radio Sole') and there is the Haitian Times. Jamaicans are the only other Black Immigrants who owns more print and electronic media. If The Star wants solace vindication (Ha) they could write about the injustices that's been done to there Caribbean Brothers and Sisters starting with The Clinton Foundation and the theft of 10 billion dollars that was allocated to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake this is all over the news Donald Trump been bitching about it. Can you imagine if St Lucia had 10 billion US allocated to it after the last major hurricane where St Lucia would be today ? I won't even touch the presumed oil that's lurking beneath Haiti and why The Gynsbergs of the world does want to see them have it that's another chapter. Oh France, Oh France, you SOB still collecting the debt for The Haitian Revolution; that's why when ever I hear of bombings over there I smile; it's the chickens coming home to roost.