{"id":7376,"date":"2010-01-13T14:32:37","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T14:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2010\/01\/13\/this-is-why-i-prefer-secular-a\/"},"modified":"2010-01-13T14:32:37","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T14:32:37","slug":"this-is-why-i-prefer-secular-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/13\/this-is-why-i-prefer-secular-a\/","title":{"rendered":"This is why I prefer secular aid agencies to Christian aid agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why did this disaster hit Haiti? Pat Robertson will be happy to tell you.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nAbout mid way through this report, Robertson tells us that the fact that more buildings are collapsed than standing in Haiti is a blessing in disguise.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at 6 minutes, Pat explains the reasons for the disaster. He explains that  the Haitian people made a deal with Satan, and have been in this arrangement ever since. The Dominicans did not make the deal with Satan, and they are all happy and not subject to disaster.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a shorter clip with the most important part that may work better:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/aQ4dA6kZsEs&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The only way out of this for the Haitians is to join with the missionaries and do what they are told.<\/p>\n<p>So no, I will not be sending any money to the Christian organizations. And, in fact, I think missionaries should very simply be shut down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2010\/01\/haiti_links_and_resources.php\">Here&#8217;s a short list of secular organizations working in Haiti. <\/a> If you know of others, please add them to that post in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Hat tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2010\/01\/haiti_needs_help.php\">PZ Myers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did this disaster hit Haiti? Pat Robertson will be happy to tell you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1UY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}