To which I replied:
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No, Robertson's historical facts are not correct. That demented evangelical made up the above tale and mislabeled the Haitian Vodou religion as Satanic, which it is not. Haitian Vodou is a mixture of Roman Catholicism and West African religions. This is what happened with regard to the 1791 ceremony:
Haitian Vodou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ezili Dantor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The most historically important Vodou ceremony in Haitian history was the Bwa Kayiman or
Bois Caïman ceremony of August 1791 that began the
Haitian Revolution, in which the spirit
Ezili Dantor possessed a priestess and received a
black pig as an offering, and all those present pledged themselves to the fight for freedom. This ceremony ultimately resulted in the liberation of the Haitian people from
French colonial rule in 1804, and the establishment of the first black people's
republic in the history of the world and the second independent nation in the Americas.
And this was Boukman's prayer:
Boukman - TLP
This prayer, from the ceremony at
Bwa Kayiman, has been traditionally been ascribed to Boukman: "The god who created the earth; who created the sun that gives us light.The god who holds up the ocean; who makes the thunder roar. Our God who has ears to hear. You who are hidden in the clouds; who watch us from where you are. You see all that the white has made us suffer. The white man's god asks him to commit crimes. But the god within us wants to do good. Our god, who is so good, so just, He orders us to revenge our wrongs. It's He who will direct our arms and bring us the victory. It's He who will assist us. We all should throw away the image of the white men's god who is so pitiless. Listen to the voice for liberty that sings in all our hearts."{/QUOTE}