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Offline sam

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Haiti Earthquake & Voodoo: Myths, Ritual, and Robe
« on: January 27, 2010, 13:48 »
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100125-haiti-earthquake-voodoo-pat-robertson-pact-devil-wade-davis/

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A voodoo scholar on how believers may view the quake, why he thinks Pat Robertson's remarks were "cruel, ignorant, unforgivable"—and more.
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Re: Haiti Earthquake & Voodoo: Myths, Ritual, and Robe
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2010, 15:50 »
That's thought-provoking, Sam. Thanks.
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Re: Haiti Earthquake & Voodoo: Myths, Ritual, and Robe
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2010, 19:00 »
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The living give birth to the dead; the dead become the spirits; the spirits are the multiple expressions of the divine.


Fascinating stuff Sam.   :D

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Re: Haiti Earthquake & Voodoo: Myths, Ritual, and Robe
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2010, 21:46 »
Does throw a different light on things. 
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