This is an interesting article that was published a number of years ago regarding the Spiritual past of Haiti. Pat
Robertson took a lot of secular flack for his Spiritual perspective on this issue. Voodoo has apparently been named
as the “Official Religion” of Haiti, but voodoo and/or the satan of voodoo to whom they swore allegiance did not
serve them well. Sadly, as of this writing, Haiti has experienced a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that completely
destroyed the capitol and has left over 125,000 dead...
Government Of The Devil,
By The Devil, And For The Devil
By Tom Barrett (03/11/04)
"Haiti is the only country in the entire world that has dedicated its government to Satan. Demonic spirits
have been consulted for political decisions, and have shaped the country's history."
Thus speaks Reverend Doug Anderson, who grew up in Haiti with missionary parents, and served there along
with his wife Dawn as a missionary until 1990. The leaders of Haiti make no attempt to hide their allegiance to
Satan. Haiti’s government is a government of the devil, by the devil, and for the devil.
It is a matter of well-documented historical fact that the nation of Haiti was dedicated to Satan 200 years ago. On
August 14, 1791, a group of houngans (voodoo priests), led by a former slave houngan named Boukman, made a pact with
the Devil at a place called Bois-Caiman. All present vowed to exterminate all of the white Frenchmen on the island.
They sacrificed a black pig in a voodoo ritual at which hundreds of slaves drank the pig’s blood. In this ritual,
Boukman asked Satan for his help in liberating Haiti from the French. In exchange, the voodoo priests offered to
give the country to Satan for 200 years and swore to serve him. On January 1, 1804, the nation of Haiti was born and
thus began a new demonic tyranny.
At the time of the pact Haiti was France's richest colony, and was known as the ‘Pearl of the Antilles’ for its
singular beauty. But it soon became one of the world's poorest and most benighted nations. Scoffers may say that
there is no connection between the fact that Haiti was the richest nation in the hemisphere, and then became the
poorest after selling its national soul to Satan. But the scoffers cant come up with a better explanation.
Voodoo is a practice based on a mixture of African spiritism and witchcraft. Depending on the source of one’s
research, between 75 and 90 percent of Haitians practice voodoo. This seems to fly in the face of the fact that the
country is predominantly Catholic. But, like their African ancestors, voodoo practitioners have no problem embracing
multiple religions. In fact, most who practice voodoo believe they must be Catholic first.
Until recently, voodoo was practiced in secret. Practitioners would go to the Catholic Church on Sunday, and attend
voodoo ceremonies deep in the woods at other times. Voodoo was forbidden during the colonial times, and the 32
Haitian governments that followed independence also suppressed the practice because of world condemnation. But on
April 8, 2003, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide approved Voodoo as an officially recognized religion in Haiti (see
links below). Voodoo priests can now perform marriages and other ceremonies previously reserved for Christian
religions. "An ancestral religion, Voodoo is an essential part of national identity," Aristide said in the decree
recognizing Voodoo.
Aristide has been a controversial figure since he became the first freely elected president in Haiti’s history in
1991, 200 years after the nation was dedicated to Satan. A defrocked Catholic priest, Aristide was expelled in 1988
from his order, the Salesians. He was a hero of the resistance to Haitian tyranny, then president, then exiled, then
restored to the presidency by his close friend, Bill Clinton. One of his first acts was to express his support for
reinstating the Voodoo pact that expired the year he was elected. He claimed that Voodoo was the ‘national
religion’¯ of Haiti, and a source of national pride.
Even before Aristide came to power, a U.S. embassy official in Port-au-Prince described Aristide as "a Marxist
maniac." Newsweek Magazine called him "the flaky Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide." And none other than Henry Kissinger
declared that he was ā ’psychotic’¯ While it is true that Aristide used Communism to gain power, I don’t believe he
is psychotic. What many see as madness is simply the pure evil that emanates from the man.
The Media Research Center (see link below), which describes Aristide as a ‘charismatic Marxist priest’¯ had this to
say about the man: ’Aristide wasn’t much of a Democrat, paying people to beat up his opponents, and becoming wealthy
from drug trafficking into the U.S. For a good, brief primer on Aristide, see ‘Aristide Must Go’ the editorial in
the March 8 Weekly Standard. It explains how ‘it is not the democratic authorities that are being overthrown in
Haiti, but Aristide's retinue of gunmen.’¯ (There is a link to this article below, as well.)
Aristide was only in office eight months before he was ousted and fled to the United States. There he effectively
lobbied Bill Clinton and other government officials, convincing them that he was not the tyrant that Haitians said
he was. After Clinton sent 20,000 American troops to install Aristide in power in 1994, the
president-turned-dictator disbanded the army. But the civilian police force he replaced it with has also brutalized
the Haitian people, engaging in summary executions as well as the drug-running that has made Aristide the richest
man in Haiti. This drug money allows Aristide to live in a lavish mansion in a nation where the average yearly
salary is $350.
As the Weekly Standard editorial by Christopher Caldwell says, ‘Aristide, of course, did not create Haiti's
problems, but he profits from all of them. His ten years of direct and indirect rule have been a disaster. His
regime has been democratic only in the Haitian sense of one man, one vote, one time. The last free and fair election
in Haiti was in 1990, the closely monitored contest that brought Aristide to power. Even then, Aristide was making
use of street violence orchestrated by his ‘vigilance committees.’ Four years ago, Aristide received over 90 percent
of the vote in a presidential election so transparently corrupt that several American and European agencies
reluctantly froze hundreds of millions of dollars in aid money.
"With a mystifying regularity reminiscent of Saddam Hussein, Aristide has refused the simplest procedural
inducements to unlock millions that could have been used to feed and treat his poorer compatriots. From humble
beginnings as a Salesian slum priest, Aristide has become the richest man in Haiti. How? Last Wednesday in Miami,
the Haitian mafioso Beaudoin Ketant, go-between for three Colombian cartels, was sentenced to 27 years in prison for
transporting 30 tons of cocaine between Haiti and Florida. At his sentencing, Ketant said that Aristide "is a drug
lord. He controlled the drug trade in Haiti. It's a one-man show, your honor. You either pay him or you die."
Caldwell goes on to relate how Aristide created a series of banks that paid absurd rates of interest, which enticed
Haiti's tiny middle class to deposit their hard-earned dollars. He then stole $90 million from the banks,
effectively demolishing the middle class and creating a classic poor-against-rich uprising that resulted in his
ouster.
Democrat almost-nominee John Kerry spoke out in support of Aristide prior to his resignation, saying "This
democracy is going to be sustained."¯ Democrat Charlie Rangel and the Congressional Black Caucus, along with such
upstanding citizens as "Reverend"¯ Jesses Jackson and Alcee Hastings (the former federal judge convicted of
bribery), have been calling for the US to once again install Aristide in power following his recent resignation.
They have been irresponsibly trumpeting his ridiculous lies about being "kidnapped"¯ by the US and "forced into
exile."¯ The obvious facts are that Aristide begged for US help and we protected him. When it became clear that the
only way his safety could be assured was to leave the country, we provided transportation for him.
Had we not intervened, Aristide would have been dead in a matter of days, so furious were the people he had abused
for years. He gladly boarded the plane, grateful for our protection. Now that he is safe, he is laying the
groundwork for a possible comeback with his preposterous lies. Rangel, Maxine Waters, Barbara Lee and the rest of
the Black Caucus should be ashamed of siding with a vicious dictator against their own country. I don't have a
bone of prejudice in my body against blacks. But I am greatly prejudiced against the members of this Caucus because
of their constant use of the race card, whether or not race is an issue. It is clearly not the issue here. The fact
that Aristide is black is not why his countrymen want him gone. It is because he is an evil man.
My biggest problem with this man is the fact that, not only did he make Voodoo an official religion, he used every
device available to him to promote it. On the day that his government officially recognized Voodoo, he paid all the
radio stations to play nothing but Voodoo music all day. He flew in 400 Voodoo priests from West Africa, the
birthplace of the evil religion, to promote it.
A missionary couple who run an orphanage and a school for 400 children in Haiti sent a report to their supporters
last summer (see the link to "Religious Persecution Intensifies in Haiti"¯ below). It reads, in part, "Last
week a baby was stolen from the hospital in St. Marc. The reason the child is to be sacrificed to appease the Voodoo
gods for the so-called special day of celebration."¯ Can there be any question of the horribly evil nature of this
"religion"¯ that former priest Aristide promotes?
And now for the good news. Even with Aristide's support and promotion, Voodoo in Haiti is doomed. God's people
have gone on the offensive, and the blood pact that has kept Haiti in darkness for 200 years has been broken.
I first heard this account from Bishop Joel Jeune at a meeting of the Gospel Crusade Ministerial Fellowship (www.GCMF.org).
Jeune is the Coordinator of Haiti for the GCMF and oversees 64 churches there.
The link, "US Department of State Report of Religious Freedom"¯ below contains this report: "In early August
1997, three evangelical pastors were arrested near Cap Haitien after they had proceeded with plans to hold a
religious revival at Bois Caiman. Bois Caiman has a strong patriotic significance for Haitians, since it is the site
of a legendary 1791 voodoo ceremony at which slaves swore to rise up against their masters and risk death rather
than continue to live in bondage. The resulting slave rebellion was a precursor to the Haitian Revolution
(1791-1804).
"The pastors, who had been prohibited by the authorities from holding the revival on the actual anniversary of the
ceremony, proceeded instead with plans to hold the event several days before the anniversary, hoping to rid the area
of malevolent influences. This offended much of the local populace and local authorities, who arrested pastors Joel
Jeune, Jean Berthony Paul, and Gregor Joseph on August 4. They were released on the orders of a judge on August
6."¯
The government account tells only part of the story. In the link "Haiti - God's country after a 'holy invasion'"¯
you will see the following and much more (very exciting reading):
"On 14 August 1997, God's people in Haiti experienced a historic victory over Satan, a milestone in winning our
country back for God. The reason lies in history. The slaves brought here from Africa have suffered incredibly for
many years. On 14 August 1791, a slave leader by the name of Boukman called a secret meeting in a wood called
Bois-Caiman near Cap Haitien, which was attended by a large number of slaves. They celebrated a satanic ceremony,
sacrificing a pig and drinking its blood, swore to serve the Devil and dedicated Haiti to him. For 206 years,
Bois-Caiman was a very holy place, a high place which could only be entered by witch doctors during Voodoo
ceremonies. For 206 years, they have been meeting there every August 14 to sacrifice to Satan.
"A number of Christian leaders, including Paul and Gerald Clerie of 'Vision: Haiti' and Christian leaders among
the large numbers of Haitians in the USA, Canada, France and other countries, called Christians to unite on 14
August 1997 to pray and fast that Haiti would return to God. In Haiti's towns, villages and mountains, Christians
came together to fast and pray, held victory marches in the streets and a large event in the capital from 6am to
10pm during the holy invasion.
"Our church members started their march in front of the President's palace and marched for 6 hours to the place
where the satanic ceremony took place 206 years ago. We had informed the government and media of our intentions
weeks before the event, and were told that the witch doctors would be there, as they were every year. When we
arrived, they had hidden themselves, unable to directly confront the Christians. It was a significant spiritual
battle to reach the tree under which the pig was sacrificed in the original ceremony. We formed a Jericho march,
circling the magic tree seven times. On the seventh time around, God gave many people a vision of the Devil fleeing
from the area. The Christians were overjoyed. We cancelled the satanic contract and broke the curse, before
celebrating communion and dedicating the area as a place of prayer. We also declared 14 August to be a national
prayer day, on which people should pray that Haiti will return to God.
On the same day, several witch doctors were saved during the events in the capital. Three days after our holy
invasion, the witch doctors returned to Bois-Caiman to bring their sacrifices and call on the spirits. After days of
effort, nothing happened, because we had commanded the spirits never to return and dedicated the area to Christ.
The witch doctors complained to the government and media. At first, the government also protested, speaking in a
press release of 'terrible damage to a Voodoo holy place in which no Christian had set foot for 206 years.' By the
grace of God, the government relented and respected our legal right as Haitians to gather at any place on Haiti,
including Bois-Caiman, where they now allow all Christian groups to meet. The place is now very popular, and local
Christians gather there daily for prayer and fasting. All Haitians now know that the country no longer has a pact
with the Devil; the contract has been cancelled, the curse broken.
In 1991, 200 years after his predecessors had dedicated Haiti to Satan, Jean-Bertrand Aristide became president of
Haiti and attempted to renew the contract. In 1997, the contract was broken forever. In 2003, in a last desperate
attempt to retain power, Aristide made Voodoo an official religion. And now he is gone. Let us pray that Haiti, with
its newfound freedom, will turn to the one true God.
Tom Barrett has been an ordained minister for 30 years. He has written for local
and national publications for most of his life, and has authored several non-fiction books. He has been interviewed
on many TV and radio programs, and speaks at seminars nationwide. Tom is the editor and publisher of Conservative
Truth, an email newsletter read by over fifty thousand weekly which focuses on moral and political issues from a
Biblical viewpoint.
Addition Resources for Information on Voodoo and Haiti:
US Department of State Report of Religious Freedom
Victory Over Voodoo in Haiti
Religious Persecution
Intensifies In Haiti
Haiti; Satan's
Stronghold
Aristide Approves Voodoo as an Official Religion
Voodoo It’s
Official in Haiti
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