Curious Researcher - Blog #6

This week for our research report, we are going to begin writing our rough draft. Again, it makes the process easier when you aren't just diving into the writing process. The book gives several questions to answer and its like a you are having a conversation with the person asking.

Why? Where? Who? When? What?
In 1791, the Haitian people revolted against their French masters. The period of 791-1804 was called the Haitian Revolution. It happened all over Haiti. The masters of the plantations were cruel to the slaves and the slaves were tired of being treated inhumanly, so being inspired by the French Revolution, they revolted against their masters. When the Haitians won, Haiti was dedicated to Satan.

What do you mean by "Haiti was dedicated to Satan"?
In Haiti, the religion of Voodoo is very dominate. It is very much a part of their culture. When the people were fighting, the witch doctors promised that if the revolt was successful, they would dedicate the island to Satan. After sacrificing a pig, the people gave over the island to Haiti for 200 years.

How do most people see this? How do you see it differently?
A lot of people don't believe this; they think that it is just a myth made up and passed on through the generations. Personally I believe that it is true.  I believe that the island of Haiti was given over to Satan.

Are you kidding? I didn't know that. What else did you find out?
The reasoning behind peoples unbelief in this is their spiritual state. Some people don't believe in demonic activity. Others believe it was just there to put a scare in people. Some believe that the voodoo is only involved spirits and not Satan himself.

Can you give me an example?
There are several different spirits in the voodoo culture. Depending on the country you are in, it could also vary. Some examples of Haitian spirits are Legba, Marassa, Damballah, Loko, and Agassou.  Even though they are spirits, which I completely believe are real, I believe these spirits to be associated with the devil.  They are evil spirits and their source of power comes from the devil.

Did that surprise you?
In a way, the unbelief did surprise me. I wasn't expecting people to not think of it as a dedication to Satan. I knew there would be some people who didn't believe it at all, but the ones that surprise me are the people who say it was dedicated, but not to Satan.

What other questions does this raise?
This raised the question of "What is the difference between dedication to spirits and Satan if there is one?"

Who does this affect, mostly?
Depending on the way you look at it, it could affect no one. The island was dedicated to Satan or the spirits or whoever, so who cares? That was in years past. Looking at it from the viewpoint, it wasn't dedicated, that is a myth, gives it no affect at all. Nothing at all happen. But from the viewpoint that I share, it was dedicated to Satan, gives the idea that the Haitian people were and have been affected for generations. If Satan truly does own something, nothing good can come from it.  Satan is evil and it is all bad. The people of Haiti are affected everyday because of the one moment in history when Haiti became slaves, not to man from whom they were freed, but to Satan, an even worse master.

I'm not sure I believe this. Why do you?
I believe that it was dedicated to Satan because of the evidence we see today. Before the Haitian Revolution, Haiti was the richest country in the western hemisphere. Today, it is the poorest in the western hemisphere and the world. Some of this can be explained away certain happenings in the middle of the 200 years it was dedicated to Satan. Personally I believe that God used certain people and events to weaken Haiti's infrastructure because it totally rejected Him, which in turn has made Haiti the poorest nation in the world.

What do you think we should do about it?
I feel that people should search for the truth. Find out what they believe and why they believe it. Don't just believe it because someone said so. Figure out what history is.