The Rev. Pat Robertson turned heads with his appearance on The 700 Club on Wednesday when he blamed

Haitian history for Tuesday's devastating earthquake. In short, Robertson claimed that the quake was divine

retribution for a pact with the devil that was sworn long ago, a statement he was audacious enough to make while

the 800 number for disaster relief scrolled at the bottom of the broadcast. Here's the clip:

"And you know, Kristi, something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it.

They were under the heel of the French, you know, Napoleon the Third and whatever, and they got together

and swore a pact to the devil. They said, 'We will serve you if you'll get us free from the French.' True story.

And so the devil said, 'O.K., it's a deal.' "

Genesis 1:29 New American Translation

Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree

which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you."

*  in the king james versions, the Torah, and the rest actually use the word 'herb', in a number of passages....