Yesterday on Twitter, Randy White (@RandyAWhite), ex-husband of Paula White, responded to some questions and shared his opinions about Pat Robertson and Haiti. I also want to note that he is the former pastor of Without Walls International Church in Tampa, FL. You can read Randy’s thoughts below.

“Alot of ppl r asking me about pat robertson comment on haiti.”

“I am speachless . what a terrible thing 2 say and not true . . when my daughter died and was sick i had the same things said to me”

“I was told to repent . i was told i tainted the pulpit . . ect . i learned so much about the body of christ . its anything but that.”

“Oh as far as the comments to me and the actions . i forgive they r just stupid narrow minded religious idiots .”

“And as far as pat robertson . . he is full of shit . dnt like what i say delete me from your ph .”

“Ppl r now asking me did i get hacked into . . no thats me . wake up watch the news cnn . . come on . give me a break”

“And ppl say god did it ? what ? come on . and again read ur bible jesus was real . he used words much stronger than me .”

“Hey again . dnt like it . get off my f.b and twitter . . cant stand religion anyway . no lost .”

“u dnt pay me . and paula nor without walls . have anything to do with my comments .”

“U dnt have to defend me . i learned to be true to my god and to myself . . and pat robertson is still full of shit .”

It always shocks me when ministers resort to using profanity. I just don’t understand it. You think if anyone would be above using that type of language it would be a minister of the Gospel.

Yes, Jesus used strong language. However, I refuse to believe that if Jesus would resort to profanity if he walked to Earth today. Call me naive, but the God I serve doesn’t operate like that.

I’m not sure what caused Randy White to go off on that rant. These are the types of words you expect someone to blurt out when they are intoxicated. I don’t think intoxication played a role in this situation.

Pastor White is clearly hurting. I’m not sure what the cause is, but these are definitely the words of a hurt man (in my opinion). Add Randy White to you prayer list. It is obvious that he could benefit from a few people interceding on his behalf.

How would you feel if your pastor made comments like this?

Was Pat Robertson accurate? I don’t know. As believers should our first reaction to tragedy be condemnation? Should the first thing out of our mouths be “this happened because you didn’t…”

When people were in need, Jesus’ initial reaction wasn’t telling them about the things that they did wrong. When there was a need, he helped. When people were sick, he healed them. Somebody please correct me if I am wrong about this one.

As Christians, our first response should be to help those in need, not tell them why they were hit with disaster or illness. That won’t accomplish anything. The bible reminds us about how powerful love is (1 Corinthians 13). Love should be our first course of action.

I have a lot of respect for Pat Robertson. I believe that he has done some really good things in this world. However, there are times where he reminds me of a certain type of that uncle many of us have. I’m referring to the uncle that you can bear with as long as family members are the only people around. You don’t want to be around this uncle outside of your family circle, because he is bound to say or do something that will completely embarrass you. (like wear a checkered suit or walk around in his underwear) Although a little embarrassment may come, you still love him at the end of the day.

Where do we go from here? The worst thing we can do is to join in on all of the name-calling. I suggest that we continue to love Pat Robertson and keep him in our prayers. I also suggest that we continue to pray for the people of Haiti and help them in any way we can.

What do you think about Pat Robertson’s comments? Was God using this earthquake to inflict revenge on a nation?