Also noteworthy that Haiti mainly practices Voodoo, with fun activities such as getting yourself “ridden” by demonic entities. It’s a badge of honour to be picked by the spirit out of a crowd for that. The territorial entities given dominion of the Earth following the Babel debacle took a strong hold over Haiti.
Incorrect, this is a myth. Haiti is almost entirely Roman Catholic. Voodoo is practiced by an infinitesimally small portion of the island’s population.
Wait, the same Roman Catholic Church run out of the Vatican? I was raised Catholic and I’m cynical AF about the modern day Catholic Church. Hopefully soon, when this all shakes out we learn the truth about the corruption the Vatican has gotten away with for (probably) centuries.
Edit to add: I’ve been suspect of the Church since I was in the 6th grade back in the 1980s. Back when the Los Angeles Archdiocese paid off the family of my best friend to be quite about his molestation. This was almost a good 20 years before the scandal broke wide in the 2000s.
A twisted version in name only unless it’s changed since I went there. I spent a month there for a missions trip. In the town we were in, they had mass on Sunday, and the same priest became the voodoo priest Friday night. You could hear wild chanting until after 2 am. It was eerie. Everywhere we went around the island, things were the same. Shamans have HUGE power over there. And I was shocked how open people are. It’s not, “we worship the spirits of the air, it’s “we worship the devil because he gave us our freedom, and he owns our country.” (they apparently signed it over in blood and that was renewed, I believe during when Bill Clinton was president)
Sounds like you don’t understand Kreyol. There are of course superstitions in the country, as to be expected by a backwards third world country. But voodoo nutjobs are rejected by mainstream Haitian society. The country is “Christian” (mostly Catholic, make whatever conclusions you wish with that)
Would be shocked to hear an actual Haitian say that their family practices voodoo. Literally everyone is Roman Catholic (with a few Protestants here and there in my experience). Say what you will about the Catholic Church, I could care less about it personally. But I do know the voodoo bullshit is just that - bullshit. It represents such a small percentage of the population, but white Westerners are fucking obsessed with it. It’s akin to suggesting that all Americans are Amish.
Also noteworthy that Haiti mainly practices Voodoo, with fun activities such as getting yourself “ridden” by demonic entities. It’s a badge of honour to be picked by the spirit out of a crowd for that. The territorial entities given dominion of the Earth following the Babel debacle took a strong hold over Haiti.
Incorrect, this is a myth. Haiti is almost entirely Roman Catholic. Voodoo is practiced by an infinitesimally small portion of the island’s population.
Wait, the same Roman Catholic Church run out of the Vatican? I was raised Catholic and I’m cynical AF about the modern day Catholic Church. Hopefully soon, when this all shakes out we learn the truth about the corruption the Vatican has gotten away with for (probably) centuries.
Catholicism in Hati might as well be voodoo.
This is irrelevant
Edit to add: I’ve been suspect of the Church since I was in the 6th grade back in the 1980s. Back when the Los Angeles Archdiocese paid off the family of my best friend to be quite about his molestation. This was almost a good 20 years before the scandal broke wide in the 2000s.
A twisted version in name only unless it’s changed since I went there. I spent a month there for a missions trip. In the town we were in, they had mass on Sunday, and the same priest became the voodoo priest Friday night. You could hear wild chanting until after 2 am. It was eerie. Everywhere we went around the island, things were the same. Shamans have HUGE power over there. And I was shocked how open people are. It’s not, “we worship the spirits of the air, it’s “we worship the devil because he gave us our freedom, and he owns our country.” (they apparently signed it over in blood and that was renewed, I believe during when Bill Clinton was president)
Sounds like you don’t understand Kreyol. There are of course superstitions in the country, as to be expected by a backwards third world country. But voodoo nutjobs are rejected by mainstream Haitian society. The country is “Christian” (mostly Catholic, make whatever conclusions you wish with that)
Would be shocked to hear an actual Haitian say that their family practices voodoo. Literally everyone is Roman Catholic (with a few Protestants here and there in my experience). Say what you will about the Catholic Church, I could care less about it personally. But I do know the voodoo bullshit is just that - bullshit. It represents such a small percentage of the population, but white Westerners are fucking obsessed with it. It’s akin to suggesting that all Americans are Amish.