(December 8, 2021 at 1:33 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: People are still bombing abortion clinics. The good old bad days didn't end in 1692. The ancient argument between christianity and witchcraft has never been anything more or other than a dispute between service providers, a culture war front.
That’s true. It slipped my mind.
There are other such events happening, in various parts of the world.
For example:
1. INDIA. Violent.
Jafar Hussain, from the town of Bareilly, in Uttar Pradesh, India
Has been arrested and accused of killing his 4 year-old daughter because she did not notice her head scarf slip from her head while eating lunch.
Police say Jafar Hussain killed his daughter by throwing her against floor
When her mother attempted to intervene, she was also beaten, it is claimed
Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z3xyVTHbKZ
2. USA. Non-violent.
A Bible-thumping homophobic civil servant has cost the Californian city of San Diego 300,000$.
In the years that followed, Rasean Johnson says Sheila Beale began to “inject” her religious beliefs into him and others in the office.
The first incident, according to the lawsuit, occurred in 2008 as voters were asked to vote on Proposition 8, a ballot initiative which would have prevented same-sex marriage in California.
Source:
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thefreethi...content=44
3. USA. Violent.
A woman who claims to be God’s apostle was arrested on Easter Sunday for holding an entire church congregation at gunpoint and threatening to blow them up… all while holding her 10-month-old baby.
Source:
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019...content=44
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl8SxFHBN7g
That's a picture of her.
It is her own video.
4. Brazil. Violent.
In Brazil, “Soldiers of Jesus” Are Wreaking Havoc on Non-Christian Communities
Jesus said “turn the other cheek,” but an evangelical Christian group called “Soldiers of Jesus” is taking over large swaths of Brazil, threatening religious minorities with death if they don’t convert. The Washington Post‘s Terrence McCoy has the disturbing story:
Priests have been killed. Children have been stoned. An elderly woman was seriously injured. Death threats and taunts are common. Gangs are unfurling the flag of Israel, a nation seen by some evangelicals as necessary to bringing about the return of Christ.
All of this is bolstered by a right-wing government that came into power on the backs of evangelical Christians who weren’t bothered enough by the blatant cruelty of President Jair Bolsonaro and a rise in Christian programming in the media that routinely paints non-Christians as villains. (It all sounds very familiar.)
These gangs in particular have broken into people’s homes, forcing them at gunpoint to destroy religious items that aren’t Christian. Religious leaders who practice a non-Christian faith have been forced to shut down their houses of worship or face death. So far, over 200 of these temples have been forced to close. There is no sign of this persecution stopping any time soon.
Source:
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019...uhx5F0A8hk
5. Africa. Violent.
Recent reports by UNICEF, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Save the Children and Human Rights Watch[6][7][8][9][10] have also highlighted the violence and abuse towards children accused of witchcraft in Africa. Accusations of witchcraft in Africa are a very serious matter as the witch is culturally understood to be the epitome of evil and the cause of all misfortune, disease and death. Consequently, the witch is the most hated person in African society and subjected to punishment, torture and even death.[11][12]
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft..._in_Africa