(October 9, 2012 at 4:09 pm)festive1 Wrote: It can be argued that Christianity is actually mucking up many traditional African societies.
Absolutely:
Nigerian Pentecostal preacher Helen Ukpabio
Quote:Ukpabio has published her views in several books. An example is 'Unveiling The Mysteries of Witchcraft', in which she states that:
"If a child under the age of two screams in the night, cries and is always feverish with deteriorating health he or she is a servant of Satan."
On a Visit to the U.S., a Nigerian Witch-Hunter Explains Herself
Quote:In Nigeria, many preachers not only identify possessed children but charge dearly to perform exorcisms. To redeem their children’s souls — and to keep the child from being killed or banished by neighbors — parents scrimp or borrow to pay the preacher.
Abused, burned and buried alive: The horrific suffering of Nigeria's child 'witches'
Quote:Children as young as two are being burned, poisoned and buried alive in Nigeria for being witches, it has been claimed.
Hundreds of youngsters are being subjected to horrific violence or chained up for weeks after being accused of withcraft, according to a report by a children's rights charity.
In one case, an 11-year-old boy was killed after acid was poured over him; in another, a girl who had a nail driven into her head was left permanently disabled.
Tragically, I could go on if I wasn't so sickened by it all.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
