Africa's 'witch children' - religious fervour and superstition

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'evangelical religious fervour

...I see, it's the evangelicals fault.

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'evangelical religious fervour

...I see, it's the evangelicals fault.

No - that's not what was said.

Way to misquote - what were the words after that ?

doesn't matter what was said next, the association was made

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'evangelical religious fervour

...I see, it's the evangelicals fault.

No - that's not what was said.

Way to misquote - what were the words after that ?

doesn't matter what was said next, the association was made

Do you consider it to be an unfair association? Who are these Christians then, moderates? liberals?

The craze began with the release of a cheaply made movie by one of the largest Pentecostal churches in Nigeria which showed children being posessed and being accused of witchcraft. They move into twons, set up churches and start targeting dissenting families and then familes at random accusing children and babies of sorcery.

But you know they can pray it away

For a price.

no doubt some parts of Christianity are unbalanced.  But so is the article, for it associates evangelicals without giving positive examples.  Or are you going to claim UK's Channel 4 balances its coverage of evangelicals?  Certainly wasn't my experience of Channel 4 during the 4 weeks I spent in the UK in 2007.

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Let's see if I've got this right.

You've not commented on the children or their welfare, or the practice or the pastors.

Do their actions require my comments?  Are fellow forumites curious as to where the jmfcst comes down on this issue?

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Let's see if I've got this right.

You've not commented on the children or their welfare, or the practice or the pastors. You are concerned about 'appearances' and the fact that the false preachers going from village to village evangelising are called evangelists. Well if that is all that concerns you as a Christian and as a father then I'll out your mind at rest; those who worked to rescue these children and to work against preachers were Christians themselves. They may have been evangelists as they took the Bible with them to the villages and used the words of Christ to speak against the false preachers.

I hope that adresses what appears to be your main concern.

Dude, get off your high horse, I was simply pointing out that there aren’t any positive examples of evangelicals in the MSM.

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As for the article and your concern over balance may I just say I look forward to the day you balance something you write or comment on with positive examples of gays

Paul Shaffer is a good music director, but homosexuality is still a sin.

There, fair and balanced.

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Fundamentalism is the danger.

Really?  How were Jesus and the Apostles NOT fundamentalists?

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As for the article and your concern over balance may I just say I look forward to the day you balance something you write or comment on with positive examples of gays

Paul Shaffer is a good music director, but homosexuality is still a sin.

There, fair and balanced.

he isn't gay

does this mean I have to come up with another example?

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As for the article and your concern over balance may I just say I look forward to the day you balance something you write or comment on with positive examples of gays

Paul Shaffer is a good music director, but homosexuality is still a sin.

There, fair and balanced.

he isn't gay

does this mean I have to come up with another example?

I'd be interested to hear one.  of course you don't "have to."  I don't have a gun to your head.

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