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Here is a quote I pulled off the web in reference to spirits the emphasis on barely educated is mine. I just wanted to point out what rational people think of those with these kind of beliefs. Don't people have any pride. I would hate to be in the "barely educated" category. "BARELY EDUCATED villagers living in remote mountain valleys are blaming the increasing number of AIDS deaths not on promiscuity or a lack of condom use but on malign spirits."

2007-06-18 19:49:56 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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It's like a story I saw on Oprah about a woman who gave birth to a baby with sirenomelia (http://www.sirenomelia.org/en/index.php).

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http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200511/20051108/slide_20051108_284_201.jhtml

"Ricardo and Sara, a young couple, fell in love, got married and planned to start a family. When Sara got pregnant, they had planned to give birth to the baby in their home. However, when Sara went into labor she was in too much pain, so they rushed to a hospital. There, after a very difficult labor, the unthinkable happened: Sara and Ricardo's baby was born with sirenomelia, also known as 'mermaid syndrome.' This is a strange genetic disorder where the legs of an infant are fused together like a fish's tail.

"In Huancayo, there is actually a legend that explained this condition! It says that if a pregnant woman lies down close to a nearby lake, the spirit of a mermaid will enter her body and give her unborn child some of her characteristics."

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The really hilarious part was when Oprah thanked "god," rather than the surgeon, for the surgery that separated the baby's legs. Oprah called it a "miracle." Of course, to Oprah almost everything seems to be a "miracle."

2007-06-18 21:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by YY4Me 7 · 0 0

But science has not proven the demons don't use Ouija boards.

Have you been over to those countries where they believe in malign Spirits? Or are you just quoting text books?

Yes, AIDS is from promiscurity but I can show you places even in your own back yard that die because of spiritual curses.

2007-06-19 02:58:52 · answer #2 · answered by Abbasangel 5 · 1 1

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