In Nigeria, Christian priests are claiming that children as young as two or three are Witches, and that they must either be "Delivered" - a process which the parents must pay huge amounts of money for and must often be repeated two or more times - or beaten/killed to keep them from cursing the villages. Most parents can not pay for the deliverances and will attempt to kill their own children because the priests tell them to. Children have been found with nails in their skulls, and with horrible burn marks from having scalding chemicals thrown over them.
Here's the big question: Are the churches there corrupt and the leaders only trying to gain money by taking advantage of poor people, or do they really believe that these children are witches? Take in mind that many of these priests have been spotted driving around in large expensive cars, while the villages they are in remain in poverty.
2007-12-29 11:21:17 · 8 answers · asked by Xinro 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you don't believe me, check out this article. There is a video that goes with it as well.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2224553,00.html
2007-12-29 11:27:40 · update #1
"Are the churches there corrupt" ? What do you think?
One reason I do not belong to any religion, and I mean only one reason, there are many others. When I was a child in England I was Catholic. Every collection in that Church went towards the building of a new Church/ 22 years later they were still collecting money for a "new church" and when I returned to England many years later, they were still collecting for a new Church/ Even as a child I questioned this, and have been questioning ever since.
I do not judge, I just observe. Your question answers itself by the details contained therein. Are there other leaders of churches driving around in large expensive cars? Are there huge cathedral churches built, to house the thousands putting into a collection each week.
There was a news bulletin last week that stated that the Catholic Church was putting ATM machines in all their churches, to keep up with "the modern way of paying", since their cash collections were going down.
I bet Jesus is up there somewhere, shaking his head with disbelief. I know I am!
2007-12-29 11:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by Maureen S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church, the unique and authentic Christian Church, can not grow to be corrupt, for it on my own possesses a divine promise that the gates of hell will by no potential be triumphant against it. The bible is a made of the traditions of the church. The church is by no potential subservient to the bible. No pope has ever defined something that's in any way opposite to genuine scripture ... only issues opposite to faux protestant custom. Jesus commanded the apostles to instruct and to baptise. He by no potential gave them a bible with which to do it, or different that any one ever use a bible. Jesus by no potential stated something approximately it being symbolic. The Eucharist is only symbolic for protestants, who deserted the genuine physique and blood of Jesus Christ, while they deserted the authentic Church. enable me first maximum appropriate some misunderstandings that some human beings right here are starting to be from their sorry public college and liberal college "history" textbooks. Indulgences are no longer a corrupt coaching. The Church has taught from the apostolic situations, and does, that the granting of indulgence is the two biblical and beneficial and properly interior the flexibility granted to the Church by utilising Christ. The abuse or corruption of this coaching is what want fixing in the process the Medieval situations. human beings have been instructed they could purchase places in Heaven for his or her kinfolk, which isn't authentic and that's a perversion of the doctrine of indulgences. They unfold coaching built universities, and defended aspects of Europe from the Muslim invasion. a minimum of countless the Crusades have been needed. Christendom replaced right into a quite a few situations on the verge of being overrun by utilising infidels bent on conversion by utilising the sword. Heretics had additionally seized administration of places holy to Jews and Christians. the reason of and the info surrounding the Inquisition have been falsely unfold by utilising revisionist historians. "choose no longer much less you be judged." "he's devoid of sin solid the 1st stone" "Love one yet another as I certainly have enjoyed you" Does any of those quotes recommend something to you?
2016-10-20 08:17:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
H O L Y C R A P! The Christian cash machine at it's worst. It's about the money, pure and simple. Terribly sad that those poor kids got caught up in it. I hope someone in Nigeria wises up and does something about it.
2007-12-29 11:28:39 · answer #3 · answered by blue chaos soɐɥɔ ǝnlq 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are evil people in all walks of life, including in positions of religious authority. These people will have God to answer to, but the basis of the RELIGION should not be questioned because of a small number of corrupt people involved.
2007-12-29 11:25:38 · answer #4 · answered by Tasha 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Corupt. Come on! Children of 2 or 3?
2007-12-29 11:26:01 · answer #5 · answered by punch 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Obviously they are just trying to get money...
2007-12-29 11:27:15 · answer #6 · answered by Tamsin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats a pretty big claim there. What is your source of all of that?
2007-12-29 11:25:28 · answer #7 · answered by Jason M 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
they are probably mental.
2007-12-29 11:26:31 · answer #8 · answered by ■ Jessie ■ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋