Comments on: At last, the Congo will outlaw child exorcisms http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/03/27/at-last-the-congo-will-outlaw-child-exorcisms/ The voice of atheism since 1881 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:31:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: African muggles are crazy. « Slap! http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/03/27/at-last-the-congo-will-outlaw-child-exorcisms/comment-page-1/#comment-10049 African muggles are crazy. « Slap! Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:17:43 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=635#comment-10049 [...] promise of more abuse and permament psychological damage. Even the Democratic Republic of Congo is getting their act together about their own witch hunt problem, and they are in the middle of a war! Come on people, it is not [...] [...] promise of more abuse and permament psychological damage. Even the Democratic Republic of Congo is getting their act together about their own witch hunt problem, and they are in the middle of a war! Come on people, it is not [...]

]]> By: Stuart H. http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/03/27/at-last-the-congo-will-outlaw-child-exorcisms/comment-page-1/#comment-3114 Stuart H. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:36:18 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=635#comment-3114 Readers with kids might want to take a closer look at any 'partnerships' between schools in their area and in Africa. On the face of it, these seem a good way to get kids to relate to their peers in 'developing' countries and so on, but I find they're often church based and in local cases I've noticed a link between innocent sounding projects and dodgy evangelicals. In the worst case I once had to interview a barking mad pentecostalist (white and very Anglo-Saxon, by the way) who jets off to Nigeria from time to time to supplement his income 'curing' AIDS at mass rallies. Readers with kids might want to take a closer look at any ‘partnerships’ between schools in their area and in Africa.
On the face of it, these seem a good way to get kids to relate to their peers in ‘developing’ countries and so on, but I find they’re often church based and in local cases I’ve noticed a link between innocent sounding projects and dodgy evangelicals. In the worst case I once had to interview a barking mad pentecostalist (white and very Anglo-Saxon, by the way) who jets off to Nigeria from time to time to supplement his income ‘curing’ AIDS at mass rallies.

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