Comments on: Nigeria’s Witchfinder-General sues humanist for religious discrimination

By: Crazy Christianâ€™s lawsuit against Nigerian humanist Leo Igwe struck out

Crazy Christianâ€™s lawsuit against Nigerian humanist Leo Igwe struck out — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:38:27 +0000

[...] Helen Ukpabio, failed for the second time to appear in the Federal High Court in Calabar to press a lawsuit she initiated against him and a number of others â€“ and the case was struck out. Leo Igwe, [...]

By: rog

rog — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:49:55 +0000

@Kurbster I think there is something very wrong with you, you inhuman toss-pot.

By: Kurbster

Kurbster — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:30:54 +0000

I say we all pull out, forget about saving Africa, and let the Catholic Church kill off every single one….due to AIDS from religious-induced unprotected sex

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:21:04 +0000

The thing I find most repellent about this woman is, that in addition to spreading this madness, she is making a personal fortune from her publications.

By: Colin Daniels

Colin Daniels — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:56:20 +0000

The thing that struck me most about this documentary and its predecessor was the lack of a proper education programme.

Sure, the Stepping Stones charity were doing a fantastic job of representing the children and protecting them from harm but the main thrust of their efforts was spent trying to convince the ignorant villagers that these children were not witches.

The implication there is that witches do still exist but that these children don’t qualify.

How about they start trying to teach these people that there are no such things as witches and that there are natural explanations for anything that might be wrong in their village?

Remove the underlying superstition and the accusations lose their power.

Of course, in order to remove such superstitions the religious missionaries would have to explain why their superstitious beliefs are valid and the villagers’ are not.

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:35:33 +0000

@rog: I have a sneaky feeling that the Nigerian government know that this is all balderdash, but see the Church as a useful way to control people and ensure their votes. Did you see the documentaries? The regional governor turned up with his entourage, patting the children on their heads and promising to outlaw this child abuse, but shortly afterwards armed police arrived looking for the chap who was running the centre, who had to lock himself in his office and escape through the roof, knowing that if he didn’t he was dead meat! This is exactly the sort of thing that went on in South Africa and the Southern US states in the bad old days, as we well know, and history teaches that when despots show favour then that is the time to be very afraid!!

By: chrsbol

chrsbol — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:46:35 +0000

http://www.thepetitionsite.com.....t-campaign

Not sure if it’ll do any good but there’s a petition for signing.

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:02:00 +0000

There was a poor young boy in the documentary who had had acid poured over him by his father because he thought he was bewitched (he wasn’t the only one to suffer this fate, either). He lay on a bed, his head covered in gauze, for a week, until he died. It was almost too much to take in!

“Suffer the little children…”

By: Rozi

Rozi — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:48:22 +0000

This sort of thing wonders why we even bothered evolving. We were better off grubbing in the ground and hiding from sabre tooth tigers.
What sort of sick psycho thinks it’s okay to attack children? Even if they are ‘witches’, isn’t their God compassionate enough to take pity on vulnerable kids? Christ on a bike. Makes me despair, it really does.

By: rog

rog — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:58:58 +0000

Does anyone know: what is the attitude of the Nigerian government to witchcraft? Are they as superstitious as some of their population?