Christianity Running Amok in Ghana
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In parts of Northern Ghana, poverty and fear lead to extreme abuse and the exile of people accused of 'witchcraft'. While many are killed or die from their injuries, hundreds are also forced to go to witches' camps.
"We are praying for help to change perceptions in the community.If someone doesn't like you they just call you a witch", says Iddrisu Mahami, chief at the witches' camp in Kukuo. "People who are generally educated and know their rights never get accused of any witch craft. It's usually old women; old, poor women who have absolutely nobody." Ghana remains a very patriarchal society, meaning there is usually little that women can do to protect themselves. "Once the accusation goes out, you're damned whether you are innocent or guilty". With such practices being entrenched in the traditions and beliefs of many of Ghana's people, it is an uphill battle to phase them out.
Well..
I'm glad to see that the modern Christian following hasn't been apt to leave all the witch killings to the Muslims throughout the Middle East, the Papua New Guineans, and India. It's also good to see that the Christians are not a group to be outdone, as the African statistics for human butchering and execution for "witchcraft" is simply staggering by comparison to the rest of the world combined.
I wonder what works the Catholic Church does in Africa to combat this?
Seeing as Africa is the 2nd most Catholic continent after South America nowadays.
I'll give you a hint.
That damn Exodus 22:18 passage back at it again.
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