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Inferno Dragon · 05-01-2006, 11:07 AM

a group of misionaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo have started a witch hunt over there in Africa, and it's the children that are suffering the most. these "messengers of God" are forcing accused children to swallow acid, gasoline and other nasty toxins in order to make them "throw up the evil". I am appauled by this gross abuse of power and the vile abuse of these children.
I wish I could stop them somehow! I have always hated witch hunters who are so blinded by their zeal that they don't see what evil they are doing. hell I hate witch hunters period! damn those bastards! here's the article:

Across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thousands of girls and boys, as young as 4 years old, are accused by christian leaders, missionarys and their familys of practicing witchcraft. They are then abused, abandoned and, in most cases, scarred for life.

It's the latest addition to a long list of christian caused atrocities committed against children in this forgotten 5-year-old civil war.

"They tried to make me swallow the acid," said Kabila, now 13. She is softvoiced and so shy that she won't look you in the eyes. Moments later, she said, "I'm not even a witch."

In a society that still believes that evil spirits bring misfortune, children are easy to blame for lost jobs, failed crops and other economic and personal problems. But two factors are contributing to the growth of the problem: the disruption of traditional family life caused by the ongoing war against their pagan beliefs and the surge in revivalist churches whose preachers rail against Satan and witches as the causes of all their woes.

In some cases, children have been branded witches simply for playfully talking to a strip of wood or for having bad dreams and telling about it to one of the good people of jezus.

There is no tally of the number of children accused of being witches. Estimates state that at least 60 percent of the children in its child abuse shelters in the capital, Kinshasa, have faced the accusations of being a childhood witch.

Once accused, the children often endure painful exorcisms by fiery revivalist christian preachers who force them to drink and swallow gasoline, bitter herbs or small fish so that they will vomit out their "evils." Or they are forced from their homes onto the streets, where they are exploited, raped or killed.

The lucky ones find their way to child abuse shelters, though some are very psychologically battered.

Okenge's plight is typical. Her father abandoned her when her mother died of tuberculosis in 1999, she went to live with her siblings. In June, one of her sisters caught typhoid and checked into the hospital. There, a christian revivalist preacher making the hospital rounds prayed for her recovery. Then the christian revivalist preacher said: "Your sister is coming after you."

The preacher's words were enough to sway Okenge's relatives. They convened a meeting of the entire extended family.

"The whole family asked me to accept that I was a witch," Okenge said. "I kept refusing. ... I was asked, who is my witchcraft teacher?"

The night of the meeting, she said, she was beaten and forced to sleep in the living room. Her sisters locked their bedroom doors. Four days later, they kicked her out of the house. She went to stay at a neighbor's. Then her hospitalized sister died. The nervous neighbor kicked Okenge out.

After a more days and nights living on Bukavu's muddy streets and alleys, she finally arrived on the doorstep of a pagan run child abuse center to heal herself.

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Inferno Dragon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Planet Draco Gender: Posts: 5,962 Thanks: 52 Thanked 33 Times in 26 Posts Points: 38,525.22 Bank: 31,881.39 Total Points: 70,406.61 Donate	evil missionaries a group of misionaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo have started a witch hunt over there in Africa, and it's the children that are suffering the most. these "messengers of God" are forcing accused children to swallow acid, gasoline and other nasty toxins in order to make them "throw up the evil". I am appauled by this gross abuse of power and the vile abuse of these children. I wish I could stop them somehow! I have always hated witch hunters who are so blinded by their zeal that they don't see what evil they are doing. hell I hate witch hunters period! damn those bastards! here's the article: Across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thousands of girls and boys, as young as 4 years old, are accused by christian leaders, missionarys and their familys of practicing witchcraft. They are then abused, abandoned and, in most cases, scarred for life. It's the latest addition to a long list of christian caused atrocities committed against children in this forgotten 5-year-old civil war. "They tried to make me swallow the acid," said Kabila, now 13. She is softvoiced and so shy that she won't look you in the eyes. Moments later, she said, "I'm not even a witch." In a society that still believes that evil spirits bring misfortune, children are easy to blame for lost jobs, failed crops and other economic and personal problems. But two factors are contributing to the growth of the problem: the disruption of traditional family life caused by the ongoing war against their pagan beliefs and the surge in revivalist churches whose preachers rail against Satan and witches as the causes of all their woes. In some cases, children have been branded witches simply for playfully talking to a strip of wood or for having bad dreams and telling about it to one of the good people of jezus. There is no tally of the number of children accused of being witches. Estimates state that at least 60 percent of the children in its child abuse shelters in the capital, Kinshasa, have faced the accusations of being a childhood witch. Once accused, the children often endure painful exorcisms by fiery revivalist christian preachers who force them to drink and swallow gasoline, bitter herbs or small fish so that they will vomit out their "evils." Or they are forced from their homes onto the streets, where they are exploited, raped or killed. The lucky ones find their way to child abuse shelters, though some are very psychologically battered. Okenge's plight is typical. Her father abandoned her when her mother died of tuberculosis in 1999, she went to live with her siblings. In June, one of her sisters caught typhoid and checked into the hospital. There, a christian revivalist preacher making the hospital rounds prayed for her recovery. Then the christian revivalist preacher said: "Your sister is coming after you." The preacher's words were enough to sway Okenge's relatives. They convened a meeting of the entire extended family. "The whole family asked me to accept that I was a witch," Okenge said. "I kept refusing. ... I was asked, who is my witchcraft teacher?" The night of the meeting, she said, she was beaten and forced to sleep in the living room. Her sisters locked their bedroom doors. Four days later, they kicked her out of the house. She went to stay at a neighbor's. Then her hospitalized sister died. The nervous neighbor kicked Okenge out. After a more days and nights living on Bukavu's muddy streets and alleys, she finally arrived on the doorstep of a pagan run child abuse center to heal herself.