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Child Witches: Accused in the Name of Jesus

Christian Pastors in Congo Paid to Perform Violent Exorcisms; Children Banished From Homes, Abandoned by Families

By DAN HARRIS and ALMIN KARAMEHMEDOVIC

In a dirt-floored, back-alley church, 8-year-old Bobby and his 6-year-old brother Henock were made to kneel before a pastor wearing a white, flowing robe adorned with pictures of Jesus.

Looming over the boys, Pastor Moise Tshombe went into a trance, during which he claimed the Holy Spirit took over and the voice of God spoke through him. "I see that witchcraft is in these two," Tshombe said. "The threats inside of them are very strong."

These young brothers were the latest victims in an epidemic of accusations of child witchcraft here in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is raging in the name of Jesus. It continues seemingly unabated despite flags raised by organizations such as the United Nations, Save the Children and Human Rights Watch.

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[turbofritz2]

Christianity is a cancer of the world. If african would have turned their back on Christ and Allah they would develop much better.

Islam and Christianity are slave religions of shame sins and barbarity as you see in this video as well. Children cannot develop under such conditions.

[NamineNagone]

Okay,Im getting sick of this.Y must people bash Jesus? What has He ever done 2 you? He doesn't force people to become His followers;He gave everyone the free will to chose whatever they want to believe,so y?What terrible thing did He do anyway?Also,I understand that you don't believe in God, and many people have said to me,"Well, if there is a God, than why doesn't He show Himself?"Have you ever bothered to look?Read the Bible, and youll c what I mean.Everything written is coming true..God Bless

[MrSwedenik]

@ChristianMission higher percentage of atheists offer help than do christians. There might be more christians doing this stuff, but thats only because, what? 83% of people in the USA are christians?

[MrSwedenik]

They don't mention RELIGION as a cause? What the?

[ChristianMission]

This is1 of those stories atheists exploit to bash religion, especially Christianity. In reality this has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with fear mongering for money, something atheists do here in America, with religion as their witch.Yet it's Christians and Christian groups, like "Our House," which is helping to rescue children from this abuse. Atheists, in the meantime, are safely back home doing nothing but shaking their heads and pretending to be superior to the religious.

[DuykRuyk]

@KurokageAkuma lolz, a funny.

[KurokageAkuma]

@DuykRuyk Not if the bastard Pat Robertson has any 'say' in it

[KurokageAkuma]

@TheMysticDruid Blessed Be.

[TheMysticDruid]

@KurokageAkuma Thanks for speaking the truth!

[IAmSuchANerdLol]

I, for one, love religion.

Crazy shit like this is super entertaining.

[KurokageAkuma]

This is why I despise christianity. They stole everything from the Pagans and then twisted everything around and claimed that we are the evil ones. All christianity is is a cult bent on world domination. In reality, it is the most myopic religion ever created. They have idiots like Michele Bachmann and Pat Robertson who claim that they are the voice of 'god', when its clear that they are talkin out they ass.