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Malawi ban witchdoctors, Thindwa delighted
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By Charles Kufa, Nyasa Times |
January 19, 2012 · 88 Comments |
Malawi government has banned “witchdoctors” from administering any concoctions with a view to cleansing people of witchcraft, a development which has pleased executive director of the Association of Secular Humanism (ASH) George Thindwa.
The ban is contained in a a circular dated January 11, 2012 signed for by Lawrence D. Makonokaya for the secretary in the Ministry of Local Government.
Capital Hill’s decision comes after Thindwa flied a complaint that innocent people were being harassed.
Thindwa: Witchcraft accusations tend to be settling personal vandetta
“The Ministry has not yet received such complaints from the victims but we believe that what Mr. Thindwa has reported on is really happening,” reads part of the circular sent to all District Commissioners in Malawi.
Thindwa says alleged claims that children are taught witchcraft are just machinations of people who don`t wish the elderly and women well.
“It is also a tool used to settle personal vendettas,” Thindwa said.
He expressed happened that government had responded to his complain.
“I am delighted with the government’s reaction,” Thindwa said.
“ Witchcraft is a belief. While Malawians have the right to believe in it, but they have no right to harm others in the name of witchcraft,” said Thindwa, advancing ASH’s position.
“There is no evidence that witches exist. Accusations grounded on jealousies, crookedness and trickery remain the greatest manifestation of the belief. Recognising witchcraft will lead to legal quagmire.”
Currently, law from the British colonial era makes it illegal to accuse anyone of being a witch or to claim that one practices witchcraft. Malawi Law Commission is now reviewing the law.
However, belief in witches in Malawi is both widespread and impassioned.
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Akulu inu Ambuye akuthandizeni.
Kukamba za ku toilet si nzeru ayi. Yalani mfundo mtima uli mmalo.
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Reply& why is genocide or slavery wrong? There is No God, why make a fuss?
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ReplyA book (the bible or the koran) that supports genocide and slavery has nothing to offer and should be used as toilet paper.
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ReplyYou do not know Evolution even though you claim to know it. Find out what Stellar Evolution, Chemical Evolution & Biological Evolution represent.
The Bible says you have a form of knowledge which isnt knowledge at all.
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ReplyCosmology, abiogenesis, evolution are all different. God is not an assumption. Which science makes it clear there are gods (there are many you know!) It’s good that u say belief and we know that beliefs can be very wrong!My the grace of god be in you! How do we know it’s not you giving this grace to yourself? I completely understand why U cannot renounce your god, but let’s be honest! A hindu would say exactly the same when talking about their monkey god hanuman (would u think they are sane?). If u know the designer then how come you do not know who designed the designer? If u don’t know, wouldn’t it be easy to skip the designer part and go straight to the point and say you do not know. the designer bit (god) is an unnecessary step (occum razor)in the logical pathway! the last time you checked on gravity, it acted as you would have expected as you said this is how you know it exist. you can predict what will happened. However when you think about Jesus ascending into the heavens without the aid of technology, this mode of thinking has to be suspended according to you (true?). How come? this ability to predict about observeation is the reason valid sciencific theories are support and this can also be applied to evolution and this is how we know evolution is a fact just as gravity is a fact!
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ReplyFamily Guy,
Could you please take time to show me how all the things I listed are not related to Evolution including Big Bang.
School me please!!!! I would like to get my facts right from those of you who know!!
So basically two things: germ theory & the list that i put down which shows I don’t have thorough knowledge.
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ReplyJC
Instead of me going on Amazon & looking for something I am not sure of, give me the names of the books & I will most definately look them up.
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ReplyEvolution has nothing to do with the Big bang Theory?? Are you divorcing Cosmic Evolution from Biological Evolution? Family Guy, I dont claim & can never claim to know everything but Evolution is a term that encompasses both cosmic & biological origins of life @ least unless stated.
God is not one of their assumptions??? They did not need to ASSUME something that they believed without proof!!! Some of them were clearly saying this: it is incomprehensible that the Universe has NO designer, something that their science made clear to them.
I will NOT renounce my belief in GOD @ ANY POINT IN MY LIFE!!!! May Gods grace be with me in that regard!!! I cannot believe that nobody x nothing = everything. That is just absurd.
Gravity: the last I checked if you fall from a building you dont go up, germ theory: how does a family end up getting a flu when only one member had it?
Also I would like you define Germ Theory because I think we may be looking @ it differently.
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