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Brian Lehr Inner circle Edmonton, Canada 1605 Posts |
I was just reading some old news from the Christianity Today website, and came across this. Since I don't frequent this forum very much, I didn't know if it was mentioned already, so I thought I would post it, just in case.
Brian ........ Ghana "miracle" pastor arrested in Uganda for magic trick When Ghanaian pastor Obiri Konjo Yeboah (or Kojo Nana Obiri-Yeboah or Yeboah Nana Kojo, depending on the news source) entered Uganda, officials at the airport seized his luggage. Inside was a machine that they believed was a piece of bomb-making equipment. It turns out that it was the Yigal Mesika Electric Touch, a gadget sold in magic stores that sends a 12-volt charge into anyone touching the person who's wearing it. The company says it will "create excitement, mystery, curiosity, and supernatural powers all in one forgettable experience." Ugandan officials are worried about that "supernatural powers" part, and the pastor is now being investigated for fraud. It's about time, says an editorial in the Ugandan newspaper The Monitor: Probably, for the very first time our vigilant police may have stumbled upon the explanation to the 'miraculous' falling down that has been going on in many churches. Most of us have either seen in real life or watched on television how pastors touch people who then simply collapse! … Ugandans are presently caught up in the global billion dollar industry that television evangelism has become. We urge the police to carry out a no-nonsense inquiry into the activities of all pentecostal and other churches known to indulge their faith in this manner. Pastors who practice the falling down brand of 'healing' must subject themselves to police investigation. Whoever objects to this course of action, taken in the public interest, immediately becomes a suspicious character. The police apparently agree. "Police are investigating the conduct of churches for born-again Christians in the wake of rising cases of pastors' impropriety," a separate Monitor article reports. "The detectives will be interested in the idea of sowing, the term used to describe the generous tithes that pastors manipulate churchgoers into giving in the honest expectation of miracles." The pastor told the BBC that he didn't use the Electric Touch for religious purposes. "This is a toy. It was sent for my daughters' birthday," he told the BBC. |
Joe Marotta Special user Can You Believe I Have 944 Posts |
Sounds like Ghanaian pastor Obe Wan Canobi found himself in the hot seat...
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Brian Lehr Inner circle Edmonton, Canada 1605 Posts |
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On 2007-09-15 16:51, Joe Marotta wrote: I thought it was kinda funny, but apparently the authorities didn't. I can't believe they're going to do such investigations because they found a magic trick. Of course, this is assuming the pastor really was only using it as a magic trick for his daughter, and not something mystical for his congregation. Brian |
KingStardog Inner circle 2134 Posts |
At least it wasn't Pika-shoes,or ghetto-lightning. The man bought the best and didn't steal the idea from its creator....
...think not that all wisdom is in your school. You may have studied other paths,but, it is important to remember that no matter who you are or where you come from, there is always more to learn.
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