Witch Burnings in Papua New Guinea

Re:Witch Burnings in Papua New Guinea by ivoryst on Saturday October 31, 2015 @06:41PM (#10484516)

>This is Africa we are talking about. An entire continent that is filled with tribes and small villages that at least at one time, were ruled by witchdoctors. Got a plague among you? Sacrifice a few children they say.

Your ideas about africa come straight out of the 1850s, and I'm embarrassed to read these kind of comments here. Atleast the people from the 1850s have an excuse ( no internet, pictures, books, travel etc to get the real facts); but whats yours?

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Re:Witch Burnings in Papua New Guinea by esaym on Saturday October 31, 2015 @10:49PM (#10485229)

No, this is from several groups of missionaries I personally know over there right now. Some in the bush who have to deal with witch doctors running villages, and others in big cities where they have to deal with somehow paying $800 for rent a month.

You take my quote somewhat out of context, what I am saying is there have been plenty of terrible things happening over there. Yet this one person tries to post/comment with a "look what the christians did" type of attitude.

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Re:Witch Burnings in Papua New Guinea by ivoryst on Saturday October 31, 2015 @11:42PM (#10485335)

So your friends have witnessed human sacrifice of children? Get real. If you dont want to be taken out of context, dont use colorful anectdotes straight out of a 1850s novel.

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