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It’s unfair calling our old mothers 'witches' – Otabil

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  • Nana II 8 years ago

    It is poverty and nothing else, Mr Otabil do you think someone will call Kwame Despite's mother a witch? No way since the mother is looked after very well but just compare someone living in Gambaga who has nothing and can't e ...
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  • Kweku 8 years ago

    To them belong the 10% tithes plus the offerings. Otabil would never mentioned that to them let alone handover their 10% to them.......... Is it not the same Otabil who said they are cursed for not paying tithes to him to bui ...
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  • KOKU AMAGAFIO 8 years ago

    Mr.Nana II, your mind is as black as your Ghanaian black skin.You react in your posting in a very unintelligent way to Mr Otabil's explanation without even seeing the scientific approach to the intelligent and very useful les ...
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  • Nana II 8 years ago

    I think your mother has been sent to Gambaga and that's the reason why you talk like a mad person. I wish your mum a quick recovery. bayifo) ba.
    Have a lovely bayie day.

  • Bongoman 8 years ago

    Its the uttermost disrespect to call a mother or grandmother a witch. People forget very quickly they are going to get to that age one day if not sooner but for sure later. Who ever does this is a disgrace to society.

  • Apostle M. Dugbazah 8 years ago

    So, if a woman has lived a life of whoredom and remains a woman of harlot-like tendencies, we should call her righteous? Hmmm.

    It is written, "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and ...
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  • Bongoman 8 years ago

    Its the uttermost disrespect to call a mother or grandmother a witch. People forget very quickly they are going to get to that age one day if not sooner but for sure later. Who ever does this is a disgrace to society.

  • Bongoman 8 years ago

    Its the uttermost disrespect to call a mother or grandmother a witch. People forget very quickly they are going to get to that age one day if not sooner but for sure later. Who ever does this is a disgrace to society.

  • Roger 8 years ago

    That's the the hammer right on the head of the nail. These so-called men of God of 'latter days ' devise all sorts of 'surmons' to syphon money out of the uninitiated. They set aside the salvation story of Christ and preach w ...
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  • PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 8 years ago

    A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asks for their orders. The man says, "A hamburger, fries, and a coke," and turns to the ostrich, "What's yours?"

    "I'll have the same," says t ...
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  • ODIKRO 8 years ago

    is that so?? this joke is ok prince

  • Naa 8 years ago

    God bless you Pastor,and God bless our mothers.

  • samuel azumah 8 years ago

    spiritistic practise is real,otabil must not deny it.the practise is also in secrecy.there was a man who translated the Bible was practising spiritism,johannes rivers.along the line,these people confess the practise or are ex ...
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  • Kojo Bonsu USA 8 years ago

    Is it not your ilk that is promoting this. If you feel it's wrong talk to your so called preachers and prophets. There is witchery no doubt. But in other to fleece the unsuspecting church members, these so called men of God ( ...
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  • Tsatsebi 8 years ago

    God Bless You Pastor for bringing out the awful things we do to our mothers. Without them will not be here, yet we dont give them the honour they deserve.
    All those who refer to the their old mothers, aunties, sisters as wi ...
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  • DO AGLAH 8 years ago

    Just called my mom to say `thank you mom for all that you have done for me`. Our mothers are heroes. Yes, our culture is full of this sort of thing , we can`t say Otabil is wrong, almost any death in Africa is said to be caus ...
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  • AMOH 8 years ago

    dear senior ( at school) and pastor...there was this ( special surrounding..you and your certain relative at school). my eyes always brittle to see you take clear stands on certain social issues...the fact is christ...his gos ...
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  • Victor bonsu 8 years ago

    He nailed right in the middle. I have outnost erespect for the Reverend cuz for the first time ever a Reverend is able to combine societal flaws inresoect to scriptures that is facing reality instead of dreams. Scientific mea ...
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  • amoah w. 8 years ago

    its the same religious people who coined the word "witch" since jean d`arc.

    my mom was old and nobody called her a witch because she spent her whole precious time in that fuking church.

    if she was a non believer, mindi ...
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  • ford 7 years ago

    Amoah w very fantastic and good. I loved that speech

  • anna 8 years ago

    this is food for thought lets appreciate our mothers and our women

  • nana 8 years ago

    Tell to your fellow pastors. Due to their fakeness every sickness is a witch.blaming on the innocent mother's and grandmother.

  • DO AGLAH 8 years ago

    SPREAD THIS MESSAGE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES /VILLAGES ETC. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

  • Dr. Acquah. 8 years ago

    Well spoken.The churches are also to blame.No white woman becomes a witch when old, but the black woman!We should remove this nonsense from our minds!

  • Agonaba 8 years ago

    Instead of adoring our old women like the West do we bring curses on our heads by mistreating them.

  • urthy 8 years ago

    Read the book, Witchcraft, Witches and Violence in Ghana which was published in 2015 by Berghahn Books.

  • Collins Anim 8 years ago

    nobody should be called a witch, period!! and no woman should be called a witch. these evangelical ministers are setting ghana backwards by promoting those stupid superstitious beliefs.

  • We the People 8 years ago

    Otabil where have you been all these years,all this time? It's sad very very sad.
    There are many Pastors,Revrends,Bishops,Prophets,they just don't care! Our father who art in Heaven hallowed be thy name thy will be done on t ...
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  • Wisdom 8 years ago

    This is very educational and thought-provoking. This is really life-changing. Stay blessed

  • When Will They Ever Learn 8 years ago

    OTABIL

  • When Will They Ever Learn 8 years ago

    OTABIL!!!! PREACHERS LIKE YOU WHO ARE SCIENC DENIERS ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM YOU ARE FUSSING ABOUT.WHILE STEVE HAWKING, RICHARD DAWKINS ARE TEACHING THE KNOWLEDGE SCIENCE,YOU AND YOUR COHORT ARE PREACHING THE ORIGIN MYTH OF ...
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  • Sr. Agatha Christie Mensah 8 years ago

    Pastor, you have really spoken . I wish my people will read your sermon. God bless you.

  • Mawuetornam Dugbazah 8 years ago

    A man of God should use critical analysis to openly explain the reason why so many young women live lascivious lives in today's generation.

    The sins of women are evident to the discerning mind of today. Amen!!

  • Mawuetornam Dugbazah 8 years ago

    A man of God should use critical analysis to openly explain the reason why so many young women live lascivious lives in today's generation.

    The sins of women are evident to the discerning mind of today. Amen!!

  • Apostle M. Dugbazah 8 years ago

    When a woman is evil, she is often looked at as righteous because she is lighthearted and easygoing.

    I am a man who has watched so many Christian women with evil and harlot-like tendencies that I am ashamed that these quo ...
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  • Klinker 8 years ago

    Tho world is really a funny place. When our pastors tell us that they will pray for us against witches they turned round and say we are calling our aged mothers and grandmothers witches. Eiiiiii. Only heaven knows.

  • Because they have been taught that th 8 years ago

    not only are they talked about but they're also disrespected especially when so many have done what the younger parents couldn't 100000x over you don't like how they are "support yourself"

  • Nana Aboagye 8 years ago

    Man of God,you couldn't have said it any better. You are an inspiration to many. May the good Lord continue to enlarge your coast,provide you wisdom,knowledge,understanding and above all discernment. God bless you pastor

  • SLY BISHOP 7 years ago

    THANKS PASTOR

  • SLY BISHOP 7 years ago

    THANKS PASTOR