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Of Witchcraft, Magic and Miracles

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  • francis kwarteng 9 years ago

    Brother SAS,

    Oyiwaa!

    You have dropped another timely bombshell!

    Let us see what the naysayers and hopelessly irredeemable superstitious got to say about your masterpiece!

    Your piece reminds me of what one reviewe ...
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  • Twum Barimah 9 years ago

    I have never read any article on Ghana web better than your article. My brother, you have done it all. Unnecessary superstitions, belief that God will do it for them are killing not only Ghanaians, but also Africans in genera ...
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  • Mr. Figure-Out 9 years ago

    I have nothing to contribute to this discussion since SAS has said it all. Religion, particularly Christianity( mainly the unothodox version,) and the totality of Islam, not forgetting the myriad of foolish traditional belie ...
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  • Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 9 years ago

    Mr. Figure Out,
    If you think about it, the biggest of all the irrational beliefs is the notion that one is superior or inferior simply on account of one's race or ethnic origin.
    There are people here, including yourself, wh ...
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  • Sam 9 years ago

    Very good observations, but still science has not been able to solve all mankind problems. Spirituality and faith have worked also. We need to seek a balance here, after all, most scientific and industralized nations, like US ...
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  • dennis awah 9 years ago

    i largely agree with the writer that we are so lazy that we refuse to think, we always look for the easy way out and the pastor, priest or witch is the solution to our problems.

    when lazy pastors like otabil decietfully p ...
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  • Mr, Smith 9 years ago

    SAS, your article simply portrays believers of such things as lazy and stupid. Agreed, but what is the purpose of religion? Is it not to connect us to our God? Why do Catholics have their rosaries displayed in their cars, hom ...
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  • Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 9 years ago

    I am talking about how our superstition and belief in magic and miracles undermine our rationality, and all you can say is that people elsewhere have similar superstition and belief system. What kind of reasoning is that? Is ...
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  • Mr, Smith 9 years ago

    Hold on SAS! Religion comes from the latin "religare" which means to reconnect. My question is, to reconnect to what? Please cool off and let sleeping dogs lie. What has righteousness got to do with your own article? Our lead ...
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  • dennis awah 9 years ago

    Sam, i usually get very angry when people make comments like "but still science has not been able to solve all mankinds problems" it shows a real lack of honesty on the part of the religious person. If any person in ghana ad ...
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  • Kwame 9 years ago

    Let us drop our illusions and plug a living flower - ourselves. I switch on to another station yesterday evening when I saw parliamentarians singing Christmas chorus. Does that superstition put bread on the table of Ghana? Ou ...
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  • Sam 9 years ago

    Evolution and creationism, to me, are not mutually exclusive. Life can evovle no qualms about that, but it doesn't rule out some things including humans were also created. After all evolution has still not discovered the miss ...
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  • I Boateng, New York 9 years ago

    The bottom line is balance. Even the Bible admonishes us to be moderate in all things. It isn't the West that introduced us to religion. Religion has been with us since the beginning of history , but we're just over reliant o ...
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  • Joe 9 years ago

    Leaders should promote education and development including infrastructural dev't and things will change over a period.

  • Gabby 9 years ago

    Well i believe there shd be a balance here. Accordg to christiandom, God never saved us to loose our mind. We were saved to use the wisdom of God in building our nation. Bt sad thing is that many spend all their time in our c ...
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  • dennis awah 9 years ago

    Gabby, even gods own "word" is undecided about the role wisdom or knowledge play in our lives. while Proverbs 4:7 admonishes wisdom, Ecc 1:18 and 1 Cor 1:19 totally domonish the value of knowledge and wisdom. how can you seek ...
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  • Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 9 years ago

    Dec 17 at 9:44 PM
    Thank you for writing and publishing your article about our African
    beliefs in "Witchcraft, Magic and Miracles." I read it today from
    www.Ghanaweb.com.

    One idol that is strong in the Ashanti Regio ...
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  • KBK 9 years ago

    This is someone who wrote you a private mail in appreciation of your article. I am sure the person knew he/she could also have placed the comments under the article but did not.

    Is it proper for you to make it public? Did ...
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  • Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 9 years ago

    My post below is actually meant for you. Please read and apologize to me ASAP.

  • KBK 9 years ago

    I am ready to apologize but I don't know what for. My entry is date stamped before the entry you are referring me to. And I was asking you if you sought permission to post his response rather than making a direct accusation. ...
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  • the don 9 years ago

    I really find it difficult to completely agree with the writer. May i ask, has the writer ever Prayed? Or has he ever being to church, mosque. U see we might be lazy, yes but not wholly because if u are not aware the white wh ...
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  • MDT 9 years ago

    Religion, especially Christianity had enslaved the mind of Ghanaians and Africans to these superstitious beliefs; magic, witchcraft, miracle among others bcos they can't do without the encyclopaedia of superstitions called ho ...
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  • Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 9 years ago

    Dear Samuel Adjei Sarfo:

    You have my permission to post my commentary or thoughts as an addendum to your article.

    There is another angle to your article and my commentary which we both have not touched on. That unto ...
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  • K Atoh 9 years ago

    This is the number 1 article on Ghanaweb!

    Anyone who knows how to read should read this and encourage friends and colleagues to read it as well.

    The writer has said it all and until we educate ourselves out of certain b ...
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  • Ben Yorke 9 years ago

    wow!! I luv this article. Hope many of our countrymen and women get to hear this message.