A Kenyan evangelist who claimed to have created miraculous pregnancies through the power of prayer has been arrested in London by British police on child trafficing charges. (read article).
This is such a disgusting situation. I sure hope that the British churches very publically denounce this scoundrel. This just indicates to me how ridiculously evil so much of the church is. Imagine if a woman in your church who has been infertile for years become miraculously pregnant with a special "no gestation" pregnancy by the prayers of a Kenyan evangellist who is in town. Wouldn't you ask a few questions? Maybe that's how he was found out but why didn't this become a massive scandal after the first incident? Are people really so gullible that they could think that this could be legitamate? Are church people really so comfortable with evil that they wouldn't report something so obviously wrong? Apparently so, shame on them.
Posted by rose at December 13, 2006 10:14 AMI'm guessing this pastor was mostly active here in Africa. Because yes, I'm afraid, there are multitudes of gullable people here for unscrupulous churches to exploit. The classifieds in the newspaper here in Zambia have lots of ads for witchdoctors with potions to cure AIDS, bring back people who owe you money, allow you to control your spouse, etc, etc. Those ads would not be there if people didn't believe in such 'miracles' here. My gardener laughs at me for sleeping under a net believing Malaria is transferred by mosquito bites. Any sane person (he is convinced) knows Malaria is caused by spending too much time outside in the rain. Anyway, in a country where the front page of the most reputable newspaper can have an article about the 'invisibility potions' used by a crook to evade police, it would be easy to find people who will believe in miracle babies.
Posted by: Ben Nicoll at December 27, 2006 01:25 PM