"Emotion Is A Handicap In Any Field" - {{MYKE TYSON, 1988}}I have often wondered why it is difficult for victims of spiritual terrorism to speak out. In the majority of cases, even those who understand their complaints ask victims disarming questions such as, “how are you going to convince the authorities that a certain person is responsible for your woes”? Or they ask "how can you prove it?"
My friend, CY Eziamaka was tormented for several years after he discovered that much of the prophecies given by their church pastor failed to materialise and began asking “why?”. While he was in the so-called wilderness, he lost his car, his house and all his money. The church failed to support him. Instead, the pastor was quick to offer him air ticket to return back home. While CY did not name the pastor as his tormentor, he knew that his problem emanated from his relationship with that church to which he donated several thousands of pounds and a church Bus. The church failed him despite donating generously. CY concluded that God was a liar and that all messages prophesied by the pastor were all lies.
Mr Tony Debele was known to avoid everybody at work and to often swear to seemingly imaginary foes. While he often withdrew into his shell, he never failed to recognise the voices of his pastor “lying” to the entire congregation and deploying forces to come and haunt him. In return, he often swore back threatening his enemies. This in turn caused him further alienation from friends and colleagues. Tony’s problems also had link to his church and pastor. He never failed to tell people that his pastor was trying to kill him.
But wait! Just why is spiritual terrorism gaining firm roots in religion these days? Are religion and atheism mixing into one? It used to be common knowledge that non-believers felt free to seek and subscribe to powers for their protections and, when necessary, counter attack.
Among Christians, the Bible teaches that Christ denounced such powers and other occult practices, which were capable of derailing and drawing people away from God. Christ’s teachings, as contained in the New Testament became the guide for good Christian living, even as He did not condemn the teachings of the Old Testament (Math 5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil).
The subject of spiritual terrorism often elicits fears among a lot of people for strange reasons.
But it is important that victims are encouraged to speak out, otherwise even available help could elude them. The authorities must play a more reassuring role by recognising that alongside an individual’s civil rights must be his spiritual rights, and take steps to protect both rights from abuse.
My Spiritual Rights campaign stems from my experience as a victim of spiritual terrorism during which, my own Pastor took liberties over me and exposed me to the most horrendous spiritual abuse imaginable. I have been speaking out and even though he is seemingly in hiding, an interest by the relevant authorities can smoke him out and encourage several other victims of this evil pastor to come out and speak up.
Have I Been Right All Along?
A recent X-Ray scan revealed that a Brazilian boy had up to 50 sewing needles stuck inside of his body. To compound the woes of his parents, medical doctors said they believed that the needles were stuck, one by one, into the child’s body and not swallowed. The sort of belief, which obviously, insults common sense.
How could 50 needles be stuck into a boy, one by one, and he would not tell his parents? Even if the needles were manually inserted, how could two have managed to end up dangerously close to his heart? To solve the dilemma of victims of spiritual terrorism, the authorities must demonstrate a willingness to listen to and not dismiss or ignore outrightly, the existence of this evil practice that derails lives, destroys relationships, wrecks organisations and kills people. Furthermore, the authorities must be willing and ready to act by investigating and carrying out arrests where a suspect has been named. This sort of proactive stance on the subject will encourage other victims, who have been suffering in silence, to speak out.
My elder sister has been a victim and I witnessed the sorry state that spiritual terrorists put her through, when they shot 62 pieces of broken glasses into her body in December 2008.
The Brazilian authorities deserve worldwide recognition and praise for the speedy way in which they stepped in, investigated and arrested Roberto Carlos Magalhaes, the identified suspect who has since confessed to using voodoo means to shoot those needles into the body of that little kid. This demonstrates that if governments are willing to give spiritual terrorism a bit more attention, and to promulgate laws to check the activities of perpetrators, deterrence and prosecutions might well combine to save lives and careers.
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