Ugandan police are holding a Ghanaian preacher over a stage magic device they fear may dupe people into believing they have experienced miracles.
Customs officials seized the Electric Touch device — which magicians use to give small electric shocks to volunteers — from “Prophet” Obiri Yeboah at the airport last week, the state owned New Vision daily reported Tuesday.
The pastor heads one of many Pentecostal churches in Uganda, receiving large sums of money from congregations seeking miracle cures for diseases or help with financial problems.
Officials are worried about the proliferation of “miracle” churches in Uganda, many of which claim to cure HIV/AIDS.
Is this is how Karl Rove does it?
Next stop: Benny Hinn
Quit exposing all our tricks!
As a magician, I obviously dislike the exposure of magical effects. However, I always prefer the exposure of frauds and scam artists like psychics and religious leaders who are fleecing the ignorant.
Slightly on-topic, you can check out my blog for some magic-related articles of great interest, but without exposure of methods: http://milocast.com/
Shawn
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Its ok god, I won’t tell anyone 😉
This is actually a pretty serious issue… and the Ugandan police are right to seize these religious frauds. (well, all religious leaders are frauds, but some are more harmful than others)
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The thought of some dude zapping people and telling them they don’t have AIDS anymore is quite terrorizing. I’m glad they stopped this guy.
#6 – The greater tragedy is that these people are raised in a culture that, in the 21st Century, teaches them to believe in this kind of magic.
Although, we shouldn’t brag about our enlightenment as recent events, the Pope, our President, and other things constantly remind us that being enlightened may be fleeting at best…
Enlightened? All religions rely on faith, not reason. I’m not familiar with Uganda’s traditional religions, but suspect they were combinations of ancestor veneration and animism. I don’t think either is any more or less irrational than Christianity.
Check out my blog posting inspired by this topic. (Don’t worry, it’s an original story, not a rehash.)
http://milocast.com/?p=17
Shawn
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I agree with your blog 100%
Well, remeber the Remote Control Box that Bush was wearing on his back during the last Presidential “Debates” ??? Rove’s Presidential Remote Control !!!