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Posted March 7th, 2008 by minortopics | Permalink

Ugandan children possessed by demons

You know, it would be easy to make fun of Uganda’s nutty beliefs, if we didn’t have our own number of kooks in our own country (a previously very viable presidential candidate that thinks the Earth is only 6,000 years old comes to mind). Not to mention sometimes we wonder if our own kids are possessed by demons as well, especially after they have eaten a couple cupcakes…

The New Vision said that authorities at Sir Tito Winyi Primary School in the western district Hoima described the “hysterical” students as suffering from a demonic attack.

“The situation is bad. About 100 pupils are totally mad. They are chasing everybody including teachers and fellow pupils, throwing stones, banging doors and windows,” the paper quoted headmaster Vincent Kitende as saying.

Kitende said that a similar incident took place at the school late last year, affecting more than 200 students that time, according to the paper.


Information from: http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News...



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  1. Brad
    Mar 8th, 2008
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    There are many issues at play in this situation. Recently, the LRA has been responsible for many horrible atrocities in Uganda, including forcing many young children to kill their own brothers and sisters — forcing them to rape each other, etc. At the very least, it seems as though there is probably more than just a few too many cupcakes that could be causing these children to act up in school.

    The leader of the LRA is Joseph Kony, who practices witch craft regularly. In fact, most of the LRA camps look more like temples than army bases. Joseph claims to be able to summon spirits which give him advice on the government’s military position, etc. Until fairly recently, Joseph was able to successfully evade the military many times — even when he was completely surrounded by the government’s forces and when there should have been no possible way to escape.

    Whether or not these particular children were possessed I do not know, but there is so much more going on in that country than what meets the eye. We should be careful in drawing conclusions too quickly.

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