Keep your primitive superstitions to yourself

Evangelical Christians. This is YOUR responsibility.

The idea of witchcraft is hardly new, but it has taken on new life recently partly because of a rapid growth in evangelical Christianity. Campaigners against the practice say around 15,000 children have been accused in two of Nigeria’s 36 states over the past decade and around 1,000 have been murdered. In the past month alone, three Nigerian children accused of witchcraft were killed and another three were set on fire.

Nigeria is one of the heartlands of abuse, but hardly the only one: the United Nations Children’s Fund says tens of thousands of children have been targeted throughout Africa.

Children are dying because evangelical missionaries are taking their primitive superstitions and spreading them around extremely poor societies which don't have the social structure to prevent these outrages. While there is the occasional incident of this sort in the U.S., such an event inflames the public and results in criminal charges. But in impoverished Africa, there are no such protections for children.

Don't believe it's your fault? Am I being unfair?

Do you believe in the existence of witches as it says in the Bible? Does the Bible not say that you should not suffer a witch to live? Do you export your religion and your belief in a literal, infallible Bible? If yes, then it's your fault. BECAUSE YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOOFY ENOUGH TO BELIEVE IN WITCHES!

For shame.