Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Fake Religion

South African preacher Alph Lukau purportedly raising a man from the dead at a funeral went viral in February. The "resurrection" was exposed as a hoax.

Zimbabwean prophet and doctor Walter Magaya announced in October 2018 that he had found a cure for HIV/AIDS. 

Shepherd Bushiri of Malawi can be seen walking without his feet touching the ground in a video. He has claimed that God blessed him with the power to perform miracles. Bushiri claims to have cured people of HIV/AIDS, made the blind see and changed the fortunes of the impoverished. He has stakes in several mines and owns four private planes and a string of hotels. He is currently facing charges of fraud and money laundering in South Africa, where his church and businesses are based.

South African preacher Lasego Daniel of Rabboni Centre Ministries encouraged his followers eat grass to 'be closer to God' before, in 2015. At one service near Pretoria, dozens of people dropped to the ground to eat the grass. He has also urged his followers to drink petrol.

Pastor Paul Sanyangore's is seen 'talking to God on the phone' during one of his church services. The pastor claims God gave him the direct number and often calls him up to give him advice on how to help people in his church. 

Zimbabwean preacher Emmanuel Makandiwa asking all those who had belly fat problems to come forward. A woman who appeared to be carrying a few extra kilos around the waist stepped out of the crowd to be "healed." A UK-based website later analyzed the video footage of the popular Harare preacher and claimed that he used cheap tricks to fool people. ZimEye said it found that the woman who had 'volunteered' to be healed actually worked for the Makandiwa. A woman who had stood behind her in front of the congregation had deflated a balloon stashed inside the woman's dress, ZimEye said.

Andrew Ejimadu, a Nigerian preacher based in Zambia and popularly known as Prophet Seer 1, has demonstrated what he says is his "God-given gift" of being able to vomit money during one of his church services. Ejimadu was filmed spewing so-called miracle money during a church service in South Africa. Church members scrambled for the various currencies. Prophet Seer 1 told his congregation that he carried millions around inside his stomach.

https://www.dw.com/en/africas-self-styled-prophets-and-their-miracles/a-47764493

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