PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (February 24, 2010)— Some Haitian Evangelical Christians have attacked a group of Voodoo practitioners, who were pelted with rocks. Is this the beginning of an uprising against Voodoo or what?
The attack halted a ceremony meant to honor victims of last month’s earthquake. Voodoo believers gathered in a seaside slum where thousands of earthquake survivors are living in tents and depending on food aid. Praying and singing, the group was trying to conjure spirits to guide lost souls when a crowd of evangelicals started shouting.
Some threw rocks while others urinated on Voodoo symbols. When police left, the crowd destroyed the altars and Voodoo offerings of food and rum. Religious tension has increased since the earthquake and some Voodoo practitioners say they’ve converted to Christianity, fearing that the quake was a warning from God or that they’ll lose out on the aid they need to survive.
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Haiti does not have a substantial polarization between the Voodooist and the Christians. This notion that Christian are attacking Voodooist in Haiti is a strange new development that should be investigated. Those that are attacking the Voodooist are financed by well known western military agencies in an attempt to destroy voodoo and the Haitian identity. The Haitian should be vigilant regarding the activities of the protestant denomination in Haiti. History tends to repeat itself. The following link is very instructive:
http://www.kenrahn.com/Marsh/Bay_of_Pigs/congo.htm
Food Aids are badly needed by third world countries like in Africa in Asia.,*”
food aids are badly needed by third world countries and we really need to give something to the poor.*’-