Woman burned alive for being a witch

[JaceArveduin]

And the crow calls the raven black!!! A SHAMAN accused the woman of being a witch...teh feck?!

Wow, truly terrible.

yeah. it kind of funny that witchdoctors are ok but witches are not.

I'm glad I'm not the only one to catch that.

 

[The3rdEye]

And the crow calls the raven black!!! A SHAMAN accused the woman of being a witch...teh feck?!

Wow, truly terrible.

"...set on fire by family members and others after a shaman allegedly accused her of casting a spell to make one of her relatives sick..."


Yeah, that caused me to stop short as well. You burned someone for being a witch... on the advise of another kind of witch? I can understand modern day 'hunts to one extent or another, however that just doesn't make any sense to me.

 

[PureChaos]

they didn't even see if she weighed the same as a duck

 

[Durgiun]

I'm just waiting for this to happen in America. Then we'll be able to say with complete seriousness: ''AMERICANS''.

Dont be ridiculous Americans would never burn anyone for being a witch. they do communists and black people!

And homosexuals, don't forget them.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't that already happen in America? You know, the whole Salem witch trails and The Crucible.

True, but I was thinking of modern-day America.

 

[Pebblig]

Well her children got one million rupees, do you know how many Hyrulean shields you could buy with that shit?

12,500 in Ocarina of Time, 5000 in Twilight Princess

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Well, to be fair, she was a witch, so it was coming.

...

No seriously though, thats terrible. But what can you do? Educate people I guess.

I think it did happen in America, cough Salem Witch trails cough cough. Mind you Europeans shouldn't throw stones over this...

Salem witch trials? No witches burnt.

Witchcraft was a capital crime - so they were hung, not burnt.

http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/victims.html

UK? Again, a few were burnt - most were hanged. Total? 228 (Although estimates are more around
300-1000: ever... That's all executions of women over the entire period.)

So yeah... more Americans have died in the Iraq War since Obama's inauguration that were ever executed as witches in the UK and US.

And very few were burnt.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/18/world/asia/nepal-witchcraft-burning/index.html

I hope those responsible are burned at the stake themselves. They killed the woman right in front of her daughter.

**sigh**

Well, at least those responsible (her family?!) are being charged with murder. That's something, anyway.

 

[Burntpopcarn]

Dear lord, how unpleasant. Sometimes I wonder why I'm christian...

 

[Enslave_All_Elves]

It's Nepal. They're currently trying to establish a Communist Government. They had a Civil war for years and have only recently got out of it. Of course Extremists are gonna do crud like this. The important thing to remember, however, is that A majority of Religious people, don't do these things.

True, but it provides a convenient framework for people to do these kinds of things and then claim some kind of defense.

And the crow calls the raven black!!! A SHAMAN accused the woman of being a witch...teh feck?!

Wow, truly terrible.

Well duh dude there's evil magic and good magic. Gaaaawwwwd dontcha know yer religionz?

 

[Kyr Knightbane]

They should have built a bridge out of her instead.

 

[Darkmantle]

It's Nepal. They're currently trying to establish a Communist Government. They had a Civil war for years and have only recently got out of it. Of course Extremists are gonna do crud like this. The important thing to remember, however, is that A majority of Religious people, don't do these things.

I'm sorry I don't follow. Communism is sparking up there so CLEARLY they burn witches? I don't see the connection

 

[penguindude42]

Well her children got one million rupees, do you know how many Hyrulean shields you could buy with that shit?

Looks like they just got, MMMMMMMMM, richer!

 

[Gennadios]

I'm just waiting for this to happen in America. Then we'll be able to say with complete seriousness: ''AMERICANS''.

I recall a few instances where African and Arab immigrants did some equally ass-backwards s*** over in the states, it's not as exciting as it sounds.

 

[SD-Fiend]

So, to recap: a shaman accused this lady of being a witch, so they burned her?

Is a little consistency in occult policy too much to ask? why not burn both, or neither?

to be specific a shaman is a spirit healer/doctor whilst a witch is...well a witch and witches do bad things as any fairy tale will tell you

 

[Lieju]

"Moderates" see human sacrifice as a good thing. They celebrate a man's conviction to follow the voice in his head to the point of gutting his own son. The main difference is how far you're willing to go in the name of your professed beliefs.

And those are the extremists. The ones who pull this shit. Trust me, us "Normal" religious types are just as disgusted by this as everyone else.

Religious people doing stupid things that end up hurting/killing people?

Wow...that's SO new!

Please tell me you mean Extremists......

An extremist just means people who have more extreme beliefs than the majority, so it's completely subjective. Most people who in the 13th century Europe would have been considered 'normal' we would today label extremists.

It really just depends on what group of people you are looking at. Are you talking about all the religious people in the world? Or particular sect or religion?

And what you define to be 'extremism', anyway?

 

[Mr.Mattress]

It's Nepal. They're currently trying to establish a Communist Government. They had a Civil war for years and have only recently got out of it. Of course Extremists are gonna do crud like this. The important thing to remember, however, is that A majority of Religious people, don't do these things.

I'm sorry I don't follow. Communism is sparking up there so CLEARLY they burn witches? I don't see the connection

No, Communism isn't sparking up there, that's why they had a Civil War. The Country is broken basically, and just like in say Afghanistan or Iraq, a Broken Country allows these things to happen.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

Well the kids should be put into a programme to give them early training to be Gurkhas... They they can come over to the UK, where I imagine Joanna Lumney will probably take them in! I know she has a soft spot for the Gurkhas and the Nepalese!

 

[debrox]

No, but you come off as sounding like you believe that religion is the primary cause of such behavior, which is nonsense. As I just pointed out, the PRC has proven full well that you don't need religion to commit monstrous acts.


Tell me, are you also against the concept of money? What about the consumption of alcohol? Do you oppose that as well, seeing as how it has ruined families and helps cause abusive parents/spouses? What about the ability to have a political opinion and vote? I mean those two things(political opinion and voting) have lead to war in the past, so why not get rid of those as well? The reason why I'm asking this is because it seems like you only want to focus on the negative side of religion and overlook the good that it does, and if that approach is applied to other things, than why not rally against the concept of money, drinking alcohol, having a political opinion and the ability to vote? Haven't the things I listed also cause problems in this world?

I think you need to take a more moderate/balance outlook on religion.

I said that religion is one of the crazy reasons people kill each other for. Read the post again. If you infer, again, that I think it's the only or even the biggest of the sources for violence, your reading comprehension will come into question.

No, I'm against unfounded beliefs, especially ones that happen to be destructive in one form or another. That Brejvik fellow who shot up close to a hundred people? Not in favor of him.

I think you need to take a more intellectual outlook on reality. I don't think I've said one thing that's even remotely wrong, and I wasn't being particularly insulting to religious people. If I, in fact, did, you're free to point out the flaws in my reasoning. This "be nice" shit that basically means "I don't want to hear it" won't affect me one bit. Not if you say it, not if a million people say it.

Correlation does not equal causation. Leave the use of statistical argument to the big boys who understand it.

'Course it doesn't. Correlation doesn't mean nothing, either.

I find it ironic that you call yourself a big boy, when "correlation does not equal causation" is one of the most used terms on this forum, and that's basically the entirety of your post.

Ad hominem does not equal a good argument.

 

[need4snacks]

It's a sad reflection on today's society when such things like this are still occurring around the world.

Hopefully one day we can rid ourselves of the kind of ignorance that produces these crimes.

 

[TotalerKrieger]

Nearly every religion in existence is responsible for tyranny and pointless bloodshed. Religion is just a means for the privilged elite to control the uneducated and stupid of a population. IMO, the more educated a population becomes, the less religious they become. Scientific inquiry replaces superstition, egalitarianism replaces hierarchy, tolerance replaces hatred. Religion is a blight on humanity which needs to be abandoned in the 21st century. The positive aspects of religion have been incorporated into secular democratic society, it is time to move on.

This barbaric act shows how far behind the curve some nations really are. If nations like Nepal, Afganistan, Palestine or Israel ever want to develop into peaceful democratic nations, their populous needs to first abandon their hardcore religious beliefs, otherwise it is all a big waste of time...good luck.