Witchcraft and Mysticism in Global Football

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... 9 years ago

It was ridiculous for him to state that he had put juju on Ronaldo. That makes Ghana look bad and primitive.

It was ridiculous for him to state that he had put juju on Ronaldo. That makes Ghana look bad and primitive.
They Say They Say 9 years ago

Indeed. Very embarrassing.

Indeed. Very embarrassing.
PROF 9 years ago

A PRAYER HERE AND THERE OR A LUCKY CHARM HERE AND THERE HARMS NO ONE.
BUT WHEN SUPERSTITION IN INSTITUTIONALIZED IN SUCH DESTRUCTIVE WAYS, WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.

CHECK OUT THE CHILD WITCHES IN NIGERIA AND THE WITCHES CA ...
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A PRAYER HERE AND THERE OR A LUCKY CHARM HERE AND THERE HARMS NO ONE.
BUT WHEN SUPERSTITION IN INSTITUTIONALIZED IN SUCH DESTRUCTIVE WAYS, WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.

CHECK OUT THE CHILD WITCHES IN NIGERIA AND THE WITCHES CAMPS IN GHANA.
THERE IS NO COMPARISON BET WHAT WE DO IN AFRICA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.
WE CAN ONLY COMPARE THIS TO MEDIEVAL EUROPE.

IT IS DISGRACEFUL.
OZA 9 years ago

Foolish Leo, there is no such things as "Christian" or "Moslim" Witchcraft. It is either Witchcraft or not!

Foolish Leo, there is no such things as "Christian" or "Moslim" Witchcraft. It is either Witchcraft or not!
Akonta 9 years ago

Sure there is - Most "Christians" and "Moslems" seek only their own egoistical GOALS (see the analogy to soccer).
Only they have replaced the Bosome ("lesser gods" and spirits) with the "Holy Spirit" etc. in their chantings, ...
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Sure there is - Most "Christians" and "Moslems" seek only their own egoistical GOALS (see the analogy to soccer).
Only they have replaced the Bosome ("lesser gods" and spirits) with the "Holy Spirit" etc. in their chantings, and All-Night ecstatic drumming sessions with "Wake-Keeping-Services". They still have not understood "Love your fellow human being like yourself" (i.e. in a Match vs. USA, Ghanaians shouldn't try to prefer their own country) and even "Love your enemy" ( some are so excited out of their minds, that they truly see the opposing team and it's supporters as their "enemies").

In Ghanaian Church-Services it seems normal to pray "Destroy my enemies".

It makes no essential difference to replace "Lesser Gods" with "Jesus, Jehova or Lord", if the intentions stay the same, in regard to the definitions of "Witchcraft".
Faaganda 9 years ago

SURE there is. Incantations, whether by Muslims, Christians, Jews, etc are still incantations, sacrificing of animals, rubbing of oils, use of candles, kneeling in front of effigies, etc, can be found in Juddhism, Islam, Chri ...
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SURE there is. Incantations, whether by Muslims, Christians, Jews, etc are still incantations, sacrificing of animals, rubbing of oils, use of candles, kneeling in front of effigies, etc, can be found in Juddhism, Islam, Christianity just as in African traditions. So in the end, they are all the same, JUST THAT.
WE ALWAYS ASSUME FROM DISTANT LANDS COME GREAT THINGS
Nana Kwaku Bonsam 9 years ago

I am on twitter follow me. Ghana will win world cup. Ghana ooooooo

I am on twitter follow me. Ghana will win world cup. Ghana ooooooo
Wat 9 years ago

This is the most stupid article I have ever, and will ever read in my lifetime. There is no witchcraft in Christianity period. There is nothing like Christian witchcraft PERIOD.

This is the most stupid article I have ever, and will ever read in my lifetime. There is no witchcraft in Christianity period. There is nothing like Christian witchcraft PERIOD.
Jim Kelly(NY) 9 years ago

Stop drinking ogoglo in the morning. Your delusional thinking is beyond insanity!

Stop drinking ogoglo in the morning. Your delusional thinking is beyond insanity!
Kow Odoom 9 years ago

Silly you, Igwe,praying to God is not mystical, neither does it have any connotation with juju. Witchcraft is all about manipulation of spiritual forces to achieve a desired end. Praying to Jehovah God is NOT manipulation, bu ...
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Silly you, Igwe,praying to God is not mystical, neither does it have any connotation with juju. Witchcraft is all about manipulation of spiritual forces to achieve a desired end. Praying to Jehovah God is NOT manipulation, but it is all about asking.Publisher,dont misinterpret God
Graham 9 years ago

Christianity & Islam all have their foundations in primitive superstition hoping to gain control over a world that can appear unpredictable and to overcome the inevitably of death. By performing the appropriate religious ritu ...
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Christianity & Islam all have their foundations in primitive superstition hoping to gain control over a world that can appear unpredictable and to overcome the inevitably of death. By performing the appropriate religious rituals or prayers, whether that is asking or hoping to manipulate, the outcome is the same. Rather we are learning there is no evidence for any of these methods and our own hard work and the skills we develop bring the best results, not mumbo jumbo.
PROF 9 years ago

THERE ARE SIMILARITIES BUT TO SEEK TO HRT OTHERS IS RIDICULOUS.
OF COURSE, NOT JUST IN SOCCER, PEOPLE FIND WAYS TO MOTIVATE THEMSELVES, WHICH IS OK.

HOWEVER THE WAY WE DO IT IN GHANA IS REALLY BACKWARD.
WE ACCUSE OLD WOM ...
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THERE ARE SIMILARITIES BUT TO SEEK TO HRT OTHERS IS RIDICULOUS.
OF COURSE, NOT JUST IN SOCCER, PEOPLE FIND WAYS TO MOTIVATE THEMSELVES, WHICH IS OK.

HOWEVER THE WAY WE DO IT IN GHANA IS REALLY BACKWARD.
WE ACCUSE OLD WOMEN OF BEING WITCHES, WE ACCUSE LITTLE CHILDREN OF BEING WITCHES AND PUNISH AND OSTRACIZE THEM.
MOST DEVELOPED NATIONS WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS.

WHEN SUPERSTITION STARTS TO PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HARM PEOPLE, THEN IT MUST BE CHECKED.
ONE PROBLEM IS THAT, ITIS ILLITERATES WHO ARE THE JUJUMEN IN AFRICA.
Akonta 9 years ago

To think GOD will favour Ghana over another country just because you are "asking" might not be "juju",
but surely something equally naive...

Might well be that GOD wishes to see humbled these "In-the-Name-of-Jesus, Ghana- ...
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To think GOD will favour Ghana over another country just because you are "asking" might not be "juju",
but surely something equally naive...

Might well be that GOD wishes to see humbled these "In-the-Name-of-Jesus, Ghana-shall-win, the-battle-is-the-Lord's"-shouters.

It might be better for Ghana to concentrate on what is really important, than continue another round of drinking and partying and "wake-keeping" in front of TV-screens.
Hei 9 years ago

The point is, none of the other religions are declaring or prophesying evil/destruction on a particular person.

Everybody is using his/her religious powers for success and not openly attacking an individual.
Remember the ...
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The point is, none of the other religions are declaring or prophesying evil/destruction on a particular person.

Everybody is using his/her religious powers for success and not openly attacking an individual.
Remember the Octopus - 2010?
Now they are using Elephants.

But its only to foretell/predict the results and not to ground a particular person's future to a halt - this is wickedness and should be discouraged. IT IS JUST LIKE SOMEONE THREATENING TO DESTROY OR KILL YOU.
WILL YOU SMILE AT SUCH A STATEMENT?
SOMETHING MEANT TO RUIN YOUR LIFE?

Use religion and all forms of religious practices you can access to win - OPENLY. But, do not use it to specifically destroy or Target someone.

You could be held liable for any future misfortunes or challenges that might affect the person.
sal 9 years ago

Don't you understand people are laughing at you, not with you.

Don't you understand people are laughing at you, not with you.
Augustus 9 years ago

yes k b should have kept quiet its true becuase europeans,americans,asians name them all practise juju but they don`t say it

yes k b should have kept quiet its true becuase europeans,americans,asians name them all practise juju but they don`t say it
Karboo 9 years ago

To the extent that you employ the help of any deity to harm or stall someone it's evil and pure wickedness, I don't care if you did it in your privacy or goes publicly with it . I want to see the teams at their best to enjoy ...
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To the extent that you employ the help of any deity to harm or stall someone it's evil and pure wickedness, I don't care if you did it in your privacy or goes publicly with it . I want to see the teams at their best to enjoy the beauty of the game. These witches and wizards are destroying the beauty of football, I am beginning to loose interest in this beautiful game!
BOMPATA STONE 9 years ago

HERE WE GO AGAIN..CULTURAL STUPIDITY AND BUFFOONERY!!!...YEP...SCIENCE AND 'CAUSE AND EFFECT' DO NOT REGISTER IN THE AFRICAN CULTURES...IT IS ALWAYS SOME MYSTICAL AND MYTHICAL CAUSE OR SOLUTION TO SOME SIMPLE MAN-MADE PROBLEM ...
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HERE WE GO AGAIN..CULTURAL STUPIDITY AND BUFFOONERY!!!...YEP...SCIENCE AND 'CAUSE AND EFFECT' DO NOT REGISTER IN THE AFRICAN CULTURES...IT IS ALWAYS SOME MYSTICAL AND MYTHICAL CAUSE OR SOLUTION TO SOME SIMPLE MAN-MADE PROBLEMS...OR EVEN HUMANLY SOLVABLE PROBLEMS ARE GIVEN TO DEITIES AND GOD AND CHANCE AND SPIRITS...HAHAHA...SO SAD BUT TRUE...NO WONDER WE WORSHIP ON SUNDAYS EVEN MORE THAN THE THUGS WHO BROUGHT US CHRISTIANITY...WHILE THEY STOLE OUR HUMAN AND MINERAL RESOURCES...HOW MANY DOCUMENTARIES WILL IT TAKE FOR THESE STUPID CULTURES THAT KEEP PRODUCING MORE STUPID INDIVIDUALS TO GET THE TRUTH?
Nsem Hunu 9 years ago

Nonsense, why don't you use your powers to help Ghana win the World Cup, instead of injuring someone's player? Ghana media must stop pampering these people who always put the country into shame. Since this came to news, anyti ...
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Nonsense, why don't you use your powers to help Ghana win the World Cup, instead of injuring someone's player? Ghana media must stop pampering these people who always put the country into shame. Since this came to news, anytime I go to work in the United States, I feels so embarrassed, because we're being teased of JUJU.
Proudly African 9 years ago

If u sell yosef ONE dolla they will offer for u one cent". If u see the whites better than u, then u will be teased! Many juju things r happening here in US!

If u sell yosef ONE dolla they will offer for u one cent". If u see the whites better than u, then u will be teased! Many juju things r happening here in US!
maxiiiii 9 years ago

we can not compare God with any other gods. so i believe they start in the name of the creature for strengh and protection from the evil one. because not all people acknowledge Him all they do.

we can not compare God with any other gods. so i believe they start in the name of the creature for strengh and protection from the evil one. because not all people acknowledge Him all they do.
MUMU VOTERS 9 years ago

All Bonsams are lies

All Bonsams are lies
Kofi Adu DENVER USA 9 years ago

the witchcraft who attended the Ghana USA game CAUSES Ghana downfall

the witchcraft who attended the Ghana USA game CAUSES Ghana downfall
Black Jesus 9 years ago

Both satan and God don't like black people. The sooner you all realize it, the better it will be for you: Ghana 1, USA 2. Food for Thoughts

Both satan and God don't like black people. The sooner you all realize it, the better it will be for you: Ghana 1, USA 2. Food for Thoughts
Akonta 9 years ago

... but that, of course, means that SHE doesn't play soccer only on the side of "your" chosen team.

... but that, of course, means that SHE doesn't play soccer only on the side of "your" chosen team.
Rev Sam King 9 years ago

Dear Ghana
i write with deep sorrow and regret and sorrow watching a christian nation like Ghana mingling our blessed football with Mysticism and witchcraft.
look at our team. how can you put best pla ...
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Dear Ghana
i write with deep sorrow and regret and sorrow watching a christian nation like Ghana mingling our blessed football with Mysticism and witchcraft.
look at our team. how can you put best players on bench?
KEVIN and Essien should have started the first half. the Ghana coach is not competent and what i see if we fail to cross to knock out stage, then our performance is coming down. there are sober and more determined ghanain defenders who are good. why did the coach refuse to go with local strong and fit defenders?
Akasi Appiah, please dont put Ghana into drain. you fail to see and to obtain your three points.american was determined and look at what they have done to us shame hame shame!!!
will you continue to coach Ghana team with this pattern? i am afraid, give this postion to a white man who has a deep spirit to put the right players to win the game.
martin 9 years ago

You sound like a fool. look for the meaning of Witchcraft then compare to Christianity, true Christianity before insinuating blaspheme. Just to educate on true Christianity, a believer wouldn't be praying for "Christiano Rona ...
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You sound like a fool. look for the meaning of Witchcraft then compare to Christianity, true Christianity before insinuating blaspheme. Just to educate on true Christianity, a believer wouldn't be praying for "Christiano Ronaldo's leg to be injured to win a game. God doesn't need to incapacitate him if he desires Ghana to win.... Find a more mind-stimulating and factual topic to write on than these silly topics.
Thanks
SAK 9 years ago

Stupid, if your juju is helpful, an African team should have won the world cup by now.
If your juju is helpful to you, the white would not have able to dominate you and call you degenerate.
Yes, your juju is real but it int ...
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Stupid, if your juju is helpful, an African team should have won the world cup by now.
If your juju is helpful to you, the white would not have able to dominate you and call you degenerate.
Yes, your juju is real but it intents to destroy you; the fisherfolks and farmers who rely on juju are forever in poverty, their living conditions are very bad, roads to villages and farmers are usable, thier generations continue to beg for help.
So, if juju is helpful why can't Africans resolve the deprivations??
Bottom line; juju is Africa's curse.
JP 9 years ago

I couldn't have said it better. You read my mind.

I couldn't have said it better. You read my mind.
HE`S NOT AFRAID 9 years ago

WICHCRAFT AND MYSTICISM IN GLOBAL FOOTBALL

WICHCRAFT AND MYSTICISM IN GLOBAL FOOTBALL
GHANA FIRST 9 years ago

The body the mental and the inner being or the spirit.The spirit is from God but became an enemy of God because of Adam and Eve
It is our inner being the spirit that get born again
When a man get born again he gain relation ...
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The body the mental and the inner being or the spirit.The spirit is from God but became an enemy of God because of Adam and Eve
It is our inner being the spirit that get born again
When a man get born again he gain relationship with God
God becomes his father and his head so he will look up to God
The man who is not born again is still an enemy of God and his father is he devil and he will look up to devil for support just as the christian will look up to Jesus or God hence the juju and what not.And they all work because of FAITH In Mark9 verse23 Jesus said if thou canst believe all things are possible to him that believe
Our faith make the difference.The person with greater faith wins
And the joy is that the devil is a defeated enemy so the christian in faith has greater power than the person operating through the devil
The sorry situation is that most christians dont have faith and so we make the devil look great.Pharaoh magicians could not stand Moses God The Baal worshipers could not stand Elijah in contest and the god of the Philistines Dagon had to fall down flat before the ark of God
Jesus said ALL POWER HAS BEEN GIVEN UNTO ME.Jesus still delegates his power to the church. But the power has to be properly harnessed through faith and obedience to his word
Whosoever and not to some people as some pastors make us to believe
You can reach me at kingsgift24@yahoo.com if you still ave questions
Michael Boye Marquaye 9 years ago

We will never know what lies behind close doors in any religious practice.They ll tell you to come and receive the holy ghost and the holy spirit by offering sex to the chief priest. I have seen a video of an African woman of ...
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We will never know what lies behind close doors in any religious practice.They ll tell you to come and receive the holy ghost and the holy spirit by offering sex to the chief priest. I have seen a video of an African woman offering sex in exchange for the holy spirit, shouting out power, power, oh please release power into my blood stream, this is not a joke or a fabricating story its a real event and unless something is done about it many many families ll be ruined by this supersticious belief that sometimes allows women to go and stay for a week or two in a religious home in search of the holy spirit. Unlike in football i believe there is a retual before every game with the intention of winning games depending on how it manifest on an individual player. So yes we must not doubt the facts that witchcraft do exist be it in the muslim religion or in the Christian religion. Its about what an individual believes in. Take for instance before the coming of the Europeans Africa was destined with the belief of JUJU otherwise known as paganism where great number of white stones are gathered in a corner of a shrine covered by white cloth and on top of the white stones there are mixture of blood sprayed all around it as a form of feeding to those spirits. It worked for those who believed in it and even the chief priest in charge of the shrine is seen talking to the spirits as well as translating a language which no one understand unless the chief priest, whether the language is in latin, Arabic or Aramics no one knows unless the chief priest so yes i would say there are witchcrafts and Mysticism in every religion based on the belief of those who honour them. The Carthaginians in those Ancient times believed in human sacrifice mainly children in which big time battles are won, The Romans believed in slashing their palm with a holy knife and see blood pouring into a stone made bowl before a war. Even Julius Caeser was seen in such rituals many many times before a battle that conquered Gaul.We should never say never in this world since Kweku Bonsam as described was manifested in human anything is possible.

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