Imaginations can destroy us

Letters

SORCERY accusations, beliefs and sorcery accusations related violence are introduced practices.
I believe that violence relating to sorcery accusations started when people started having different interpretation of the Holy Bible, which Christian missionaries just recently introduced to our people and country.
Beliefs and religion are full of imaginations.
These imaginations are then perceived to be truths, which are then protected by doctrines of fear with either negative or positive consequences.
With this mentality, actual truths, facts and evidence become questionable.
I see that the ability to imagine is one the greatest capabilities of human beings.
Some societies believe that babies who are born twins are a curse to the family and community, which results in hundreds of twins being murdered.
There are many similar situations such as this in the world.
Papua New Guinea is no exception.
Someone, usually within the family, is always suspected of practising sorcery.
In a family or community, someone is always imagined to be responsible for causing the deaths of people This is a result of imaginations.
There is always no evidence of sorcery, but we just believe because of our imaginations.
This is how our beliefs in sorcery and witchcraft work, which is the truth.
Just imagine, what if Islamic missionaries got first in our country?
We would be Muslims.
As I have said, everything related to beliefs and religions re all full of imaginations that are guided by doctrines of fear and consequences.
This is a case of the blind leading the blind.

Bal Temai,
Kundiawa,
Chimbu