Wednesday, October 14, 2020

IN the NEWS - Old Fashioned Paganism to Fight COVID thrives in 21st Century

 This goes back many many moons ago when their ancestors, after leaving Babel, turned from God...Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. 2 Peter 2:15

"Amid the rising coronavirus COVID-19 cases across the world,
farmers in this Asian nation has deployed a floral-shirted scarecrow with a plastic pot to ward off the deadly virus.
Known as "Ting Mong...Cambodians are strongly attached to animism and the practice is incorporated into the daily lives and rituals of Cambodians. It is to be noted that majority of Cambodians believe that spirits are tied to places, animals and things."
ZeeNews
 
an·i·mism
/ˈanəˌmizəm/
noun
  1. 1.
    the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.
  2. 2.
    the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe.
    "a village steeped in ancient animism and rituals"