Uncouth TB Joshua macho men must be prosecuted – Prof. Karikari

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Ghana 11 years ago

That is Mahama's stupid Ghana where citizens are detained for the comfort of a Nigerian con artist of a Pastor.

That is Mahama's stupid Ghana where citizens are detained for the comfort of a Nigerian con artist of a Pastor.
charlie 11 years ago

These guys were not detained, they were kidnapped!!!!!

These guys were not detained, they were kidnapped!!!!!
WISE-TALK, UK 11 years ago

beat the ghanas rats well well and come back home saffly.

beat the ghanas rats well well and come back home saffly.
NANA HENE 11 years ago

OKOMFOO EX-CONVICTS TSIKATA

TSIKATA BEHAVES LIKE A FETISH PRIEST WHO KEEPS SHAKING HIS BODY.

DID HE LEARN THIS BODY POSTURES FROM PRISON?

OKOMFOO EX-CONVICTS TSIKATA

TSIKATA BEHAVES LIKE A FETISH PRIEST WHO KEEPS SHAKING HIS BODY.

DID HE LEARN THIS BODY POSTURES FROM PRISON?
NII DADE 11 years ago

PEOPLE REALLY HAVE TAKEN THE LAW INTO THEIR HANDS BECAUSE THEY KNOW GHANA CURRENTLY IS NOT BEING GOVERN BY ANYONE. BUT THEY SHOULD WAIT, VERY SOON WE WILL BE HAVING ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PRESIDENTS AFRICA HAS EVER HAD AND ...
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PEOPLE REALLY HAVE TAKEN THE LAW INTO THEIR HANDS BECAUSE THEY KNOW GHANA CURRENTLY IS NOT BEING GOVERN BY ANYONE. BUT THEY SHOULD WAIT, VERY SOON WE WILL BE HAVING ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PRESIDENTS AFRICA HAS EVER HAD AND THEY WILL DEFINATELY LEARN THEIR LESSON FOR TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GHANAIANS.
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 11 years ago

Only under a NDC govt can this happen to Ghanaians, where innocent Ghanaians will be arrested on streets and detained by bodyguards or machomen of a foreigner, for going about their duties legally.

Lest we forget, under th ...
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Only under a NDC govt can this happen to Ghanaians, where innocent Ghanaians will be arrested on streets and detained by bodyguards or machomen of a foreigner, for going about their duties legally.

Lest we forget, under this same NDC govt, we have chinese galamsey workers shooting Ghanaians for fun.

A very sad time to be a Ghanaian !
?J0eY L0,ndoN 11 years ago

Well as for me and my house we are proud to hail from a Godliness land called GHANA! Read this bro!Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia was warned about the alleged financial shenanigans of Ephr ...
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Well as for me and my house we are proud to hail from a Godliness land called GHANA! Read this bro!Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia was warned about the alleged financial shenanigans of Ephren Taylor long before the businessman managed to convince members of his congregation to hand over more than a million dollars for investment deals, which the federal government says were part of an elaborate scam.
According to submitted court documents from New Birth Missionary Baptist Church reviewed by Atlanta news station WSB-TV, someone called the megachurch more than a week before Taylor's scheduled appearance before the congregation to pitch his investment deals as part of a financial seminar.
An internal memo reportedly indicates than an unidentified caller informed Bishop Long's assistant that he "did not want the church to be taken advantage of" and predicted that Taylor would "issue promissory notes to the congregation if allowed that gives him legal authorization to do what he wants and there will be no return on investment."
A dozen members of Long's New Birth congregation have filed a joint civil suit against the minister, the church and Taylor and his companies in an effort to recoup their million-dollar loss.
Lillian Wells is one victim claiming to have been scammed out of her savings. She told the local news station that indeed Taylor had her sign a promissory note when she gave him $122,000 that he allegedly claimed he would invest in real estate. She said Taylor promised her a 20 percent return on the investment.
"That was my everything, and that's it, it's gone," Wells told WSB-TV of her life's savings.
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The attorney representing the alleged victims called the internal memo from Long's church a "smoking gun," and said the minister had an obligation to warn his flock.
"He has to put his church members' interests before his own," said attorney Jason Doss. "He was obligated under the law to tell everybody about it, and obviously he didn't."
Bishop Long reportedly had introduced 29-year-old Taylor to New Birth members as "my friend, my brother, the great Ephren Taylor." The Georgia minister did not, however, invest in any of the businessman's purported deals.
"We remain hopeful that Ephren Taylor and companies related to him restore the funds that were taken from congregants at New Birth and churches around the county. We continue to cooperate as the case proceeds," said a spokesperson for the Georgia megachurch, which is reportedly home to about 25,000 members.
Bishop Long, who is not involved in Taylor's criminal case, released a video when the lawsuit filed against him and New Birth was revealed. In the online video, Long pleaded with Taylor to "do the right thing" and return the monies given to him in good faith.
"Please, do what's right. You're a great fellow, you're a great man, you do great things, let's settle this so these families can move on," the minister addressed Taylor.
In April 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which investigates financial fraud, charged Taylor with running a Ponzi scheme, or affinity fraud, that targeted church congregations and other groups. The SEC also charged City Capital Corporation and Wendy Connor, its former chief operating officer, for their roles in the alleged scheme.
According to a statement from the SEC: "Taylor and City Capital raised approximately $11 million through ... promissory notes supposedly funding various small businesses, and interests in 'sweepstakes machines.'"
Federal investigators allege that the millions Taylor acquired from unsuspecting Christians from churches across the nation were used to cover personal expenses and pay other investors, with none of it going to charity, as Taylor allegedly had promised.
The 29-year-old businessman is said to have marketed himself as "The Social Capitalist" while claiming to be the youngest black CEO of a public company and the son of a Christian minister who values the importance of "giving back."
A previous Christian Post report revealed that Taylor had also targeted Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, with a similar business seminar. When notified that an investor from the megachurch led by Pastor Joel Osteen had contacted the authorities about Taylor, a Lakewood Church representative told CP that they were previously unaware of the case.
Taylor, a former New York City resident, has failed to respond to numerous subpoena requests to answer to the charges made against him. While another class action complaint was filed last August against Taylor, his father and another family member for similar crimes, his current whereabouts are unknown, according to the SEC.
Attorney Cathy J. Lerman contacted The Christian Post last fall when Michael Winans, member of the famous gospel-singing Winans family, pleaded guilty to defrauding investors out of nearly $8 million in a Ponzi scheme.
Lerman is among a team of lawyers said to represent thousands of victims of Ponzi schemes, some of which were executed through affinity frauds and targeted Christian investors.
"I know firsthand the emotional, financial and spiritual toll these kinds of crimes have had on their victims and it has made me very, very angry. I find such frauds perpetrated in the name of religion to be some of the most insidious because the victims are targeted because of their goodness and faith. These people were fooled, not foolish," she told CP, adding that religious organizations and their leaders need to do more to address these kinds of fraud cases.
Rev Sam Mends, London 11 years ago

REV JIM JONES ASKED HIS FOLLOWERS TO DRINK POISON. THEY BELIEVED HIM AND REGARDED HIM AS AN ANNOINTED MAN OF GOD. NO ONE COULD CRITICIZE HIM CECAUSE YOU COULD NOT TOUCH THE MAN OF GOD. WHEN HE ASKED ALMOST 1,000 0F HIS FOLLOW ...
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REV JIM JONES ASKED HIS FOLLOWERS TO DRINK POISON. THEY BELIEVED HIM AND REGARDED HIM AS AN ANNOINTED MAN OF GOD. NO ONE COULD CRITICIZE HIM CECAUSE YOU COULD NOT TOUCH THE MAN OF GOD. WHEN HE ASKED ALMOST 1,000 0F HIS FOLLOWERS TO DRINK POISON, SOME TRIED TO TALK SENSE TO THEIR LOVED ONE, BUT THEY WERE SO BRAIN-WASHED THEY DID NOT LISTEN. THEY BELIEVED IN JIM JONES EVEN WHEN HE ASKED THEM TO COMMIT MASS SUICIDE. TOUCH NOT THE LORD'S ANINTED, THEY SCREAMED. THEY BELIEVE A CURSE WOULD COME ON THOSE WHO CRITICIZED JIM JONES. THEY SAID JDGE NO THE MAN OF GOD. THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN TO ANYONE, THEY BELIEVE IN JIM JONES.

THEY DRANK THE POISON AND DIED WITH THE REV JIM JONES. WAS JIM JONES A MAN OF GOD? JIM JONES WAS NOT A MAN OF GOD EVEN THOUGH HE USED THE NAME OF JESUS. HE WAS AN AGENT OF SATAN. WHY WOULD PEOPLE BELIEVE IN REV JIM JONES EVEN WHEN HE WAS, OBVIOUSLY, A MENTALLY EVIL PERSON? WHY DO SOME PEOPLE FOLLOW SO BLINDLY AND SHEEPISHLY? WHY WOULD SOME DEFEND OBINIM EVEN WHEN HE DID THE MOST HEINOUS THINGS?
ARE SOME PEOPLE SO BRAIN-WASHED TO BE RELIGIOUS ZOMBIES?

TB JOSHUA HAS HIS ZOMBIES. THEY FOLLOW HIM LIKE BRAIN-DEAD PEOPLE. HE LIED ABOUT DEDE AYEW AND THE BLACK STARLETS. THEY SAW THAT HE COULD NOT HELP [RESIDENT MILLS. THEY SEE THAT HE HAS USED MONEY FROM HIS CHURCH TO ENRICH HIMSELF. HE IS WORHT $20 MILION, BUT RELIGIOUS ZOMBIES WOULD ALWAYS FOLLOW BLINDLY. NO MATTER WHAT EVIDENCE IS BEFORE THEM, THEY WOULD DRINK THE CYANIDE-LACED KOOL AID. THEY WOULD FOLLOW OBINIM BLINDLY. THEY WOULD FOLLOW TB JOSHUA BLINDLY. THEY WOULD NOT USE THEIR BRAINS. THEY WOULD BELIEVE FAKE MIRACLES AND FALSE PROPHECIES. THEY WOULLD FOLLOW FOLOW AND FOLLOW.

JESUS PROPHESIED THAT IN THE LAST DAYS, THERE WOULD BE FALSE PROPHETS LIKE TB JOSHUA WHO WOULD LEAD MANY ASTRAY. THE DAY IS HERE. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOLLOW JOSHUA BLINDLY. TB JOSHUA HAS ASKED THEM TO DRINK POISON LIKE JIM JONES. THIS TIME THE POISON IS THAT OF LIES AND FAKE PROPHESIES AND BOGUS MIRACLES.

HEY! SAY NOTHING. THIS PEOPLE JUST WANT TO DRINK THE POISON. YOU CANNOT STOP THEM. IGNORANCE AND DESPERATION IS A LETHAL MIX, JUST AS POISONOUS AS CYANID-LACED KOOL-AID.
ASAMOAH TUTU 11 years ago

HE LIED TO MILLS THAT HE COULD HEAL HIM AND MILLS LISTENED. HE FAILED, HE KILLED MILLS. HE HAS KILLED MANY SICK PEOPLE BY LYING THAT HE CAN HEAL THEM. THIS IS A MAN OF SATAN, THE FATHER OF LIES.

HE LIED TO MILLS THAT HE COULD HEAL HIM AND MILLS LISTENED. HE FAILED, HE KILLED MILLS. HE HAS KILLED MANY SICK PEOPLE BY LYING THAT HE CAN HEAL THEM. THIS IS A MAN OF SATAN, THE FATHER OF LIES.
Arthur Hayes 11 years ago

Rev. Sam, these followers of T.B. Joshuah are idiots. They don't think and they don't reason. People who believe in miracles are easily fooled. Since Joshuah has realized that he is leading a mass group of fools and ignorants ...
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Rev. Sam, these followers of T.B. Joshuah are idiots. They don't think and they don't reason. People who believe in miracles are easily fooled. Since Joshuah has realized that he is leading a mass group of fools and ignorants, he will always fool them.
SERVANT OF GOD 11 years ago

Dear Sirs,

I am writing in regard to your article (02/25/01) on the prophet T.B. Joshua entitled MIRACLE MAN. As a Christian Pastor and teacher I am concerned about some of the aspects of this prophet’s ministry which ar ...
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Dear Sirs,

I am writing in regard to your article (02/25/01) on the prophet T.B. Joshua entitled MIRACLE MAN. As a Christian Pastor and teacher I am concerned about some of the aspects of this prophet’s ministry which are either unreported or perhaps unappreciated for their significance.

[DTW: underlining emphasis added below]

In the light of the fact that we believe we are living in the last days before Jesus’ return, and that one of the warnings Jesus gave us was that immediately before that time there would arise “False prophets”, who would be able to perform “signs and wonders so that if possible they would be able to deceive even the very elect”, it is extremely important that we be all the more discerning.

I don’t know Pastor Joshua’s heart. Indeed, it seems to be that he is a very sincere man living a simple lifestyle. Rather than taking money constantly (as a good many of the celebrated televangelists do) there are stories of T.B. Joshua’s generosity to the poor who struggle to come to him for healing. Nonetheless, we are told to be discerning in our evaluation of anything which claims to be “of God”.

“Try the Spirits to see whether they be of God” (I John 4). There are several caveats I offer to those who are seeking discernment regarding these phenomena,

o On a French television interview, Prophet Joshua said that he had received this ‘gift’ at birth. In God’s word, the true Gifts of the Spirit of God are not bestowed at birth to anyone – see 1 Cor:12-14. One must first be converted to Christ to have God’s Spirit indwelling one – and even then the gifts are distributed “as the Spirit wills“.

o Transubstantiation - On videotape distributed by the Synagogue of all Nations, a “Blood of Jesus ” service was shown. It consisted of the Prophet Joshua blessing a huge tank of water, touching each of twelve running spigots, proclaiming them to now be “the blood of Jesus“. The congregation were then shown rushing forward, pushing and pulling among themselves, seeking to get to those spigots first, that they might drink, splash, and in some cases even shower in “the blood of Jesus”. This is perhaps the most disturbing aspect of it all as it turns the Biblical doctrine of the blood of Jesus (His vicarious death) into a sensuous, superstitious experience. No Priest or Prophet can turn any substance into the blood of Jesus – that is more akin to paganism and magic than Christianity. The blood of Jesus was shed as a sacrifice to God the Father, not as a potion to be splashed and bathed in!

o False separation between the Sheep and the goats- In addition to the other antics at the blasphemous “Blood of Jesus” service, as the people pushed, pulled and shoved forward to participate in the so-called blood, those who had “agents of Satan”, were put into a demonic frenzy, rolling on the ground, through the muck and mire (more on that next) screaming and moaning in agony. There is demon possession indeed, but one would look in vain anywhere in the scriptures to find any deliverance service remotely resembling this so called “Blood of Jesus” service. Joshua proclaimed this as the” separation of the sheep and the goats”, which actually takes place at Judgment Day.

o There is also a degrading and even humiliating aspect to these healings. When Christ healed it was in a dignified manner. True man is below, God is above, but man is not “Nothing”, he is made “In the Image of God”. In the Joshua videotape, released by the Synagogue, men with rectal cancer are asked to take down their pants, before others, both before and after the healing. A woman is made to bare her breasts, one showing cancer, and stands in front of a mixed assembly in the agony of her pain. As the healing progresses, her breast is seen oozing puss onto her dress and flowing down to make a puddle on the floor.

o People are seen “Vomiting their troubles away” on the floor. Some vomit blood, others vomit rocks, shells, large worms and live insects. There is no scripture for this. Where did Jesus or His apostles ever do any such things? Yes these stains can be seen on the floor, the very spots where people vomited blood, and where women are seen on camera passing bloody “fibroids” from between their legs! And then on this same floor, people are put into trances, laid out on that same floor, (you can see the spots) and those in trances are seen rolling about in those spots.

o Remote control- T.B. Joshua uses a technique called “remote control“. Standing about ten feet away from “patients”, with hand motions he manipulates their motions: By scooting his hands to the left, the patient seems irresistibly drawn to the left; and to the right, the patient goes to the right; by circling his hands, Joshua sends the patient into a circle, often until they spiral out of control, falling into a dazed heap! Once again, this method is more akin to occult healing practices than it is to Biblical healing and in the compassionate manner of Jesus Christ.

o Another similar technique is called “point of contact“. For example, the bare-breasted woman suffering in agony from cancer, before the congregation, Joshua stands about 15 feet away, and rubs his chin vigorously, This then evidently affects her cancerous breast, in some way. In contrast, the healing of the woman with the issue of blood in Luke 8:44, simply touched Jesus and was healed!

o Calling Fire from heaven – Joshua has the power to call fire from heaven upon the body parts of sinning members of his congregation! A woman in the video is seen clutching her private parts in agony as Joshua’s fire cleanses her of the sin. This causes mild amusement of others in the audience. It does not bring fear of God! We are told in the book of Revelation that the false prophet calls fire from heaven to the amazement of those under delusion!

o Joshua has strange beliefs. For example, he is a vegetarian : he told an interviewer that many of the people he ministers to in the area of deliverance are “Half fish and half man“. In another interview, he said that “the divine person” within him can appear to thousands simultaneously, even coming to them in their dreams! This is not Biblical or Christian!

In closing, I don’t pretend to know Joshua’s motivation; by all accounts he seems to be a very sincere man. However sincerity is no safeguard against deception. I am sure Edgar Cayce, Jean Dixon and countless other prophets, who by Christian, Biblical standards would have to be regarded as False, were equally sincere and unassuming. There are countless warnings in scripture about the emergence of False Prophets and teachers who like Pharaoh’s magicians, withstood and hindered the true gospel by means of signs, wonders and miracles. Just because Joshua seems to be able to produce “results”, doesn’t make him a man of God, nor should we go there. The end does not justify the means. The very idea of having to go to Nigeria to receive a healing, or a miracle, or a Word from God, is unscriptural.

“Jesus Christ is the same, Yesterday, Today, and forever”. He is as closer to us today as our breath, for “Whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved”.

We at Moriel Teaching Ministries SA will happily verify these claims by providing access to the video we have cited here today. Any one needing further clarification can contact us.

Sincerely, Pastor Bill Randles
Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

Damn fool. GO BEAT BOKO HARAM AND MENDS FIRST

Damn fool. GO BEAT BOKO HARAM AND MENDS FIRST
Dr Oko Ayitey 11 years ago

THERE ARE MORE PROPHETS IN GHANA AND NIGERIA THAN IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE. WHY? THERE ARE MORE PROPHETS IN GHANA THAN ALL OF CANADA, ISRAEL, GERMANY, ITALY AND BRITAIN.
USA HAS A POPULATION OF 350 MILLION PEOPLE, BUT THERE ARE F ...
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THERE ARE MORE PROPHETS IN GHANA AND NIGERIA THAN IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE. WHY? THERE ARE MORE PROPHETS IN GHANA THAN ALL OF CANADA, ISRAEL, GERMANY, ITALY AND BRITAIN.
USA HAS A POPULATION OF 350 MILLION PEOPLE, BUT THERE ARE FAR MORE PROPHETS IN GHANA THAN IN THE USA.

WE HAVE ALL THESE PROPHETS BUT WE ARE STILL A BEGGAR NATION. WE GO TO THE CHINESE AND JAPANESE ON OUR KNEES BEGGING FOR AID. THESE NATIONS DONT HAVE PROPHETS AND DONT PRAY AND FAST LIKE WE DO.

IT SEEMS EVERY JSS DROP-OUT BECOMES A PASTOR IN GHANA. IS IT BECAUSE IT IS THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE MONEY? ARE THESE SO-CALLED PROPHETS IN THE MINISTRY FOR SALVATION OR FOR THE NICE CAR, NICE HOUSE AND PRETTY WIFE?

WHAT HAS ALL THESE PROPHESY AND PROPHETS DONE FOR GHANA? WE ARE STILL POOR AND SUFFERING. DO WE NEED THESE PROPHETS? NO WE DONT. ALL THE ADVANCED COUNTRIES DONT HAVE PROPHETS. YET THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL. THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING IS HIGHER, THEY ARE RICHER AND THEY LIVE LONGER.
Arthur Hayes 11 years ago

Yes Dr. Okoh Ayitey, you are right.

Yes Dr. Okoh Ayitey, you are right.
Soomui 11 years ago

So far I have not heard of the opinion of the highly politicized Ghana police in this matter. Where are they? After their pay increase, provision of nice toy cars and new uniforms are they refusing to do their job or what? Or ...
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So far I have not heard of the opinion of the highly politicized Ghana police in this matter. Where are they? After their pay increase, provision of nice toy cars and new uniforms are they refusing to do their job or what? Or are they only waiting to arrest NPP people?
WILLIAM 11 years ago

Outrageous, yes.Have they lodged complaints with the Police? If the chuech has acknowledged the excesses with an initial public apology GJA should constructively engage them or support a police enquiry. The media war is enoug ...
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Outrageous, yes.Have they lodged complaints with the Police? If the chuech has acknowledged the excesses with an initial public apology GJA should constructively engage them or support a police enquiry. The media war is enough. The Church needs to concentrate while GJA pursues this unfortunate matter for redress.
KOFI SAMMY 11 years ago

THE ANTI-CHRIST JOSHUA IS IN GHANA. THE MANIS A BIG LIAR AND SCAM ARTIST. THE BIGGEST NAIJA SCAMMER EVER IN HISTORY. FAKE MIRACLES ANDFALSE PROPHESIES.

THE ANTI-CHRIST JOSHUA IS IN GHANA. THE MANIS A BIG LIAR AND SCAM ARTIST. THE BIGGEST NAIJA SCAMMER EVER IN HISTORY. FAKE MIRACLES ANDFALSE PROPHESIES.
Kwame 11 years ago

Where was Prof Karikari when Kwesi Pratt was nearly lynched when he went to take just "one shot" of Hotel Kuffuor? where was he? Enough of this stupidity and double standards.

Where was Prof Karikari when Kwesi Pratt was nearly lynched when he went to take just "one shot" of Hotel Kuffuor? where was he? Enough of this stupidity and double standards.
KWAME 11 years ago

Are you not ashamed or shd i say a bit childish to compare these two incidents ?

Are you not ashamed or shd i say a bit childish to compare these two incidents ?
TAMEY 11 years ago

what is your name, I don't want to say you are backward woman from nija or ewe inward looking. think before you leap next time, a word to the wise is enough.

what is your name, I don't want to say you are backward woman from nija or ewe inward looking. think before you leap next time, a word to the wise is enough.
,, 11 years ago

Is it that cheap to become a professor in Legon? Kwame Karikari who would not have been considered for the post of messenger in the university I attended being promoted a Professor?

When a Professor is passing by I will le ...
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Is it that cheap to become a professor in Legon? Kwame Karikari who would not have been considered for the post of messenger in the university I attended being promoted a Professor?

When a Professor is passing by I will let you know.
one hour of salt 11 years ago

u fool!! u are to comment on the matter at hand and not attack personalities involved.

u fool!! u are to comment on the matter at hand and not attack personalities involved.
Kofi 11 years ago

No one cares about whether or not he would be a prof in your university. I'm not surprised by your reasoning since you attended a university where professors were appointed based on some external features!

No one cares about whether or not he would be a prof in your university. I'm not surprised by your reasoning since you attended a university where professors were appointed based on some external features!
KOJO 11 years ago

I respect Prof Kwame Karikari very much, but he must choose his words very well. I don't condone indiscipline, but he must not jump into conclusions. How amazing is it thatanything about the TRUE MAN OF GOD SENIOR PROPHET T. ...
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I respect Prof Kwame Karikari very much, but he must choose his words very well. I don't condone indiscipline, but he must not jump into conclusions. How amazing is it thatanything about the TRUE MAN OF GOD SENIOR PROPHET T.B. Johua is seen in a bad light; it's blown out of proportion. May God forgive such people. I guess people become uncomfortable when they hear that name, T.B. Joshua, yes, JESUS has anointed him with power. He is a very disciplined man and media friendly. Please stop associating the man of God with the macho men you refer to as 'uncouth'. I bet you he does not know anything about them. I even understand he did not turn up at the church, so why is everybody blaming and calling the man of God names?
And to Prof Karikari again: Did you open your mouth so loud to condemn the soldiers who slapped a journalist a couple of weeks ago? Did you call them 'uncouth' Ghana soldier', and did you call for their arrest and prosecution? Double standards and hypocrisy will not take us anywhere, Prof.
Kofi 11 years ago

Kojo. you need real deliverance.

Kojo. you need real deliverance.
MODIN SANE 11 years ago

THE KING OF 419 AND SAKAWA TB JOSHUA IS HERE DIN GHANA. WOW! WELCOME THE 419KING TO GHANA.

THE KING OF 419 AND SAKAWA TB JOSHUA IS HERE DIN GHANA. WOW! WELCOME THE 419KING TO GHANA.
ice pak 11 years ago

how can u call man of God uncouth

how can u call man of God uncouth
OBIBINI. 11 years ago

A man of God from where?T.B.Joshua is a self-proclaimed prophet.

A man of God from where?T.B.Joshua is a self-proclaimed prophet.
Africanus 11 years ago

Anyone can call himself a Man-Of-God. You do not need a degree for that. How many men of God do we have in Ghana alone??

Anyone can call himself a Man-Of-God. You do not need a degree for that. How many men of God do we have in Ghana alone??
Queen 11 years ago

Oh ice pak, you're such a lost soul. Allow this man to deceive you and make him more richer while you can't even afford to feed yourself.

Oh ice pak, you're such a lost soul. Allow this man to deceive you and make him more richer while you can't even afford to feed yourself.
CORNEY 11 years ago

This Karikari guy always open his mouth to talk trash.

Even in a lawless country is that the way they arrest and prosecute,does he think journalists are super human beings for that matter whenever they report something pol ...
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This Karikari guy always open his mouth to talk trash.

Even in a lawless country is that the way they arrest and prosecute,does he think journalists are super human beings for that matter whenever they report something police should not do any investigation before making arrest if necessary,what kind of professor is that who will not think very well before opening his loud mouth,how on earth can a learned person like that continue to talk like an illiterate on the street,why he think what the journalists were saying is true,how strong are the two journalists to fight off the so called machomen who attempted to seize their camera when they were in the custody of those people alone,can even a child buy that crap?

I'm not a supporter or a believer of TB Joshua but some of us are sick and tired of Karikari and the likes who think police should always arrest people and prosecute them without knowing the consequences of the nonsense they are pushing the police through.

This man should know that it is not only journalists who have right everybody including those he is asking to be arrested without finding out what actually happened also have rights.
Kofi 11 years ago

If I read the title right, I thought the "uncouth" referred to the machomen and not TB Joshua. In any case, who told you TB Joshua is a man of God? If he is, which god?

If I read the title right, I thought the "uncouth" referred to the machomen and not TB Joshua. In any case, who told you TB Joshua is a man of God? If he is, which god?
joejay 11 years ago

when leanered wen like this speak, u wanda d sense dey make.. advice ur ppl not to be goin round talkin photographs..who has invited dem der.. and watch ur mouth and who u call names..

when leanered wen like this speak, u wanda d sense dey make.. advice ur ppl not to be goin round talkin photographs..who has invited dem der.. and watch ur mouth and who u call names..
Africanus 11 years ago

Who invited TB Joshua into the country in the first place? I think he has to be arrested and deported. Next time he should ask for a permit before staging any stupid activities in the country.

Who invited TB Joshua into the country in the first place? I think he has to be arrested and deported. Next time he should ask for a permit before staging any stupid activities in the country.
seth danso 11 years ago

Prosecute no one, in fact, not even a lizard. Know what, our "journalist" friends thought that they were being invited for the usual "payola" and so they followed the machomen foolishly like sheep being taken to the slaughter ...
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Prosecute no one, in fact, not even a lizard. Know what, our "journalist" friends thought that they were being invited for the usual "payola" and so they followed the machomen foolishly like sheep being taken to the slaughter house..... Hahaha
ASEM BE BA DABI 11 years ago

Ghana is for Ghanaians so let those macho men face the law .

Ghana is for Ghanaians so let those macho men face the law .
BOOM 11 years ago

THEY SHOULD HAVE BEAT HIM WELL,I SOME TIME DO,NOT UNDERSTAND SOME OF THIS JOURNALIST IN THE COUNTRY.WHAT IS HIS BUSINESS WITH THE CHURCH.TO GOSSIP ABOUT HIM THAT WAS HIM MAIN MOTIVE.

THEY SHOULD HAVE BEAT HIM WELL,I SOME TIME DO,NOT UNDERSTAND SOME OF THIS JOURNALIST IN THE COUNTRY.WHAT IS HIS BUSINESS WITH THE CHURCH.TO GOSSIP ABOUT HIM THAT WAS HIM MAIN MOTIVE.
Africanus 11 years ago

The journalist is doing his job in his country. Why didn't TB stay in his country?

The journalist is doing his job in his country. Why didn't TB stay in his country?
KOOBOY 11 years ago

TB'S BODY GUARDS HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO IMPRISON ANY GHANIAN THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE POLICE AND THE POLICE STATIONS. CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHO IS NOT THE SON OR DAUGHTER? THE BIBLE TELLS US WE WERE ALL CREATED IN HIS IMAGE

TB'S BODY GUARDS HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO IMPRISON ANY GHANIAN THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE POLICE AND THE POLICE STATIONS. CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHO IS NOT THE SON OR DAUGHTER? THE BIBLE TELLS US WE WERE ALL CREATED IN HIS IMAGE
JAMES 11 years ago

Were they invited/accredited? Did they comply with the directives of the Church security, being a private event? Or they were behaving like the typical all-knowing all-powerful Ghananain journalist?

Were they invited/accredited? Did they comply with the directives of the Church security, being a private event? Or they were behaving like the typical all-knowing all-powerful Ghananain journalist?
TONY KORANTENG 11 years ago

hope we will not make comments that will lead to alot of issues later,let us rather build bridges so that afterwards when there is a peaceful settlement of the misunderstanding it will be easy for both parties to coexist with ...
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hope we will not make comments that will lead to alot of issues later,let us rather build bridges so that afterwards when there is a peaceful settlement of the misunderstanding it will be easy for both parties to coexist without any guilt. GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA
Joe Boateng ---Dabaa . 11 years ago

This is what you want and thats what you get.Country with full of cowards.

This is what you want and thats what you get.Country with full of cowards.
OBIBINI. 11 years ago

This is kidnappling and it is a crime.Those who did it should be arrested and prosecuted immediately.If T.B.Joshua intervenes he should be arrested for perverting the course of justice.

This is kidnappling and it is a crime.Those who did it should be arrested and prosecuted immediately.If T.B.Joshua intervenes he should be arrested for perverting the course of justice.
kk 11 years ago

U are right Mr karikari,and no journalists who was affected should meet TB Joshua privately for settlement we want the police to arrest T B Joshua and his disciples

U are right Mr karikari,and no journalists who was affected should meet TB Joshua privately for settlement we want the police to arrest T B Joshua and his disciples
pee 11 years ago

you wonder what at all does a ghanaian want in life?Lack of education makes them think success can be got through a miracle.it beats my imangination.Our police is ineffective.they are a reactive force instead of being proacti ...
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you wonder what at all does a ghanaian want in life?Lack of education makes them think success can be got through a miracle.it beats my imangination.Our police is ineffective.they are a reactive force instead of being proactive.how can a national road be blocked and no arrest made?
Henge 11 years ago

Whether you like it or not prophet T.B Joshua is a true man of God

Whether you like it or not prophet T.B Joshua is a true man of God
ALHAJI KUKRUDU 11 years ago

We were in this country when Nana Addo's Macho Men beat up people including JJ's body guards, did this man condemn those acts? Why do you conclude based on only what the journalists told you without hearing detailed and offic ...
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We were in this country when Nana Addo's Macho Men beat up people including JJ's body guards, did this man condemn those acts? Why do you conclude based on only what the journalists told you without hearing detailed and official response from the official PROs of the church? What they did might not be right but I least expect this HYPOCRITE and VULTURE to comment. He has NO moral right to condemn what happened because worst forms took place in this country under his watch by his NPP nuggets and he did not utter a word. Fire BURN (BON) you.
ALHAJI KUKRUDU 11 years ago

You are rather UNCOUTH together with Nana Addo and the rest of your NPP nuggets who did worst things than this and nobody arrested you. SHAME ON YOU.

You are rather UNCOUTH together with Nana Addo and the rest of your NPP nuggets who did worst things than this and nobody arrested you. SHAME ON YOU.
one hour of salt 11 years ago

ALHAJI whatever!! u re just blinded by politics...this has nothing to do with politics

ALHAJI whatever!! u re just blinded by politics...this has nothing to do with politics
NII LARTEY NARTEY 11 years ago

It's simply unimaginable for some unscrupulously unethical macho men from Ghana to have the impunity to arrest and detained Nigerian journalists in Nigeria let alone in the presence of Nigerian police.

Hostage taking is hu ...
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It's simply unimaginable for some unscrupulously unethical macho men from Ghana to have the impunity to arrest and detained Nigerian journalists in Nigeria let alone in the presence of Nigerian police.

Hostage taking is hugely despicable crime and anybody found to have committed such crime, have to face the full laws of the land.

The entire Ghana's security system is a huge joke. The police are like men and women cosmetically dressed in designed khaki uniforms on show to the public like dummy zombie robots.

All that they do is taking bribes to obey orders from any baboon crook who feed their pockets. Unfortunately that includes the Mahama led guinea fowl government who have completely sold the rights of our people to criminal foreigners faking as businessmen and men of God.

Ghana need complete over hauling in our security systems otherwise we will wake up one day to find our country completely taken over by foreign intruders and all of us taken hostage.

If God be with us who can be against us? So why wickedly heartless macho security men in the house of the Lord instead of decently humorously God fearing Ushers?

T.B Joshua any answers?
kwam 11 years ago

Did the so called Journalist informed the Police before going to the place? They were even lucky? if they don't learn to simple courtesy, they always have these problems.

Did the so called Journalist informed the Police before going to the place? They were even lucky? if they don't learn to simple courtesy, they always have these problems.
Akos! 11 years ago

the 419 tb joshua must be locked!

the 419 tb joshua must be locked!
SAFO,NY 11 years ago

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHO A "MACHO MAN " IS?

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHO A "MACHO MAN " IS?
Abongo 11 years ago

How on earth can a Nigerian crook take Ghana for granted? Joshua, you are digging your own grave in Ghana.

How on earth can a Nigerian crook take Ghana for granted? Joshua, you are digging your own grave in Ghana.
Asoreba 11 years ago

Where did they get their orders to behave like animals from? Real "Men of God" like their activities and programms to get to many people. They would have loved the "free" coverage. Those in the "Dark" always want to do thi ...
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Where did they get their orders to behave like animals from? Real "Men of God" like their activities and programms to get to many people. They would have loved the "free" coverage. Those in the "Dark" always want to do things away from the light.
EGYA BLAY 11 years ago

All security men should be given training and acquire licence before they can work. Another venture the country can generate millions of cedis to build the nation. All those operating as so-called macho-men should come from a ...
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All security men should be given training and acquire licence before they can work. Another venture the country can generate millions of cedis to build the nation. All those operating as so-called macho-men should come from a credible registered security firm. Without such licence they must not be hired and if caught operating illegally must be prosecuted for a minimum of 5 years with hard labour.
KOFI ELLISON 11 years ago

Cry the beloved country!!

When a conman and sexual pervert like TB Joshua and his minions can ride roughshod over the liberties of Ghanaians, then I dare say Ghana has descended into the abyss of a moron nation.

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Cry the beloved country!!

When a conman and sexual pervert like TB Joshua and his minions can ride roughshod over the liberties of Ghanaians, then I dare say Ghana has descended into the abyss of a moron nation.

I am Kofi Ellison (I am so despondent I can't even approve this message!!)
Kofi 11 years ago

I still maintain Ghana is a failed state.

I still maintain Ghana is a failed state.
JOE 11 years ago

It is obvious this Karikari man don't deserve any position. I now understand why he was fired by PNDC. I learnt the NMC is considering this same man for chairmanship of one of state media houses.

It is obvious this Karikari man don't deserve any position. I now understand why he was fired by PNDC. I learnt the NMC is considering this same man for chairmanship of one of state media houses.
BIG - JOE -moscow/kharkov/minsk 11 years ago

Karikari just imagine the name and its identified with monkey looks ....
You see this is what we Ghanisna lives with it day by day ... all we know is criticism, slandering and jealousy .
Karim kari with your vampire lu ...
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Karikari just imagine the name and its identified with monkey looks ....
You see this is what we Ghanisna lives with it day by day ... all we know is criticism, slandering and jealousy .
Karim kari with your vampire luking shit while not try ministry for monkey faces ?
PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI- McA 11 years ago

LOST OF LOYALTY
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BEWARE OF OUR DESPERATE CHURCHES
WE MUST BE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH
WE MUST USE OUR JUDGEMENT IN
DETERMINING THE WAY WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD==EDUCATION ==
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LOST OF LOYALTY
=============================

BEWARE OF OUR DESPERATE CHURCHES
WE MUST BE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH
WE MUST USE OUR JUDGEMENT IN
DETERMINING THE WAY WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD==EDUCATION ==
PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI
MARKETING AFRIKA FOUNDATION
Dela 11 years ago

This is madness at the highest level. How can followers of a supposedly prophet behave in such a manner. Rubbish!

This is madness at the highest level. How can followers of a supposedly prophet behave in such a manner. Rubbish!
Joe ballack UK 11 years ago

We must burn that satanic church

We must burn that satanic church
Whatever 11 years ago

When NPP members even beat up scores of journalists on December 10th, why didn't you call for their prosecution?

When NPP members even beat up scores of journalists on December 10th, why didn't you call for their prosecution?
Sikamanba 11 years ago

Hmmm!!

Hmmm!!
Kofi Ghanaba 11 years ago

Prof, were these enemies of this Pastor accredited to take pictures ?l don't attend that church but for the way and manner your journalist have been pulling this man down they deserve what they got

Prof, were these enemies of this Pastor accredited to take pictures ?l don't attend that church but for the way and manner your journalist have been pulling this man down they deserve what they got
NANA ADDO 11 years ago

THESE JOURNALISTS WERE LUCKY TO HAVE COME OUT GETTING BEATEN, IDIOT YELLOW JOURNALISTS FROM DAFT PARTY NPP.BRAVO MACHO MEN WHY DID NOT YOU STRIP THEM NAKED?FOOLISH MULTIMEDIA AND NKWASIAFOO NET TWO TV OWNED BY TWO GRUG BARRO ...
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THESE JOURNALISTS WERE LUCKY TO HAVE COME OUT GETTING BEATEN, IDIOT YELLOW JOURNALISTS FROM DAFT PARTY NPP.BRAVO MACHO MEN WHY DID NOT YOU STRIP THEM NAKED?FOOLISH MULTIMEDIA AND NKWASIAFOO NET TWO TV OWNED BY TWO GRUG BARRONS FOOLS
Sikamanba 11 years ago

Prosecuted for what?It was a misunderstanding of some sort.Besides the man had his own network there and probably did want the competition.
There should be no prosecution in this matter.Just wipe your nose and go to bed!

Prosecuted for what?It was a misunderstanding of some sort.Besides the man had his own network there and probably did want the competition.
There should be no prosecution in this matter.Just wipe your nose and go to bed!
kwam 11 years ago

These Journalists want to take Ghanaians hostage, they want to be everywhere even when they are not needed. They do this in the name of press freedom, but they are only searching for their daily bread. Must your quest to eat ...
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These Journalists want to take Ghanaians hostage, they want to be everywhere even when they are not needed. They do this in the name of press freedom, but they are only searching for their daily bread. Must your quest to eat infringe on my privacy?
NII LARTEY NARTEY 11 years ago

Kwam, I highly suspect you are part of the designed crook buffoonery followers of this fake later day saint man calling himself, man of "god"

Let this stick to your bigot ignorant knuklehead that Ghana in her wisdom inclu ...
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Kwam, I highly suspect you are part of the designed crook buffoonery followers of this fake later day saint man calling himself, man of "god"

Let this stick to your bigot ignorant knuklehead that Ghana in her wisdom included freedom of expression and movement in her noble constitution which does not need any Ghanaian to go seek permit from any zombie police officer to move anywhere as a free citizen within the territories of Ghana.

As professional journalists they have every right as any citizen of this peaceful land to freely go about their work. More so, there is no any church premises here in Ghana that I know which demand entrant permit or clearance before taking pictures or speaking to any one.

Anybody found despicably involve in this disgustingly outrageous nasty incident of criminally violation and abuse of an individual right by adopting to take another hostage to deprive him/her their freedom is absolutely in total "shiit" and will soon be made to face the full laws of the land. Mark my words.

Why is T.B Joshua begging to meet the journalist in person?

Kwam, use your head to train your primitively limited brains to wise up!
Arthur Hayes 11 years ago

It will ne stupidity on-behalf of those journalists to go and meet Bishop Joshuah if they accept to do so.They should go nowhere. Let the police handle the case to it's logic conclusion. No settlement should be accepted outsi ...
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It will ne stupidity on-behalf of those journalists to go and meet Bishop Joshuah if they accept to do so.They should go nowhere. Let the police handle the case to it's logic conclusion. No settlement should be accepted outside the courtroom. This action is a clear violation of those journalists human rights.

Uncouth TB Joshua macho men must be prosecuted – Prof. Karikari

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