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Duncan-williams: Prophecy And Panic Over Ebola In Ghana By Leo Igwe by Nobody: 1:01am On Oct 13, 2014
Can't someone please call “Archbishop”
Duncan Williams to order? Is there nobody
in Ghana who could caution this reckless
'man of God' and get him to shut his
prophetic mouth at this critical time? I
mean Duncan Williams' recent declaration
on the Ebola, published on Ghana web is
capable of causing panic and confusion in
the minds of Ghanaians. Indeed Duncan
Williams' prophetic visions can undermine
efforts to prevent the spread of Ebola to
Ghana.

Fake Encounter with God
Duncan William claimed to have had an
encounter with the “Spirit of God”. This is
what he reportedly said to have transpired
between him and the divine spirit.
“I was resting and [at] 1 am, the Spirit of
the Lord woke me up and He said: ‘Are you
sleeping?’ And I said: ‘Yes I’m sleeping’ and
He said: ‘Wake up!’ So I did and He said:
‘You have to go into prayer because the
Ebola virus is looking for a door to enter
your country between October [and]
November’”. First of all, how can anyone
confirm that there was such an encounter?
This is clearly a subjective experience that
cannot be objectively authenticated. And
what is special about this encounter? Does
anyone require any spiritual experience to
know that the Ebola virus could spread to
Ghana if it is not contained by the
neighboring countries?

Now, is it not absurd that what the “spirit
of the Lord revealed to the sleeping man of
God was something any thinking person on
the streets in Ghana know and can predict
without lying or pretending to have
encountered God? In fact why didn't the
spirit of God reveal the cure of Ebola to
Duncan Williams? That would have given
this encounter some credibility? I cannot
see anything extraordinary about this fake
visionary encounter apart from being a
crude attempt to make an evangelical
capital out of the prevailing anxieties and
uncertainties over Ebola. Duncan Williams
enjoined his congregants to fast and pray
so that Ebola would not spread to Ghana
later in the year. Now think about it. What
has the spread of Ebola to do with fasting
and praying? Where has fasting and
praying proved effective in preventing the
spread of any disease?
Is fasting and praying what the people in
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea need in
order to contain the spread of the
epidemic. Is he saying that people in these
countries are not fasting and praying
enough?

Prophesied the Outbreak of Ebola
'Archbishop' Duncan Williams did not stop
at that. He went further to declare that he
prophesied the outbreak of Ebola in Liberia.
He said: “When I went to Liberia early this
year, I said to the president, I said: ‘Madam
President, call all the pastors, the bishops
the churches to begin a fast once a month
at the stadium every Friday and attend
yourself: there is an impending danger
ahead between now and 2017’“
It is unlikely that Duncan Williams ever told
the Liberian President so. A man who could
claim to have encountered the 'spirit of
God' can make other frivolous claims. But let
us assume there was actually an encounter
like that. Now how does 'an impending
danger ahead' for a country between 2014
and 2017 tantamount to Ebola? In fact how
does this amount to a prophecy in the first
place? Why did he stop short of mentioning
the exact danger ahead? Did he encounter
some problem with his prophetic network?
Why didn't he go public with this prophecy
before the outbreak of the disease? I mean
'Archbishop' Duncan Williams is slowly
evolving into a T.B Joshua of Ghana.

Like some self-styled prophets and bishop
across West Africa, Duncan Williams is an
evangelical opportunist. He is taking
advantage of the Ebola epidemic to shore
up his 'ministry'. The people of Ghana
should ignore him and not trade evidence
based measures against Ebola for fasting
and praying. The accounts of Duncan
Williams' encounter with the 'spirit of the
Lord' and 'Madam President' are clear
indications that this is a man whose
“prophecies” should not be reckoned with
by any thinking individual or society.

Link http://mobile.ghanaweb.com/
GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?
ID=330024
Re: Duncan-williams: Prophecy And Panic Over Ebola In Ghana By Leo Igwe by dablazor: 12:29pm On Oct 13, 2014
perhaps u should post this on cediland.com
Re: Duncan-williams: Prophecy And Panic Over Ebola In Ghana By Leo Igwe by uhuns: 12:53pm On Oct 13, 2014
I guess you are the one spreading and paying attention.......
.
....... "The people of Ghana
should ignore him and not trade evidence
based measures against Ebola for fasting
and praying.".
.
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