Atheists & Agnostics

DetlefK

(16,423 posts) Wed Jun 25, 2014, 07:07 AM Jun 2014

Nigerian atheist kidnapped by family, sent to psychiatric ward

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28010234

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Mubarak Bala, 29, is said to have been forcibly medicated by his Muslim relatives, despite being given a clean bill of health by a doctor.

The IHEU says that when Mr Bala told relatives he did not believe in God, they asked a doctor if he was mentally ill.

Despite being told that he was not unwell, Mr Bala's family then went to a second doctor, who declared that his atheism was a side-effect of suffering a personality change, the group says.

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Nigerian atheist kidnapped by family, sent to psychiatric ward (Original Post) DetlefK Jun 2014 OP

Make sense, NOT, believing in magical creatures is insane. Heather MC Jun 2014 #1

It seems daily I have cause to think JNelson6563 Jun 2014 #2

I think our alert troll(s) is (are) more concerned with silencing atheists on DU. trotsky Jun 2014 #3

They're the ones we need saving from! JNelson6563 Jun 2014 #4

Sometimes I have that too sakabatou Jun 2014 #5

Heather MC

(8,084 posts)

1. Make sense, NOT, believing in magical creatures is insane.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 10:22 AM

Jun 2014

Yep nothing to see here

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)

2. It seems daily I have cause to think

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 10:32 AM

Jun 2014

God, save me from your people. Not to mention the poor guy in the story. I would wager there are many christians in the US who wish they could this exact thing to us. And by "us"of course I am not referring to those who troll this group looking for stuff to alert on, no doubt helping secure their place in heaven. *gag*

Julie