Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Russia bans witches, warlocks and faith healers from advertising they can cure cancer!

Russian MPs have backed a bill that bans anyone who calls themselves a witch or a wizard from advertising their services in the media in an effort to combat a controversial national obsession with the occult.  According to the Orthodox Church, Russia has 800,000 practitioners of the occult, many of whom advertise in newspaper small advertisements offering cures for alcoholism and spells to lift curses and return errant husbands for a fee. One report claims almost one in five Russians have consulted occult ‘healers’ but MPs have warned they are risking their health and possibly their lives by trusting in such quackery. They say it is time the country grew up.

Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8018643/Russias-witches-and-wizards-face-ad-ban-to-protect-cancer-victims.html