{"id":469691,"date":"2018-03-04T17:15:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T17:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/04\/false-prophecies-gullibility-of-ghanaians-amazing-prof-martey\/"},"modified":"2018-03-04T17:15:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T17:15:56","slug":"false-prophecies-gullibility-of-ghanaians-amazing-prof-martey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/04\/false-prophecies-gullibility-of-ghanaians-amazing-prof-martey\/","title":{"rendered":"False Prophecies: Gullibility of Ghanaians \u2018amazing\u2019 \u2013 Prof. Martey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday,  4 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-03-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/28920694.295.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Martey\" title=\"Emma Martey\" width=\"295\" height=\"230\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, Immediate past Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1520183756_535_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The recent trend of \u2018doom prophecies\u2019 from some pastors in the country has courted the outrage of many Ghanaians including top men of God have condemned the trend and described it as morally wrong. For many, their concern is the fact that the \u2018prophetic gift\u2019 is being abused by the \u2018so called\u2019 men of God who are using all sort of \u2018imaginative threats\u2019 to create fright.<\/p>\n<p>Immediate past Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, known for his rather \u2018strict\u2019 stance on a lot of issues has added his voice. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Agape House New Testament Church in East Legon, Accra on Saturday, Prof. Martey rebuked church leaders uttering \u2018false prophesies\u2019 they claim to have come from God.<\/p>\n<p>The man of God said prophets who engage in such act do so to create fear and panic in the country as well as extort monies from people.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Martey however expressed his amazement at the way Ghanaians \u2018gullibly\u2019 receive these prophecies without weighing the import of their statements rationally and in link with the word of God.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2018\u2019 I\u2019m amazed at the gullibility of Ghanaians\u2026 eh I don\u2019t want to die then let me go to him to pray for me, you are going for a curse\u2026 not a prayer\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019 there are some people who will say ok bring four tubers of yam, chicken two white,\u2026 some will say even add tomatoes, then they will say add two hundred and fifty\u2026 it\u2019s not day break wake up!\u2019\u2019, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In earlier publications, some pastors came out to reveal death prophesies about certain celebrities in the entertainment industry, most notably Shatta Wale and Ebony.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/HfeeCC3y-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Founder and Leader of True Word Prophetic Fire Ministry, Prophet Nigel Gaisie prophesied the death of songstress Ebony Reigns in November 2017. Other Prophets including Kumchacha and Owusu Bempah have also predicted the demise of government officials and celebrities in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the late Ebony, her manager Bullet had stated that though some precautions were taken to avert the death, the unfortunate happened and the dancehall artist died on her way back from a visit to her mother in Sunyani.<\/p>\n<p>Dancehall artist Shatta Wale has also lashed out at the prophets predicting his premature demise.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/deCQM1dI-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/qLcSNMnC-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/Z9SGick4-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: 32 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Sunday, 4 March 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-03-04 play videoRev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, Immediate past Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana The recent trend of \u2018doom prophecies\u2019 from some pastors in the country has courted the outrage of many Ghanaians including top men of God have condemned the trend and described it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":469692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}