(Reported By Jennifer Leclaire) Call it a trend. I read earlier this week about a South African pastor who sprays his congregants with insecticide in the name of curing what ails them. Health authorities have intervened but apparently a false prophet down the street didn’t get the message. “Prophet” Rufus Phala encouraged his church members drink Dettol, a disinfectant, in order to receive a
healing. That’s according to Punch. In case you aren’t familiar, Dettol is a liquid antiseptic and disinfectant that has the potential to cause lethal toxicity. “I know Dettol is harmful, but God instructed me to use it,” the false prophet said in a video South Africa’s Daily Sun ran. “I was the first one to drink it.” The rise of the so-called “chemical healing” prophets is disturbing but not surprising. READ MORE
