Witchcraft And Sorcery

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There are many reasons why witchcraft and sorcery should not be practised because it brings more harm than benefit to the society and their cultures. Nowadays, people are not educated enough about the negative impacts of this activity. Moreover, lack of media coverage on the witchcraft also the reason why people are oblivious about this and later on become the victim of it themselves, especially females.
Firstly, it is to detract minds of innocent people. One of the common ways to achieve this is by throwing pamphlets about solving problems through the help of witchcraft and black magic to every house. Usually, people who are in a crisis will easily believe what is on the pamphlets and hope it will solve their problems. For instance, people

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