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==What happens when scissors get dull==
==What happens when scissors get dull==


It was reported during the '90's that some message believers were experiencing persecution from the Catholic church in Madagascar.  Some catholic nuns tried to cut the hair of some girls in the message but the scissors didn't work.  When they tried to cut the hair of a non-message believer they worked fine.  
It was reported during the '90's that some message believers were experiencing persecution from the Catholic church in Madagascar.  Some Catholic nuns tried to cut the hair of some girls in the message but the scissors didn't work.  When they tried to cut the hair of a non-message believer, they worked fine.  


It took on a more sinister tone in another telling:
It took on a more sinister tone in another telling:


:''During a conflict between rebel and government groups in Africa (no country specified), a group of message women were taken to a prison camp where the guards were shaving everyone's head for sanitary reasons (fleas, lice, etc).  When they tried to cut the hair of the message believers, the scissors didn't work.''
:''During a conflict between rebel and government groups in Africa (no country specified), a group of message women were taken to a prison camp where the guards were shaving everyone's head for sanitary reasons (fleas, lice, etc).  When they tried to cut the hair of the message believers, the scissors didn't work.''
It was also reported that a similar event took place in an orphanage in Siberia.  Because of a lice infestation, the staff at the orphange decided to shave all of the girls' heads.  The shaver refused to work on the hair of the message followers.  But it did work on those that were not message followers.
An interesting question to ask is - why didn't God simply get rid of the lice???  Then all of the girls would have avoided a hair cut.  Is God OK with non-Christians having short hair???


==Watch out for strangers coming into your church to take pictures==
==Watch out for strangers coming into your church to take pictures==