It’s inevitable that once in a while, you come across a story that can only be described as “weird as hell”. This tends to happen often whenever people are convinced to believe in things that have no basis in reality. Absurdities abound in religion, and one of the ways these folks try and deal with death is usually to invent all manner of fantasy to ignore the painful fact that a love one is gone.

I am not a parent, so I cannot properly understand what it must be like to lose a child. When Kimoree Vaughan lost her baby, it was obvious she was not in the right state of mind. This would go a long way in explaining her TicTok video, where she claims that her pastor (as yet unidentified) had convinced her to parade the child for three days, so that at the end he could use his “magic powers” to ressurect him, all for money, of course.

Given the nature of the situation, I find it difficult to comprehend just what to make of this. If it is true, did this pastor really believe he possessed these powers? Surely he understood that taking money to ressurect someone is the kind of fraud that sends you to the slammer. A quick glance at Kimoree’s social media account is also revelatory in terms of her own desire for attention and fame, and the obsessive chronicalling of her private life to a public audience. Is the story a fabrication for more attention?

At the end of the day, the fog of faith will make the whole affair difficult to see clearly. With little proof and no names, I can already tell that this entire story will soon fall to the wayside, as so many other countless instances of exploitative and disturbing behaviour by the faithful often does.