Sunday 9 November 2008
General Butt Naked
Joshua Milton Blahyi spoke at our Sunday evening service tonight. He spoke about being a "priest" for the Krahn tribe since he was young, and regularly making human sacrifices. During the war he fought naked - hence the name he was given, "General Butt Naked". He sacrificed a child before every battle and distributed pieces of its heart to be eaten by him and the child soldiers he had recruited. In 1996, whilst his Krahn tribe were surrounded by Charles Taylor's army, he had just sacrificed another child when a voice coming from a bright light told him to come out of slavery. It was the voice of Jesus, telling him to stop being a slave to the Devil - and he did just that! He turned his back on his evil ways and terrible practices. Since then he has become an evangelist, and is working with ex-combatants, and has brought over 50 to the Lord. He is a very powerful speaker, and is a perfect example of how God can use someone who was utterly evil, for good. Olly
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If all of the above is true, I can only hope that this person will face his responsability when being trialed for incredible brutalities against mankind.
It's too easy to escape the consequences of barbarian acts (whilst being surrounded by enemy troups) by pretending to hear voices from no matter where above.
Hi Steven. Sure its true - look him up on Google or Wikipedia. We're still not sure if there will be a War Crimes Tribunal in Liberia. He has already been the first person to voluntarily stand before the Truth & Reconciliation Committee, but that has no powers and is purely for the "reconcilliation of the nation". Ultimately, I believe God will judge one day. Olly
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