Seth Barnes Mar 15, 2008 8:00 PM

War criminal hears, “Stop being a slave!”

For interesting news stories from around the world, I recommend Joel News. For example, check out this story below. I love the line, "Jesus appeared t...

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For interesting news stories from around the world, I recommend Joel News. For example, check out this story below. I love the line, "Jesus appeared to me and asked me to stop being a slave." Isn't that what Jesus does in one way or another with all of us who follow him? "Stop being a slave to self-will and stupid living," he tells us.

LIBERIA - Rebel Commander Confesses Atrocities and Christ

Source: Joel News, January 22, 2008

One of Liberia's most notorious rebel commanders, known as 'General Butt Naked' for charging into battle wearing only boots, has returned to confess his role in terrorizing the nation, saying he is responsible for 20,000 deaths. But in the middle of this, he had an encounter with Christ.

The atrocities he and his men committed during the Liberian civil war included magical rituals that involved slaughtering children and eating their hearts. Joshua Milton Blahyi spared no details as he told Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) last week of his years with one of the most feared militias of the war.

He also shared how in the middle of this he had a head-on encounter with Christ, that marked the beginning of his ministry as a pastor. "Jesus appeared to me and asked me to stop being a slave." It was this experience, he said, that prompted his religious conversion and his life since then, travelling the country preaching his Christian message. Blahyi, 37, said it was for the TRC to decide whether he should be given an amnesty or prosecuted. "I am willing to go to court if necessary," he said. "And I will repeat just what I said here."

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