I ate childrens hearts, ex-rebel says

BBC NEWS | Africa | I ate children's hearts, ex-rebel says

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Milton Blahyi, a former feared rebel commander in Liberia's brutal civil war, has admitted to taking part in human sacrifices as part of traditional ceremonies intended to ensure victory in battle.


Milton Blahyi urges other ex-combatants to confess
He said the sacrifices "included the killing of an innocent child and plucking out the heart, which was divided into pieces for us to eat."

There had been numerous rumours of human sacrifices during the 1979-93 conflict but this is the first time anyone has admitted publicly to the practice.

Mr Blahyi, 37, is better known in Liberia as "General Butt Naked" because he went into combat with no clothes on, to scare the enemy.

He is now an Evangelist preacher, who prefers to use the name Joshua....

What a world we live in, will it ever get better?

So he's someone who used to be part of a traditional African tribe and did their weird tribal rituals but now he's ashamed about it so he's become a Christian and started preaching against human sacrifices. Makes sense to me.

I don't see what's so wrong with repentance.

there is nothing wrong with admitting wrongs and seeing to help others.

Um, I swear I posted in this a few minutes ago but now it's gone along with someone elses post.

Yes, I deleted the shorter posts that really didn't add much to the discussion.

Nothing against you or the other posters, I just tend to trim short posts.

Originally Posted by Pie_Dictator

What a world we live in, will it ever get better?

The short answer? No, it won't. IMO, our world is getting gradually worse and worse by the day, particularly in Britain, America and the Middle East. I hate the 21st century.

The short answer? No, it won't. IMO, our world is getting gradually worse and worse by the day, particularly in Britain, America and the Middle East. I hate the 21st century.

Tell me about it, Britain is just starting to generaly Piss me off and shock me more every day. Back on topic, as long as he truely does feel repentance I think he deserves to have forgiveness and I think it probably took alot of guts to admit this.

Originally Posted by GDwarf

Yes, I deleted the shorter posts that really didn't add much to the discussion.

Umm, I don't see how those posts were a problem... especially not my first post in this thread anyways. If your deleting the short posts then you better delete # 2 and 3 as well. I don't see how what I had to say was any different than what Blizzaga and nighthawkx (no offense to you guys) had to say. I'm not making a big deal about this but who goes around and edits threads like that ? They were certainly not spam comments.

In the other forums here they wouldn't be a problem.

However, the I:SB does have...higher standards, I suppose, for what is or isn't a good post.

Posts that add something to the discussion are kept, but just saying "That's gross" or "I agree" or equivalent really doesn't add anything.

Originally Posted by GDwarf

In the other forums here they wouldn't be a problem.

However, the I:SB does have...higher standards, I suppose, for what is or isn't a good post.

Posts that add something to the discussion are kept, but just saying "That's gross" or "I agree" or equivalent really doesn't add anything.

Yes, I would understand if "I agree" or "That's gross" had been all i said but what I said was :

That's disgusting, but I am glad to see how his life has turned around.

and I don't see how that's any different from

I don't see what's so wrong with repentance.

or

there is nothing wrong with admitting wrongs and seeing to help others.

I appreciate your trying to keep the forums clean, and all that, that's awesome, but next time, i'd appreciate my comments be kept unless they are indeed 1 or 2 word replys.

Originally Posted by Adventurer

Yes, I would understand if "I agree" or "That's gross" had been all i said but what I said was :



and I don't see how that's any different from

or


I appreciate your trying to keep the forums clean, and all that, that's awesome, but next time, i'd appreciate my comments be kept unless they are indeed 1 or 2 word replys.

Mostly your post was repeating what others had said, so it was deleted.

In addition, it didn't really leave any room to be expanded upon. The others that are kept did.

We are, however, really derailing this thread, feel free to continue this in PM.

Sorry isnt good enough, execute him.

Originally Posted by Blizzaga

I don't see what's so wrong with repentance.

If I were God, and I saw you eat a kid's heart, I'd say **** no to that. Repent all you want: you can't do THAT and expect to get away with it.

It was a tribal ritual, wasn't it? It could have been a part of the culture for many centuries. However, I don't think you should be able to repent for eating a child's heart.

In certain parts of Ethiopia, a child is left to die if it's a twin or has some physical anomaly.

Originally Posted by Master Jaken

If I were God, and I saw you eat a kid's heart, I'd say **** no to that. Repent all you want: you can't do THAT and expect to get away with it.

But are you God?