For some reason, I have been thinking about Blahyi over the last couple of days. However, I can't find any recent news about him, other than this brief article from the middle of last month, which notes (in the Google translation):
A team of filmmakers has Blahiy accompanied for 5 years and documented his dramatic transformation from General Butt Naked [to] an evangelist and pastor in a movie. "The Redemption of General Butt Naked" raises the deep question of how much a person can change - and what repentance and forgiveness really make. How can a person from mass murderers to be a preacher? Is the whole thing just a trick - or is there a force behind it that really turn evil in a man, and thus may also be a response to a deeply divided country?I don't know if Blahyi will ever read this, but I have related his story to my family, and prayed for him tonight to continue his path into the light of Christ and truth. I believe the gospel of Christ can bring peace to this Earth.
A few weeks ago, I watched a VICE documentary that spent a lot of time with this guy in Liberia. Yes, he appears to have done a lot of good as a preacher. I was not quite convinced Mr. Blahyi's sincerity. But, my distrust could be a function of my general distrust of preachers.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuSS0iiFyo
http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-travel/the-vice-guide-to-liberia-full-length
BTW, the VICE video is not suitable for children.
DeleteThanks for the links. All I've seen are a couple of articles about the man, and I may just suffer from too much optimism. I think what started me thinking about his account is that, as a family, we have been reading the Book of Mormon and just finished reading the section about the conversion of Laminites who took upon them the name of Anti-Nephi-Lehites. They had been savage and warlike, but completely repudiated that life after accepting the gospel, becoming complete pacifists rather than risk falling back into their past behavior.
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