Charles Taylor Finds Yahweh

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Charles Taylor Finds Yahweh

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More than 300,000 people died in conflicts ignited under the reign of Charles Taylor.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has found a new religion, reports say. The one-time African dictator, on trial at The Hague accused of crimes against humanity, has decided to convert to Judaism. According to one of his wives, after arriving in the Netherlands “he got to know that he really, really wanted to be a Jew.”

Haaretz:

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who is on trial in The Hague for alleged crimes against humanity, has reportedly decided to convert to Judaism.

One of Taylor’s wives told BBC radio that the former warlord, the first African dictator to appear before the international tribunal, “has decided to become a Jew. And he wants to follow the true religion according to him. He wants to know deeply about God.”

According to Victoria Taylor, her husband discovered Judaism after the being put to trial over his alleged war crimes in Sierra Leone.

“When he got to The Hague, he got to know that he really, really wanted to be a Jew,” she told BBC. “And he wanted to convert to Judaism. And that’s what he has done? He wants to know deeply about God and all about creation, and he wants to serve God accordingly and immediately.”

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By NYCartist, June 10, 2009 at 2:04 pm Link to this comment

Who wrote that headline? Jews do not use the word “Yahweh”. I never heard the word until I heard Born Again Christians, particularly those who want to convert Jews say the word. (I’m older, atheist Jew who grew up Orthodox Jew.) The word does not appear in the Ha’aretz News Service article; I followed the link.

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By Howard, June 10, 2009 at 1:20 pm Link to this comment

Unfortunately, Jesus would have died in Auschwitz if he was around then; so noone wants to turn to him anymore, apparanetly.

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By Folktruther, June 10, 2009 at 12:47 pm Link to this comment

In the Olden Days the criminals used to find Jesus when they Repented. Apparently there is more power and money now in the Israeli Lobby. It’s enough to make you puke.

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