Christian views on torture


	Christian views on torture

traviscrocker

8-6-2009 5:52 PM

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war, torture, ethics

traviscrocker says:

The POW added that he read the crucifixion narrative of Jesus differently now, "I appreciated His stripes once I'd got my own."

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8-7-2009 3:09 PM

disenchantedcitizen

It seems that any group of people who think they have God on their side are the very ones who can most easily become the most evil people on earth. Why is that?

Of course there are some followers who actually believe in 'turn the other cheek' and 'live and let live', but we are faced with so much hatred in this world today that some of them are beginning to strike out and they do it in the most hateful ways.

8-7-2009 3:12 PM

jay8h

Which includes atheists, of course.

8-7-2009 5:22 PM

JohnWaterman

"Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious conviction"

- Blaise Pascal

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