You can’t be a Christian and tolerate torture
AntiWar.Com
by Thomas R. Eddlem
03/09/09
How do some so-called Christians justify their very unchristian position in support of torture? ‘These people don’t respect human rights. They behead not only enemy soldiers, but also the civilians they capture.’ And if we do the same thing to innocent detainees that will make it right, they seem to imply. Here’s an alternative counter-argument I hear: ‘We can not afford to give full rights to detainees. That’s suicide.’ Our Founding Fathers and laws state otherwise. Moreover, the principles of Christianity the faithful claim to uphold also say the opposite...
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/eddlem.php?articleid=14368
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainee
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Founding+Fathers
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Thomas+R.+Eddlem
by Thomas R. Eddlem
03/09/09
How do some so-called Christians justify their very unchristian position in support of torture? ‘These people don’t respect human rights. They behead not only enemy soldiers, but also the civilians they capture.’ And if we do the same thing to innocent detainees that will make it right, they seem to imply. Here’s an alternative counter-argument I hear: ‘We can not afford to give full rights to detainees. That’s suicide.’ Our Founding Fathers and laws state otherwise. Moreover, the principles of Christianity the faithful claim to uphold also say the opposite...
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/eddlem.php?articleid=14368
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainee
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Founding+Fathers
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Thomas+R.+Eddlem
rudkla - 10. Mär, 10:24
