‘Hard to tell Christians from lions’ - The Baptist Standard

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http://www.baptiststandard.com/postnuke/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=5218

The description of a special method of torture that U.S. soldiers inflicted on Iraqi prisoners sounded instantly familiar. As someone who has read many histories of the Christian martyrs, it didn’t take long to remember where the brand of punishment had been used before. snip

In the 16th century, the Jesuit priests and brothers martyred in England were treated to the same deprivations. The torture used against my brother Jesuits, which had long been viewed as unnaturally cruel, is now used by my own country. snip

Besides the historically dubious value of information extracted with torture, how many people is it permissible to torture to save a life? Would you torture one person? Ten? Twenty?

Torture is an affront to the dignity of the individual. And belief in this dignity is supposed to be cherished by the same politicians who proclaim their support of the “culture of life,” especially during election years. But respect for life does not end at birth; it should continue unbroken from birth to natural death.

In a nation where the name of Jesus comes too easily to the lips of political leaders, his most essential teaching is proving easy to ignore. Jesus said that we should love and even pray for our enemies—not torture them.

The degradations undergone by the Christian martyrs are now being employed by our nation against our enemies. In the new global Colosseum, it is becoming difficult to tell the Christians from the lions.

[lolly]

1. What was Granger's quote?

Remember the guy at Abu Gharaib?

Something about "The Christian in me thinks I should show mercy, but the rest of me likes to make a man piss all over himself?"

It's pretty clear which side of the Bushevik "Christians" is winning these inner battles.

[Nikki Stone 1]

2. Interesting article

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