Comments on: If Torture, then Not Christian

By: roger flyer

roger flyer — Sat, 02 May 2009 23:36:24 +0000

I love country music, too! American country that is.

Taylor Swift, Toby Keith.

(Roger runs away crying when he realizes he’s added his comment to the wrong blog..)

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:53:36 +0000

It would behoove you to know then that some of the tactics used by the American military and intelligence community were the same tactics used by the Khmer Rouge, the Viet Cong, the Soviets, and yes, even the Gestapo.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:10:08 +0000

Hitting people with metal baseball bats (to the point that you break their arms or legs), “stress positions” that cause labored breathing and extreme joint pain, covering detainees with ice packs so they experience hypothermia…I don’t know how any Christian can find this acceptable. Need I mention that 100 detainees have died from these “enhanced” procedures?

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:05:07 +0000

If anyone, Christian or otherwise, still has no problems with the “enhanced interrogation” procedures our government has been up to these last few years, I recommend they read Andrew Sullivan’s blog post (see “website” link) comparing, with devastating accuracy, the similar treatment and justification for treatment the Gestapo did and what our government has done.

Sixty years ago, those in the Gestapo responsible for sanctioning the “enhanced interrogation procedures” were tried for war crimes and sentenced to death.

By: Christina Tuituku

Christina Tuituku — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:57:00 +0000

“Torture” needs to be defined. If it means what the Nazis did to the Jews; or Mao to his people; or the Viet Cong to Southern Vietnames; or what the some of the Iraqis did to American soldies, like disembowling and hanging their bodies from the tops of bridges, then I think all of us would agree that those are examples of torture. But sleep deprivation, 24 hour’s of bright lights and/or loud, raucous music, or isolation are fair treatments of prisoners of war. And that is what we arre talking about, is it not—POW’S. LAPD has been tortuous to our own American citizens; the police action should be condemned and punished. When the day comes when American Christians are “persecuted,” will it need to be defined or will we realize we are now part of the worldwide suffering church.

By: R.O. Flyer

R.O. Flyer — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:14:43 +0000

Now we’re talking.

By: Hill

Hill — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:32:59 +0000

And I’m proud 2 be an Americun… ware at least I know I’m free.

By: Halden

Halden — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:27:53 +0000

It wasn’t a decision. It was inevitable. Freedom isn’t free.

By: R.O. Flyer

R.O. Flyer — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:15:36 +0000

Wait, the war in Iraq was not the right decision?!

By: D C Cramer

D C Cramer — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:12:50 +0000

This is a nice surprise. Reynolds previously interacted with me on my blog in which he sounded extremely politically conservative (even admitting that he still believes the war in Iraq was the right decision). Glad to see he is reasonable here.

By: Bobby Grow

Bobby Grow — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:35:01 +0000

Thomism and Molinism creates ‘in-roads’ where one would think there would’nt be . . .

By: Halden

Halden — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:22:33 +0000

He’s Orthodox?? Wow, I’m learning new things about Biola today…

By: Bobby Grow

Bobby Grow — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:21:27 +0000

This is a good piece.

John Mark Reynolds is a good Greek Orthodox philosopher who teaches at Biola, no less.