Christians and Torture
A recent survey was conducted about torture and I think the results to it are a disgrace to Christians in this country. Here’s the link to the article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/30/religion.torture/index.html
Basically, the study found that Evangelical Christians, of which I consider myself a member, are the most likely to consider torture acceptable, compared to other religious or non-religious groups. They asked the question “Do you think the use of torture against suspected terrorists in order to gain important information can often be justified, sometimes be justified, rarely be justified, or never be justified.” The study found that the more often you go to church, the more likely you were to answer that torture is justified or sometimes justified.
You can go to the article for the stats, but I am shocked to hear this and it makes me really sad. Christians are supposed to be the light on a hill, an example of Christ in this world, set apart and holy, a royal priesthood sent to seek and to save the lost, and we are the most likely to see torture as justified?! Most likely! Torture is what was done to Christ…it should not be what is done in the name of Christ.
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I find it ironic (if you can call it that
Christians worship a suspected terrorist who was tortured to death…
This makes me sick.
I think this is a tragic example of Christians politics influencing their thinking more than their faith influences their thinking. The correlation between church attendance and support for torture is the same correlation between church attendance and likelihood to vote Republican. I think what this poll shows is that Republicans are more likely to support torture, and its just a coincidence that these Republicans happen to go to church on Sunday. My prayer is that as a Body we would start to be guided by the Bible, not our own political ideologies, on important issues such as torture.
I think you’re right Kolburt. Christians need to remember that their first citizenship is in Heaven, not down here.