Browsing Category "Torture"
Dick Cheney and Gitmo cartoon
By     |    Aug 31, 2011
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Dick Cheney and Gitmo cartoon

Now this takes me back. Of course, it still hasn’t been dealt with, and there are Christians that still either support torture or redefine torture…but it still takes me back.

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By     |    Jun 30, 2009
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Keeping the death chamber windows open

This letter from Sister Helen Prejean is positively stellar. Writing to the California Department of Corrections on a recent proposal, she made wonderfully and graphically clear how depraved we can be as humans. She urged California to KEEP THE WINDOW OPEN during the administration of the poisonous chemicals and as the person is dying as well as after the person has been killed, as the medical professional verifies the death [...]

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By     |    Jun 30, 2009
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Christians: take a stand! Torture must stop!

Mohammed Jawad was captured in Kabul and given over to the US forces in 2003. At the time he was around 14 years young. And this is what the US has done to him: What is not in dispute is that he was no older than an adolescent, and that since his capture he has been tortured and otherwise put through hell. The evidence against him has been discredited. He [...]

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By     |    Jun 22, 2009
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Taking notice of torture…again

Clever. But, more importantly, will Christians who currently support either terror or harsh interrogation, especially those who do not consider something like waterboarding torture, take a minute and reflect?

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By     |    Jun 4, 2009
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Vivian’s Opinion on Torture

As I recently mentioned, Tim Vivian wrote a short follow up to an opinion piece he wrote on 10 May. The reason I had a hard time finding the original piece was because, as it turns out, the title was not properly input. The title should be “Should a ‘Christian nation’ renounce torture? Of course.” If you search for it at Bakersfield.com, it’s listed by the subtitle, “… But Not [...]

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By     |    Jun 3, 2009
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A Simple Word on Torture

On 10 May, Tim Vivian, a former professor of mine (Christian Mysticism), a man who also tutored me in Greek for a stint (short but insanely effective), an Episcopal priest, and author/editor of a good number of books on early Christian monastics, wrote an opinion piece for our local paper entitled “Should a ‘Christian nation’ renounce torture? Of course.” I have not been able to find the transcript of that [...]

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