Joe Carter, over at the evangelical outpost, writes that waterboarding is torture, and that the Christian response has been “shameful.” What he writes, in a nutshell, is this:
As Christians we must never condone the use of methods that threaten to undermine the inherent dignity of the person created in the image of God.
He [...]
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Christian take on waterboarding
Posted in war and peace on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
faith, hope, and charity — Jim Wallis style
Posted in war and peace on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jim Wallis, the liberal (a much gentler term than what I would use in a political blog) evangelical, has a typically weak-minded essay up at BeliefNet. The title gives away the theme: “Laugh at Ahmadinejad, Don’t Bomb His Country.”
Mr. Wallis is one of those “peace at any cost” lefties. He [...]
Never forget, never surrender
Posted in terrorism, war and peace on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
9/11/01 was not the start of the war against us, but it was the point in history when many of us took notice. A wake-up call, if you will.
9/11 did not, however, “change everything.” From the very start of our recovery from those cowardly attacks, we were told to simply resume our lives, go [...]
“Pro-War Is Anti-Christ”
Posted in war and peace on September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is quite the bumper sticker slogan. It’s found on the sign of one Elliott Nesch, who has walked more than 1,600 miles in protest of the Iraq war. Well, good for you, Elliott; you’ve got the gumption to get out and get moving in support of your beliefs.
According to the article in [...]
Moral dilemma
Posted in Israel, war and peace on August 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
According to this story in the WaPo, some 2,000 refugees fleeing Sudan. From the WaPo, the basics:
Israel closed the door Sunday on a surge of asylum-seekers from Sudan’s Darfur region and from other African countries, the largest influx of non-Jewish refugees in the modern history of the Jewish state.Authorities announced that they had expelled [...]
