Cowardice Among 'Christian' Leaders: Why the Churches Are Largely Mum on Torture

Who but the cowardly crew leading the "Christian" churches can be held responsible for the fact that many of their flock believe in torture?

A mere seven decades after the utter failure of church leaders in Germany, their current American counterparts have again yielded to fear, and have condoned evils like torture by their deafening silence.

What kinds of folks comprise this 54 percent? An informal "survey" of my friends suggests these are "my-country-first" people -- like the fellow who recently gave me the finger when he saw my bumper sticker, which simply says "God bless the rest ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 4, 2009

If you have religious leanings, this should be required reading.

Those politicians braying loudly in public that the nation has lost its morality, should perhaps look at organized religion that has lost it's morality.

“Everyone in the world knows that Jesus and his teachings were non-violent except Christians.”

Sadly, the U.S. Catholic bishops cannot find their voice on torture. This is history repeating itself, for Hamlet-like Pope Pius XII kept trying to make up his mind on whether he should put the Church at some risk in Germany, while Jews and other minorities were been tortured and murdered.

"The utter failure of nearly all our religious institutions — whose texts are unequivocal about murder — to address the essence of war has rendered them useless.

“Hope has two children. The first is anger at the way things are. The second is courage to do something about it.”

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