Seems like some churches could benefit from focusing a little more on the WWJD. I really feel for the many evangelicals and Catholics who do oppose torture and work actively against it (I have a number of friends who fall into this category). How do we reach the people that still don't see why torture is never okay?
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What would Jesus do? Weep. These numbers suggest that too many Christians have conflated Jesus with Jack Bauer or some such archetype. Jesus was not a manly man. He was not a warrior or a champion. He did not build the kingdom by smiting the Romans. And he sure as heck didn't say, "Torture thine enemies."
But what do I know? I'm just one of those soft secular humanists who believes some fundamental dignity is everyone's right.
Hmm...didn't the Romans thing Jesus was pretty much a terrorist (or, at the very least, a threat to their power), and then they...tortured him?
Yeah. Pretty sure Jesus would be thoroughly anti-torture. Just sayin'.
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