Occasionally I encounter Christian conservatives who insist that a Christian should not support a pro-choice political candidate. As a pro-life Christian, I agree with those Christian conservatives that Christians ought to be pro-life. But I don’t agree that a politician’s position on abortion can serve as a litmus test for a Christian’s support or opposition. In Canada’s most recent national […]
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Republican presidential candidates on torture: Ted Cruz really is a liar and Donald Trump is a brute
At the Republican Presidential Town Hall this week Donald Trump talked about the new moral climate that has been introduced by ISIS: “They’re chopping off the heads of people. This hasn’t happened since medieval times. We need a certain toughness….” First off, if Donald Trump believes the kind of barbarism being perpetuated by ISIS has […]
Torture and the Parable of the Mustard Gas
Last week Bryan El commented in the blog on the defense of torture techniques to extract information that might save the lives of people. (Nor was he the only one defending torture.) He wrote: “I don’t think it’s wrong to cause someone extreme pain to get them to confess specific information (the whereabouts of a […]
