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Showing Original Post only (View all)American Family Association Director: Jesus Christ Would Support the Use of Torture [View all]
Jesus Would Support The Use Of Torture
Submitted by Kyle Mantyla
The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer is continuing his defense of the CIA's use of torture, writing today that liberals "would drag the Bibles heroes before the courts at Nuremberg and charge them with crimes against humanity" and suggesting on his radio program that Jesus would support the use of torture in a time of war.
Fischer argued on his radio program today that the Bible makes certain things permissible during times of war that would not be permissible during times of peace, adding that Jesus is a "warrior" who would probably approve of torture.
"Christianity is not a pacifist religion," Fischer said. "The God that we serve is described in Exodus 15 as a 'man of war.' Now we often think of gentle Jesus, meek and mild, but let's not forget, according to Romans 19:13, when he comes back ... he will be riding a white horse and wearing his own robe, dipped in blood. That is a robe that is worn by a warrior who is inflicting casualties on the foe. So this is gentle Jesus, meek and mild; when we comes back, his robe is going to be dipped in blood because he too is a warrior":
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big_dog
Dec 2014
OP
A man who dies of torture ... thorns in crown, beating with whips, crucified. Yeah. He would
roguevalley
Dec 2014
#36
Amazing that we have gotten to the point of "Family, Jesus, & Torture" in the same sentence.
CincyDem
Dec 2014
#4
My first initial thought also, this one must be talking about smeone else.
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#17
Fischer sure does worship a supportive deity. He agrees with Bryan on absolutely everything.
tanyev
Dec 2014
#11
Why not throw the New Testament in the trash? Conservative Christians completely
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2014
#15
This (for lack of a better word) "person" and his ilk are EXACTLY who "Christians" are talking about
Maedhros
Dec 2014
#22
Oh, yes, mustn't have a Jesus who's a big sissy-lala who turns the other cheek!
WinkyDink
Dec 2014
#27
To be fair, in the story Jesus says that anyone who mistreats a prisoner mistreats Him, and that
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#31