tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474625377876976766.post8475942052164860870..comments2023-07-18T06:34:47.645-05:00Comments on Solomon Parker: WWJT? Who Would Jesus Torture?Solomon Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892367435257421279noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474625377876976766.post-66393929911465386282009-06-17T10:22:57.505-05:002009-06-17T10:22:57.505-05:00Anonymous person, I can certainly understand your ...Anonymous person, I can certainly understand your sentiment, but I'll give you two reason's why you're wrong.<br /><br />Firstly, I like how Jon Stewart said it. If we break the rules every time something goes wrong, that's called a dictatorship. How would you like it if they tapped your phone after a terrorist attack? How would you like it if someone believed you kidnapped your child even though you didn't? What if they started smashing your fingers until you told them where their child was? I can put up with some imprisonment and interrogation for quite a while if I didn't do something, but torture scars the body and mind forever.<br /><br />And secondly, it doesn't pass the Rule Number Two test. In other words, the Golden Rule. It doesn't matter who did what or why or what the situation is, situations can always be manipulated and justified. If you don't want it done to you, don't do it to anyone else. That's what Jesus said and what he said goes. There is a single situation in which Jesus would allow torture and he was the only one who received it. There will be no torture in heaven, therefore, it should be my goal that it ends here.Solomon Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09892367435257421279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474625377876976766.post-2357613073019032812009-06-10T16:31:40.411-05:002009-06-10T16:31:40.411-05:00I would agree that Jesus wouldnt torture anyone. B...I would agree that Jesus wouldnt torture anyone. Being that I am not Jesus...I put myself in this hypothetical situation. Say someone kidnaps my child...and is a torturous, psycho pedophile. Now lets say that I KNOW a person who knows where my child is....and they wont tell me. I dont have time to build a rapport with them, I dont have time to wait it out... I am out of my mind, of course, and call me crazy if you like, or un-Christian (which I could become in such an instance) but I dont see it being a stretch for me to smash some fingers to get the location of my child (or yours.) This does not mean I endorse government torture, but in an extreme personal case I could see how it could happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474625377876976766.post-79938251544186430272009-05-02T21:04:00.000-05:002009-05-02T21:04:00.000-05:00On many areas,I don't agree with you 100%, but in ...On many areas,I don't agree with you 100%, but in this area I do. Torture is just wrong. I don't even understand how some one could do things like water boarding, whipping, or beating some one up under any circumstances. How could you willingly inflict that kind of pain on some one?!?!? The argument of "It will get us information and save lives." does not work. An experienced interrogator should be able to get information WITHOUT using torture. Most terrorists will be tortured to death before giving correct information. The best way to gain information is to build a rapport with the person. Torture more often then not causes the person to give false information.Lisanoreply@blogger.com