Comments on: Torture, Religion, Life, Death, and Fear http://www.theallegator.com/video/torture-religion-life-death-fear/ "I do not deny the allegation, I deny the allegator." – Jesse Jackson Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:19:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steel Phoenix http://www.theallegator.com/video/torture-religion-life-death-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Steel Phoenix Sat, 09 May 2009 04:15:07 +0000 http://www.theallegator.com/?p=370#comment-1280 I think you are right about the support of Bush and his ilk pushing those who wouldn't normally support these things. These things are hard to quantify, but I'm sure it's a big factor. I wonder what a similar poll would have said in the past? It would be enlightening. I think you are right about the support of Bush and his ilk pushing those who wouldn’t normally support these things. These things are hard to quantify, but I’m sure it’s a big factor. I wonder what a similar poll would have said in the past? It would be enlightening.

]]> By: Carl Wicklander http://www.theallegator.com/video/torture-religion-life-death-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 Carl Wicklander Fri, 08 May 2009 06:39:22 +0000 http://www.theallegator.com/?p=370#comment-1279 This is something I've noticed as well and I'd be lying if I said it hasn't caused me some anguish. You've pointed out some indicators about why churchgoers might be inclined to support torture. I've felt the proclivity of many Christians to support this was due to their devotion to Bush, who never missed an opportunity to tell people he was a Christian. It's like issues such as war and torture became quanitifiably Christian because a Christian ordered them. It's perhaps slightly more complex than the cut-and-dry theory I've proposed, but I can't believe this many Christians would support everything Bush did if he was a known agnostic or atheist. Laurence Vance on lewrockwell.com has written many essays addressing the question of why Christians became so bloodthirsty under Bush's terms. And thank you for the kind words you left on my blog. I enjoy the discussions you provoke and anytime I can be in a group with Pat Buchanan, it is an honor for me. This is something I’ve noticed as well and I’d be lying if I said it hasn’t caused me some anguish. You’ve pointed out some indicators about why churchgoers might be inclined to support torture. I’ve felt the proclivity of many Christians to support this was due to their devotion to Bush, who never missed an opportunity to tell people he was a Christian. It’s like issues such as war and torture became quanitifiably Christian because a Christian ordered them.

It’s perhaps slightly more complex than the cut-and-dry theory I’ve proposed, but I can’t believe this many Christians would support everything Bush did if he was a known agnostic or atheist. Laurence Vance on lewrockwell.com has written many essays addressing the question of why Christians became so bloodthirsty under Bush’s terms.

And thank you for the kind words you left on my blog. I enjoy the discussions you provoke and anytime I can be in a group with Pat Buchanan, it is an honor for me.

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