{"id":240,"date":"2009-05-01T13:06:14","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T13:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2009\/05\/religion-and-torture-two-disturbing-news-reports.html"},"modified":"2009-05-01T13:06:14","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T13:06:14","slug":"religion-and-torture-two-disturbing-news-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2009\/05\/religion-and-torture-two-disturbing-news-reports.html","title":{"rendered":"Religion and Torture: Two disturbing news reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mormons Disproportionately Involved in Torture <\/a><\/p>\n

Regular Church goers are more likely to approve of torture than others<\/a>, Evangelicals scored highest of all, at over 60%.<\/p>\n


\nFor the benefit of those who have trouble comprehending words, I am not saying that being an evangelical or Mormon need make you a moral monster.  I know both Mormons and Evangelicals who are wonderful people.  But if I were either, I would do some deep soul searching as to why these stories exist.<\/p>\n

And if some moral degenerate considers this post leftwing self-righteousness, perhaps they should consider the words of Ronald Reagan<\/a>: <\/p>\n

    The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of the Convention.  It marks a significant step in the development during this century of international measures against torture and other inhuman treatment or punishment. Ratification of the Convention by the United States will clearly express United States opposition to torture, an abhorrent practice unfortunately still prevalent in the world today.<\/p>\n

    The core provisions of the Convention establish a regime for international cooperation in the criminal prosecution of torturers relying on so-called “universal jurisdiction.” Each State Party is required either to prosecute torturers who are found in its territory or to extradite them to other countries for prosecution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That Reagan could say these words and have been a hero of the religious right is an excellent measure of the progressive moral and spiritual degeneracy that it appears to be undergoing today.  Were Reagan to say them today he would be denounced.  <\/p>\n

Many thanks to Glenn Greenwald<\/a>  for the Reagan quotes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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