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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:23 PM
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"Church Going Americans More Likely To Support Torture"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/01/church-going-americans-mo_n_194476.html

"The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey.
The Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture rallied on Capitol Hill in March 2008.

More than half of people who attend services at least once a week -- 54 percent -- said the use of torture against suspected terrorists is "often" or "sometimes" justified. Only 42 percent of people who "seldom or never" go to services agreed, according to the analysis released Wednesday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life."


I don't think anybody could have anticipated this. Well, anybody who hadn't read a history book, at any rate.
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:24 PM
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1. Inquisition--21st Century style.
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loyalkydem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:26 PM
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2. LOL
So I automatically support this, thanks a lot. In reality I don't support torture
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:28 PM
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3. "So I automatically support this" - Who said that? Somebody in reality?
Edited on Fri May-01-09 12:29 PM by BlooInBloo
Or just you making shit up?
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loyalkydem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:30 PM
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4. I'm a
Church going person myself. I like it when idiots make statements like that. As Rachel says, "You stay classy now"
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:32 PM
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6. So... Nobody said anything about you. kkthx for clearing that up - I appreciate your honesty...
Another historically well-known christian trait.
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Hugabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:33 PM
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7. I take it reading isn't one of your strong points
Show me where in the OP it says that church-going people support torture.
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loyalkydem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:30 PM
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5. Delete
Edited on Fri May-01-09 12:30 PM by loyalkydem
Duplicate
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Hugabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:35 PM
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8. If it was good enough for Jeesus, then it's good enough for dirty terrorists
I'm betting that many of these Xtians who think torture is a good thing probably have a well-worn copy of "The Passion" sitting in their DVD collection.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:35 PM
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9. Because you know, if it wasn't for capital punishment...
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