Torture

A lot is being said about torture in the media recently because of the incidents at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and others like it. Today I read an the cover story of Christianity Today titled: Why Torture is Always Wrong.

Sometimes it's hard to dissociate my patriotism from my faith, but I think I finally mulled over the implications and ethics of CIA and military torture today. I used to rationalize that we could use some kinds of torture to extract important information from prisoners who like nothing better than to kill us all. But that's not loving my enemies. Jesus said:

"You have heard that it was said, 'Love
your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray
for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He
causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous
and the unrighteous." (Matthew5:43-45).

Sorry for such a short and depressing post, but I needed to get these thoughts down.