Why Are Frequent Churchgoers More Likely To Support Torture.mp4

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/04/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4989944.shtml A Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey released last week found that those who attend weekly church services are more likely than those who rarely or never attend services to say the use of torture on suspected terrorists is justifiable. Here's the analysis from Pew's Forum on Religion & Public Life. The poll found that fifty-four percent of those who attend weekly services say the use of torture on terror suspects in order to gain important information can "often" or "sometimes" be justified. That's twelve percent higher than the 42 percent of those who seldom or never attend such services who say the same. It's important to note that the percentage who says the use of torture can never be justified is roughly the same in both groups, about one in four. See the graphic above. The poll also suggests that those who are religious are more likely to say the use of torture can be justified than those who are not religious. While roughly one in two Americans say the use of torture can "often" or "sometimes" be justified, a smaller percentage of those who are unaffiliated – 40 percent – say the same. Unaffiliated, for Pew's purposes, are those who call themselves atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular. White evangelical Protestants, meanwhile, are more likely than the general population to say the use of torture can "often" or "sometimes" be justified - sixty-two percent say so. The figures for white non-Hispanic Catholics and white mainline Protestants (groups like Episcopalians, Lutherans and Presbyterians) are closer to the general population: Fifty-one percent of the former and 46 percent of the latter say torture can "often" or "sometimes" be justified. (Breakdowns of other groups were not offered because the sample size was too small.) A CBS News/New York Times poll released last week found that 71 percent of Americans believe that the use of waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation techniques constitutes torture. Such techniques, deployed during the Bush administration, have been halted by President Obama. The CBS News/NY Times survey also found that while 37 percent of Americans think waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation techniques are sometimes justified, 46 percent think these techniques are never justified. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles_of_faith/2009/05/do_frequent_chu.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/04/jesus-wept.html ____________ God given Morals? Dont make me laugh...

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sistromo (2009-05-13)

Let's not forget that Mr. Pat Robertson himself publicly asked for the assassination of an individual. Like Temptation elaborates, these people are despicable.