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What is your view on waterboarding?

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by BigBossman, Jan 26, 2009.

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  1. Bro. Curtis

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    We see scriptural evidence of repentance & rebuke for both of those. And I made that point in my post, thank you.




    Well I agree to a point, but I don't see any biblical condemnation of it. I still say we aren't being told everything, and it reeks, to me, of a political "gotcha" kind of thing.......
     
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    Let's see what the terrorist did to Daniel Pearl, remember him? He was just a lowly journalist. And the contractors at Fallujah who were burned to a crisp and then hung from a bridge. All non-combatants.

    To those of you who are so against waterboarding, I suggest you look around the web at some of the videos out there (there are other sites besides YouTube) and see actual footage of beheadings, beatings, and real torture that militant muslims are doing to troops and innocent civilians, such as dousing them with gasoline and burning them alive. Most tortures done for allah akbar are not able to repeated on this board. I don't expect many people have the stomach to watch the videos without rushing to the nearest sink and puking your guts out. Water boarding is nothing, people. Nothing.

    These enemies cannot be reasoned with because they are so high on the drug of islam and violence and would do any of the atrocities they are proud to video tape and post on the web to you and your children and grandchildren, your wife, your mother, you sister.
     
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  3. JustChristian

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    How do you know that they are terrorists? They've never been charged with anything and therefore never convicted.
     
  4. LadyEagle

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    Hey, Matt, it can't be as bad as child birth (9 hour labor) without water, ice chips, or sedatives. Deal.
     
  5. matt wade

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    The checks in the mail... :laugh:
     
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    Do Whatever Is Needed to Protect Our Nation

    "War is Hell!" I don't know who said it, but, that doesn't make it any less true. War will never be a pretty thing, nor will it ever be open to the rules of the politically correct, and for those who think we should apply the infamous "Golden Rule" to our enemies, well, you're just plain stupid and dead wrong.

    This enemy will cut off the head of their enemy as a television special event, and not lose a minute of sleep for inhumane treatment of prisoner's captured in this war. This is a different breed of animal that we are fighting in this war on terror. The only thing they know and respect is the same kind of treatment that they give out to our fighting men and women.

    Grow up. The days of the "bleeding heart liberals" are long gone. There are no rules with these guys....and we must fight them on their terms, and hopefully, on their soil.

    Americans that cry out for humane imprisonment of terrorists are living in a Fantasy World. This kind of treatment will be the main reason we lose the war.

    Please stop being weak kneed lollipop licker's. This enemy will not be stopped by being nice. And they will not think any less of us, nor will they give us brownie points for being "a nation of values". Their hate for America will be the same no matter what we do. If we were to capture a terrorist; give them a prime rib and baked-potato dinner; a bath; a new suit; and fly them home on first class, they would still have hate toward us, and so would a lot of their kin.

    "War is Hell" and we need to unleash that hell on our enemy!

    That does not make me less a Christian. It simply means I have seen the light, and the light has set me free. I don't like this kind of warfare. I didn't like it in Viet Nam. But, it was as real then as it is now, and the only way to take it on, is head on. Nice guys in the jungles of Nam only died....:tear:

    Pastor Paul:type:
     
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    So do we lower ourselves to the standards of terrorists?

    What did Christ teach about how we are to treat our enemies?
     
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    Don't believe I said that. But what does that have to do with how a Christian treats their enemy?
    Oh, and by the way, the inmates at Gitmo get better treatment than the troops guarding them there, overall. They get 3 squares a day, special meals prepared according to islamic dietary laws, hot showers (our troops get cold ones), regular exercise, and live in a wonderful tropical climate by the seashore. I think the US treats our enemies rather well, better than most. So the water boarding is a non-issue, all things considered. Besides, when Obama gets done, they will probably mostly get to go free to go and plan more attacks on us. It's a wonderful life. Better than most of our homeless people have on the homeland.[/QUOTE]

    Would you rather be a prisoner at Gitmo or a guard?

    And, again ,what does your comment have to do with how Christians are to treat their enemies?
     
  9. matt wade

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    And all along I thought that it was Jesus that taught the "Golden Rule". Wait...it was Him. You have the nerve to post here and say that my Lord is "plain stupid"?

    He's also the same one that said, "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."

    Was He "plain stupid" when he said that?

    I don't even know what that is, so maybe I am one? Thanks for the name calling though, it really helps to drive your point home.

    I'll pray for your congregation. I have a feeling they need it.
     
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    Why do you have to equate opposition to waterboarding to being soft on our terrorist enemies? Torture is hurting our war on terror. It is hurting our national resolve and our international reputation.
     
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    The prisoners get treated better than the guards did, when the guards were in boot camp. You wouldn't have liked boot camp. My ears are still red from the things said about my mother. And I did push-ups until there was a puddle of sweat under me. I went thru tear gas, and that wasn't as bad as the smoke house, "George" I had to pass thru, and the 55 degree salt water I had to learn to swim in, and in all of them, I had to recite whatever sentry general order I was asked before being let out. I was made to march with a full pack. And about all these "gourmet chefs" that supposedly learned to cook in the Navy, well they didn't work at Great Lakes. And the duty & conditions did NOT improve when I boarded a warship & went to the Persian Gulf.

    The prisoners have it better than the guards. Life is easier for them. Luckily for me, my sense of duty outweighed my laziness.
     
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    Then it shouldn't be approved. It only became an issue when people found out the Bush administration did it. You can't tell me he's the first to use these techniques.
     
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    God may not always rebuke in our time frame. See Psalms 50.
     
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    I took a Bible survey class through Liberty Univ.....and believe me, the way war was conducted and prisoners were handled....as well as other people.... was not pretty. God sanctioned the slaughter of the Hebrew's enemies....and God wiped out entire cities....(Sodom and Gommorah)

    We are turning into namby-pamby-can't-defend-ourselves people. If you don't believe that war is hell, and that innocent people die, go join up with the Quakers and be a peacenik. Our soldiers die and fight to protect them too.

    I would do anything to protect my freedoms. Would you?
     
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    God may not always rebuke in our time frame. See Psalms 50.

    I agree, but in the Bible, every major O/T servant has their sins spelled out. I don't believe David, or Nehemiah was sinning.

    God ordained stoning as a punishment for immorality. What could be more tortuous than being buried up to your waist and have rocks thrown at you until you were dead ? I believe the rule of stoning meant no rock should be big enough to kill on the first blow. I'll have to look that up, but if I remember correctly......
     
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    Yes, and then Jesus came and told us that whoever was without sin could cast the first stone. I'm perfectly fine with waterboarding as long as it is done by someone without sin :).
     
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    The people who were going to stone that woman did not have the authority to do so.

    Like I said, we don't know all we need to in order to condemn anyone on this.
     
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    If you are against torture, then in order to be consistent, you would HAVE to be against starving innocent women & children to death by sanctioning governments we don't like.

    Anyone ?
     
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    Wait, Matt. Jesus also said there will be wars and rumors of wars....

    And Jesus is coming back again as a Warrior to deal with His enemies and enemies of His people. And the blood will be as deep as a horse bridle and it will take 7 months to bury the dead.
     
  20. matt wade

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    I'll bite. Yes, I have a problem with punishing the citizens of a country for the sins of their leaders. I sure don't want to be punished for what my leaders do... :laugh:

    On a serious note. Yes, really. I don't think it is right to stop aid (in the form of medicine, food, etc) from going into a country. BTW, I don't think that the aid should come from our government, but from private citizens that choose to help.
     
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