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THURSDAY, AUG 6, 2009| 3 comments

Survey: Majority of church goers support torture

The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey.

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.

White evangelical Protestants were the religious group most likely to say torture is often or sometimes justified -- more than six in 10 supported it. People unaffiliated with any religious organization were least likely to back it. Only four in 10 of them did. ...

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8/7/09 8:28 PM

Barry from KY.

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I find it very odd that my Christian Brothers and Sisters a very quiet on this news article. Admittedly, this was from a very small sample. I would think there would be some opposition to this article.

8/6/09 3:32 PM

Kentar

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"The analysis is based on a Pew Research Center survey of 742 American adults conducted April 14-21"

This is such a blatant generalisation based upon such a small group that it is rediculous.

8/6/09 9:41 AM

Barry from KY

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So much for,
Mat 5:44 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;

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