So when it comes right down to it, while I think we can safely say that Jesus would not
waterboard His enemies, this does not mean that in a sinful and chaotic world, human governments should not.
As you said, Jesus wouldn't
waterboard His enemies.
So would Jesus
waterboard His enemies?
But this is a much different question than whether or not governments should
waterboard enemies...
Not exact matches
Instead, it seems to me that Jesus would untie his
enemy, hand him the bucket, and then get down on the
waterboard himself, saying, Go ahead.
I find it quite interesting in the current debate about
waterboarding and «enhanced interrogation techniques» that many of the same people who are condemning the practice of
waterboarding as a means to learn information about what our nation's
enemies are planning, are the same people who, after 9 - 11, demanded to know why our nation's intelligence did not know that the 9 - 11 terrorist attack was coming.
One of the comments on that post point out exactly what I suspect is the real reason
waterboarding is considered «torture» by some: the people doing it to you are your
enemies and so there is no way to «tap out.»