Tag: torture

June is National Torture Awareness Month

Join the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) and congregations across the country in marking Torture Awareness Month this June.  Under the theme “2012 – Confronting the Culture of Torture,” NRCAT has […]

April 16, 2012 Read →

No Compromise: The Story of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani

Throughout history, it seems that people of most faiths have had some period of persecution and martyrdom for no crime other than telling others what they have chosen to believe. Those who dared to think differently were dangerous to the status quo and they either had to publicly change their mind or face torture or death.

February 23, 2012 Read →

Southern Evangelicals More Likely to Support Torture

The report cited a survey of 600 Southern white evangelicals and said that 57 percent hold the belief that torture can sometimes or often be used to extract information from suspected terrorists, as opposed to 48 percent of the general population. The survey also pointed out that they are guided by their own life experience and common sense rather than the Bible when thinking about the acceptability of torture.

October 3, 2008 Read →