It's something I don't understand. It's gibberish to me. When people start invoking religion in discussing issues they may as well be talking Martian. I'm not being insulting here, I'm just saying it's utterly meaningless to me personally.
More than that, I'm really not comfortable linking to people who do weave religion into their politics. That's not because I have something against them, it's because ultimately this blog is basically my voice, even if links and the liberally quoted text of others are used to express that voice. In addition, I don't feel comfortable taking sides in a theological debate. If one person says we should send out the flaming sword of the baby Jesus to torture people, and someone else says torturing people makes the baby Jesus cry, who am I to endorse one of those views? I don't know if Baby Jesus - Torture Warrior or Baby Jesus - Little Lamb (Not Rabid) of God is the right model. It's just not my arena. It's not my debate.
But this talk and language does resonate with other people. And, today, over at Faithful Democrats they're talking torture. Pastor Dan is too. So if that's your thing, if that's the language you speak and understand, go join in.
