I don’t need to. I can read what Jesus said and how the

Posted on: May 5, 2024 at 14:41:27 CT

apostles responded as well as what all church fathers wrote up until the time of the heretic Augustine. Augustine who wrote in defense of torturing people.

“We who once murdered each other indeed no longer wage war against our enemies; moreover, so as not to bear false witness before our interrogators, we cheerfully die confessing Christ.” - Justin Martyr

“But how will a Christian engage in war—indeed, how will a Christian even engage in military service during peacetime—without the sword, which the Lord has taken away? For although soldiers had approached John to receive instructions and a centurion believed, this does not change the fact that afterward, the Lord, by disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier.” - Tertullian



Edited by TigerMatt at 15:08:01 on 05/05/24