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tough talk on torture

Posted on November 1, 2006 | Filed Under justice, spirituality, torture 

Listen to a Unitarian minister from New Haven debate Bill O’Reilly on the recently passed detainee bill: an intelligent, passionate, and disciplined defense of the implications of taking Jesus seriously when he says, “Love your enemy …”

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