The findings of this survey should not be extrapolated to christians or churchgoers in general. The small sample size makes these findings skewed. That said, the good Book asks that we should love mercy, act justly and show humility. It is mind-bugling that an individual regarding themselves as a "churchgoer" would support torture in any shape or form. I am a christian and love being one. However, I am old enough to recall the influence the church had in enhancing apartheid in South Africa.

Can't comment on the validity of this claim but research will certainly show that Church goers are indeed more likely to give to charity and volunteer their personal time to causes good for humankind. Check out the origins of many great humanitarian institutions world-wide – especially in developing nations. Hospitals, schools, orphanages, care for outcastes, disabled, minorities, refugees, women – so may have been started by "churchgoers". Let's tell both sides of the story – if indeed their are 2 sides.

We must adhere to 21st century solutions like Rose Parvin's Universal Laws of Human Rights & Success & Spiritual Excellence to be enforced by UN toward a more civilized world and country instead of following terrorists and their ways of maintaining control!? What would be our difference if we did resort to such means to keep power?

This analysis only proves the argument others like myself have been making for centuries, which is that practicing religious conservativism creates an atmosphere for intolerance, anger and hatred. I’m sure there are many devoted religious people who are geniunely kind good examples to admire, but I believe they would be in the minority. It doesn’t matter if you're Christian, Muslim, or Jewish, it can happen in any religion that promotes a restrictive belief system that cannot tolerate ideas contrary to theirs. The extreme result of intolerance is religious fanaticism.

“The reason religious fanatics cannot demonstrate love is because their souls are filled with anger, which is bent on revenge.” –my quote for the day

Like Dorcas said, this sample size is pretty small so it's hardly enough in my opinion to make a blanket statement. But, it still raises the question, "What is wrong with this picture!?" Christians should be on the forefront of speaking against torture!

Who would Jesus torture?

Christians as a whole looked the other way during WW2 when Hitler was committing his mass murders of innocent people so I guess it is no surprise to see the same group approving of torture. Perhaps the sample only included those "Christians" who park their religion at the door every day except Sunday, but regardless its a sorry state when those who claim to be religious are for something so inhumane.