Torture is for Christians an absolute non-negotiable. But when you believe that you are on a mission from God, then it can be easy to convince yourself that you are allowed to commit evil in the defense of good. This is an ancient moral dilemma. But it is always also new.
- Andrew Sullivan of the Atlantic on his website The Daily Dish
You can't say it better, so succinctly, than Sullivan has. Indeed, torture is for Christians an absolute non-negotiable unless you are a Christianists who believes good justifies evil.
My name is Dan Porter. I have always believed in God. And I have always been a Christian, which means I have always believed, at some level of understanding, Christian assertions about Christ. But during all of my adult life—I am now 65—I have struggled with many seeds of doubt brought on by modern science, objective history, the question of why a loving God would allow so much suffering in the world and difficulties with seemingly conflicting moral precepts. 
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