Parham Weighs in Against "Human Sacrifice"

Followng the lead of Keith Obermann, Robert Parham, Executive Director of the Baptist Center for Ethics, has weighed in firmly against the pretense of using the term "sacrifice" to describe a proposed "surge" of troops in Iraq. Here's a quote from Parham:

We need to oppose now and loudly Bush's surge and disingenuous call for sacrifice.

While we need the church to serve as our society's moral surge protector with clear statements by church leaders against the war, we also need individual Christians to reframe the debate.

When the president and his pro-war Neoconservatives rationalize the troop surge, think "human sacrifice." Every time you hear surge, think human sacrifice. Every time you hear some pro-war Christian advocate the surge, talk about the surge as human sacrifice. At every opportunity, link surge and human sacrifice.

Let's speak up against human sacrifice.