if you were locked in a room with a mad man with no means of escape and he gave you a choice.....
deny your god or he would torture and kill you what would you do?
2006-10-14 11:49:05 · 19 answers · asked by bgdadyp 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would use my cell phone to call Zena and let her handle the mad man. I am not a violent person..........lol.
2006-10-14 12:15:13 · answer #1 · answered by whozangel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the Christians will *say* they'd take the torture, but as soon as that first fingernail started getting pulled off, most would be ready to worship Homer Simpson to make it stop.
Of course, they'd later claim that in their hearts they never denied, and that may be true, but anyone who understands the mechanisms of PSYCHOLOGICAL torture could convert a Christian into an atheist in less than a month. The Communists converted thousands of people like this.
Freedom to worship as you choose is a luxury in our modern democratic countries, one that most Christians take for granted. I'd like to see how many of today's faithful would wear a cross in the days when it would get you sent to the lions.
2006-10-14 18:57:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
That is what happened to many non Christians during the Inquisition. They were burned and tortured until they said that they accepted Christ. That's an episode in history that Christians don't like to talk about.
2006-10-14 18:55:07 · answer #3 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stand idly by as the the Flying Spaghetti Monster *****-slapped the bejesus out of him with his noodley appendage... For there is but one true God and pesto is his sauce.
2006-10-14 19:38:01 · answer #4 · answered by elars1989 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Deny god. I'm already agnostic, so it wouldn't be too great of a stretch for me to entirely deny god's existence.
2006-10-14 18:51:18 · answer #5 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have no god, therefor, I would easily deny the existence of any god.
2006-10-14 19:06:21 · answer #6 · answered by Spookshow Baby 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Agnostic so I'd go with the practical survival choice.
2006-10-14 18:56:46 · answer #7 · answered by Alex62 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Deny, deny, deny. My deities would totally understand.
2006-10-14 18:52:20 · answer #8 · answered by Cracea 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just words. And any god worth worshipping would understand that your heart is still true.
2006-10-14 18:54:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would begin denying gods one at a time and giving their full titles and every name that they are known by...
and by number 400 or so he would be tired and sleepy from my monotone ranting that i would simply walk over to him bash his damn head in take his keys and then go looking for the bastard that tricked me into that room in the first place. because you would have to kill me to capture me.
oh yeah and i would offer a quick prayer of thanks,,, something like
thanks for understanding guys. you know and i know that i was lieing to put him to sleep and such...
2006-10-14 18:55:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋