I don't know how torture could save somebody. If someone I loved were being attacked by an intruder, I'd probably use brutal blunt force against the attacker. But torture is usually thought of as occurring over a prolonged period of time, and in that respect, no, I don't see either its necessity or that the Bible would at all condone it and in fact would condemn it.
With regard to information extracted from prisoners by means of torture, extreme physical or mental duress do absolutely nothing to accommodate clear thinking, so any information extracted through torture could not be assumed to be reliable. If you're being tortured, you'll tell someone what they want to hear even if it's not the truth. Never mind that torture is banned by the Geneva Conventions no matter certain governments' attempts to redefine what constitutes torture.
2006-10-27 19:10:19
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answer #1
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answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6
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Hard question!
What one might call torture, another may call light hazing.
Ask some of the our POW that made it back home from WWII, Korea, VN.
That was torture, and no, no Christian would ever do that!
But anything that a collage would do to students as an experiment would be fine!
1. deprive a man of sleep for about 20 days
not hard to do, and has been done on collages.
There are other things that can be done, but most take time in to the days.
A christian on the battle field, just captured man, has the best chance of getting info, because of the heat of battle!
A true christian in battle, is one I would fear!
2006-10-27 22:18:37
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answer #2
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answered by Grandreal 6
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In the line of duty, as in during wartime, many things that would be unacceptible under normal circumstances have to be reviewed and rethought. To just about everything there is a small gray area where there are no absolutes. If I thought torturing a terrorist would allow me to save my family's lives or a bunch of family's lives then as much as I abhor violence, God help me I would do what I had to. I am sure God would understand as he knows my heart and my true nature. Now by the same turn of the screw, if My allowing myself to be tortured would allow my family to have time to get to safety or a group of people to get to safety then I would lay down my life for that end with just as little hesitation.
2006-10-27 19:10:17
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes. Christianity is a doctrine of love. Torture could never be a part of a mindset which admonishes on to 'love thy neighbor as thyself' or 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you.'
However, this being said some of the most heinous acts of torture ever perpetrated were done in the name of Christianity by the ignorant seeking to coerce admissions of heresy, witchcraft, and even 'crimes' against specific churches for the attainment of secular political ends.
2006-10-27 19:11:57
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answered by Anonymous
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I don't think so. There always is another way to get the information. Hey, this question was asked worldwide, and most people said no. One of the countries with a higher number of 'yes' answers was the USA. How about that?
2006-10-27 19:26:15
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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in case you suspect in Jesus; you're a Christian. in spite of if it is achievable you would be able to correctly be a Christian for different motives than your man or woman, which in turn can propose you're no longer truly a Christian. yet additionally take to recommendations that Christians handle fairly some confusion at cases via fact the international needs one factor from you and God needs yet another. it is not incorrect to experience like this, you in basic terms could desire to make certain in case you quite do love God. in case you do, extra alongside on your existence you will see that God won't provide you what you opt for once you opt for it yet he will provide you what you like once you like it.
2016-10-03 01:16:32
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answer #6
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answered by wheelwright 4
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Maybe. Depends on the circumstances and what God would tell a person to do about it. It was okay for Corrie Ten Boom to lie to save others, but it's not okay to lie just to protect yourself from something. So...there are exceptions.
2006-10-27 19:13:32
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answer #7
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answered by HomeBody 2
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If you water board someone to save 5000 lives, I can live with that.
I Cr 13;8a
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2006-10-27 19:10:40
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answer #8
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answered by ? 7
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Torturing is against humanity.
2006-10-27 19:06:12
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answered by AuroraDawn 7
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No, know the spirituality first.Don't go to hell.
Why is there is difference between the religion (belief) and its practice ? We do something, where as our holy scriptures says something else. When we don’t abide by our religion, there’ a “guilty consciousness” is created, and our sense of guilty shows up.
We start blaming ourselves – “what the hell are you doing “ ? In spite of this, we do the same again. Why is this so ? The answer is :-
The body of human being is built by nature, controlled by nature, and its thought and feelings are natural. It is the aspect of body. There is a soul in the body also, which was completely a part of nature before. Now, it is going ahead in the direction of ‘conscious’, but till now it could develop itself to the consciousness only. It has not been released from natural wishes. It has not proved the real itself yet. Confusion is there in it, for it tries to press for autonomy sometimes, and comes under the custody of nature sometimes. And, as long as it doesn’t win over the nature, it can never get the autonomy. The nature will make it dance to its tune till then. The autonomy stage is a revolt against nature. It is trying to become a master to itself, because as long as remains under the rule of nature, its responsibility for both the grief and happiness in an equal proportion is a must. But, the “I” in their bodies is not accepting to it, doesn’t want the responsibility of grief, wants joy only.
Religion is the directive elements of pros and cons, which motivates us to become a self reliant “ I ”. Keeping the dignity of that “ I ” in mind. Religion is standing against the nature. It doesn’t want to bow against the nature. It doesn’t like the slavery under the nature, because it doesn’t want to be the part of miseries, whether or not is it deprived of the joy. For the greed of getting happiness, it doesn’t want to embrace the miseries. It doesn’t want to be the part of miseries, it doesn’t want to embrace the miseries. It doesn’t want the support of nature. It wants to be self reliant. When it is unable to become self reliant, it prays ‘god’. It is the experience of our religious personalities that only god is elf reliant and we have to take the shelter of God to relieve ourselves from the miseries.
The religion says – it is wicked to steal. Still you don’t hesitate to steal. The body (nature) motivates to steal but the religion for the satisfaction of “ I ” and for self dignity, prevents you to do so. Nature doesn’t want to spare the taste in the cream of stealing, it wants to enjoy every kind of taste. Where as the religion wants to lives on the ‘pure entity form’, where both joy and grief is missing. It is because, it doesn’t want canning for the result of the “ cream ”, derived from stealing. Thus, the kind of ‘coat’, the religion has stitched for the soul, doesn’t fit the body. The body has a different size, a different type of greed, and the soul is separating itself from this trouble. It is trying to made itself free from it, because the feeling of miseries has gone beyond tolerance.
There is a dual existence in every human being. One is “I” or soul, another is its body. Animals and other normal creatures have body only. They don’t feel get the dilemma. They live their life at ease. They enjoy both the feelings of happiness and grief in an equal way. But, where the “I” comes, there starts the dilemma. Like this the human being is in a big dilemma. It wants to get away from the body along with its all senses. The religion is made keeping the account, not the body. That is why, there is a difference between deeds and the speech. The body doesn’t listen to the soul. But, one day the soul will over the body, and will come to the neutral form. It will get away from the grief and joy and will become stoic. It is possible for the human being. In my view, effort is required beyond this also, to finish off that “I” That will be its prime stage. But, it is matter of controversy as- how far it is proper to discard happiness for the fear of the miseries. The decision is personal. I can’t impose your decision on others. Those who are of less soul and more body will have different one. Those, who are of less body and more soul will have different needs. And those, who neither have a soul and nor have a body, will have an unique decision quite different from others, because the needs of he body is different from that of a soul. And those, who neither have a soul nor have a body, do not have any ‘need’ It is a ‘zero’ stage, lack of joy- grief, dignity or indignity
2006-10-27 19:08:10
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answer #10
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answered by ibkhandel 2
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