Apparently it was a torture device, shaped like a pear, that the Roman Catholic Church used to inflict horrible pain on "heretics and sinners".
The device was like a screw and it was inserted into any opening on a person's body and that screwed open to strecth the hole until it tore!
I just wana know if it real exist(ed)?
2006-11-01 00:36:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It had points on the end, when it opened, it opened like a flower with 3 petals.... they didn't stretch it till something tore... they opened it and shoved the points in and turned it like a screw. Mainly used on women... yep, you guessed it, right there. And yes, it is real... I have seen two of them
2006-11-01 00:50:21 · answer #1 · answered by riverstorm13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell, it sounds horrendous enough to be a Catholic instruments. The good ol' days of Christian Government hey?
2006-11-01 00:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by thomas p 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it definitely existed and still exists today. Gyneclogists use it to do pap smears on women!
2006-11-01 00:39:35 · answer #3 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was used to convert people to Catholicism.
2006-11-01 00:41:08 · answer #4 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eeek - you're a PEAR-vert!!!
2006-11-01 00:57:44 · answer #5 · answered by tammers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋