Why were the Christians so into torture? Why did they create so many torture devices?

Question

Did they get some sick pleasure out of seeing people in pain and dying? Perverts...

Answer 1

Yes, look at how they treat gay people.

Answer 2

You mean like during the spanish inquisition and stuff? I think they rationalized it by saying that their actions were the only way that the people they were torturing would repent and, by doing so, be let into heaven. Since human nature is like it is, I think it's inevitable that some of the Christian participants would have gotten some sick pleasure out of it, while some of them would have cringed but gone along with it anyway. In a sense, I think they were brainwashed by a few of their leaders, just like the Nazi soldiers. They were taught that these "evil" people were a threat to their children's salvation and would go to hell themselves unless the community could "convince" them to change their ways and turn to Christianity. Plus, Christians of that time were taught to de-emphasize the body/physical as meaningless and/or as a road to evil. There's little Biblical foundation for that, but all it really takes (I think) is a forceful or charismatic leader to make people turn a certain way.

It seems to be a pattern in history, across races and religions. People who want power know that nothing unites a community like a hatred for something/someone, and they take advantage of that all the time. It's sick and sad, though, I agree. What I hate most is the thought of the children who grew up with that, being taught that crazy stuff was normal and necessary.

Answer 3

They lived in tortured times. It is incredibly difficult for us to understand what it was like to live in the Middle and Dark Ages.
By our standards their entire lives were torture. therefore any device they used to make people recant or simply confess had to be ten times worse than any punishment we might feel the need of now.
Imagine how they would laugh at a teenager (from now) who thought his or her life had ended because their parents took phone privileges away!!!!

Answer 4

Nice question..... and they are supposed to be 'the religion, way of life'

PAH! Don't think so, you see them criticise Muslims an all.... about the bombings done by a few extremists, that were lunatics while they themselves totured and harmed before before.... and creating toture devices raises the issue up even more...

Headlines.... 'Deadly Mental Christians'

[Sorry if this offended you, I did not intend to offend anyone, just an opinion....]

Answer 5

Christians didn't. Some leaders of the Christian church (who were not really Christians) did during the middle ages in Europe. Most of them were leaders in State Established churches in a time when church leadership had more power than the actual government.

In fact, most of the people who were tortured by church leaders were Christians who fought against such practices.

Answer 6

If you are referring to the Medieval and Spanish Inquisitions, it was a show of strength of the Catholic Church.
Say the world travelled around the sun, Heresy!, put on the rack until they confess the Devil told them to say it, then they were executed.
Say your neighbour was a witch, witchcraft!, thrown into a river with a weight tied to them, if they sink, they were pure, if they floated, they were burned.........lol
And ALL had the blessing of the Pope!
Strange how the Christians conveniently forget their past history!

Answer 7

There was some bad **** going on, with various devices like the wheel: limbs bound around it then rolled, for multiple complicated fractures. And methods of execution: like presenting your internals to the cheers of the crowd whilst alive. There were some pretty ugly punishments for translating the bible from Latin, maybe a capital offence for a while. Sheez lighten up. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me. Yeah maybe there were some Hannibal Lectors involved. Who wants a job like that?

Answer 8

People who torture other human beings are not Christians at all.
You must be referring to the Inquisition by the Roman Catholic Church.
Jesus said in Matthew 7:21-23, that those who do not do His will, and not obeying the Law of God, are called lawless people and non-christians at all, regardless of their claim.

21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

1 John 2:3,4

3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

So, whoever they are, if they persecute or torture others, they are not Christians but liars.

Answer 9

Your premise is all wrong. What point are you trying to make? If you are into Christian bashing then just do it. So when we look for the source of torture we must assume that they are Christian.
Readers - you got to be able to see through this.

Answer 10

First of all.. what Christians are you talking about who created torture devices..? Whoever it may be that you are thinking of, they were definitely NOT trying their best to follow Christ's example; which is what true Christians do.

Answer 11

Thats the only thing I like about Christians