RE: How much pain can atheists withstand ?
May 3, 2023 at 10:43 am
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2023 at 10:46 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 3, 2023 at 9:32 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: I'm like the scriptures: If you torture me enough, I'll say anything you want.
Taking it seriously (because isn't that what the afflicted want, for people to take this threat seriously...?)...it probably wouldn't have to get that far. The mere suggestion of enhanced interrogation makes people super fucking talkative and compliant. To my mind, that goes to the place, time, and aim of beliefs like this. The people who came up with these gods (or these gods...taking it seriously..again...) weren't really interested in a genuine conversion. They were interested in display under duress. You didn't have to believe, you just had to say you did where everyone could hear.
I think that anyone who believes that the hell angle is a good approach for the unfaithful has lead a blessed life. No one whos ever been hurt believes that inflicting pain leads to real loyalty or assent, though they intuitively grasp how weak they are, and how effective strong violence would be at manufacturing compliance even when they as the subject disagreed.
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