[On hell being eternal torture]
Define torture. I am a father of two wonderful kids and I bet if you asked them, I would - at times - qualify (i.e. torture them). For example, when I take my sons game boy away.
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So God's going to take my Gameboy away? Damn, I better sign up for the bus to Heaven then or whatever.
You win this time, Yahweh
Sorry, that doesn't fall under the definition of torture.
Torture defined:
1: the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure
2: distortion or overrefinement of a meaning or an argument
Hell is torture by that first definition. Funnily enough, by that second definition, you have tortured the word "torture" with your little gameboy example.
You guys don't understand! my dad took my gameboy away and it scarred me for life. "No dad, you paid for it yourself, it would be a waste of your money!" I cried.
sad part is that's a true story.
Poor analogy. Here's a better one: scream "love me" at them and, if they show the slightest bit of hesitancy, knock them down and start kicking them, forever. Oh, and bring in all your extended family to stand around and jeer at your children saying, "we told you you should have said, 'I love you' to him, but you didn't listen!"
Yes, that's a much more biblical analogy.
Your boys act up. So you decide to set parts of them on fire while keeping them alive and conscious to make certain that they continue to feel it.
Would that qualify as "torture," bluetrinity?
(above screename should read 'Anon-e-moose'. Whoever designed these crappy iPad keyboards should themselves be tortured! >:( )
"For example, when I take my sons game boy away"
...then a few decades later, just as you're about to enjoy whatever you're going to watch on TV, your now bigger and stronger son switches off at the socket, unplugs, then removes from the wall mounting (thus demonstrating his superior strength to you) said 50-inch plasma screen & locks such in the garage (also locking in his safe the remote), then returns to the lounge, standing before you, cracking his knuckles, whilst saying 'Now, about that time you took away my Game Boy...!'
Moral: Be careful how you treat your kids now. They get to decide which nursing home you go to, in the future.
Confused?
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