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This thread is not about Christian doctrine regarding supernatural torture.
Torture in all forms was banned by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
According to whatever religious/philosophical/moral ideology you have, what is your stance with regard to torture?
@fmf saidDefine torture.
This thread is not about Christian doctrine regarding supernatural torture.
Torture in all forms was banned by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
According to whatever religious/philosophical/moral ideology you have, what is your stance with regard to torture?
@secondson saidThe 1987 United Nations Convention against Torture says this:
Define torture.
"For the purpose of this Convention, the term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person, information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to, lawful sanctions."
I'll post some other definitions when I have some time.
@secondson saidFor the purposes of this thread, let's not use a definition of "torture" that encompasses 'the way someone frames arguments and ignores the substance and inferences made by detractors'. Please.
Or is it just the way you frame your arguments and ignore the substance and inferences made by your detractors that tortures them?
@secondson saidAmnesty International's simple definition since 1973 has been as follows.
Define torture.
Torture is the systematic and deliberate infliction of acute pain by one person on another, or on a third person, in order to accomplish the purpose of the former against the will of the latter.
@fmf saidGod forbid one of your children was kidnapped. What wouldn't you do to someone you knew had information that would bring your child safely home?
Amnesty International's simple definition since 1973 has been as follows.
Torture is the systematic and deliberate infliction of acute pain by one person on another, or on a third person, in order to accomplish the purpose of the former against the will of the latter.
@fmf saidNo.
For the purposes of this thread, let's not use a definition of "torture" that encompasses 'the way someone frames arguments and ignores the substance and inferences made by detractors'. Please.
I wasn't talking to you anyway, and I'll post as I please.
You're not in control. After all, you're merely a randomly existing biological creature and a product of millions of years of evolution coupled with environmental indoctrination. You have no free will, so stop trying to exert it here.
Enjoy.