Tough Questions for Christians #4: Torture

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Without giving it a whole lot of thought, Christians will frequently say “We all deserve to go to Hell.” “We don’t deserve salvation.” “We deserve to be tortured forever.” But do they really believe that?

I don’t think so.

You see, when there is a movie with a lot of violence, a lot of blood and gore, Christians are usually the first ones to stand up and argue and say that they don’t want that sort of thing displayed to their kids – or available for the general public to see.

But they’re also the first ones to say people deserve that sort of treatment! That pain, immense physical and emotional pain is the ONLY thing that we all actually deserve, because we’ve all fallen short of the glory of God.

There’s a movie, I haven’t seen it – unfortunately, the movie Hostel. From what I’ve heard it is a very graphic movie, with some very graphic torture scenes. People getting their legs and arms severed – really bloody, graphic deaths. A lot of screaming, and a lot of pain.

I challenge any Christian who thinks they deserve to go to Hell to go rent that movie and watch it all the way through. Sit down and watch the entire movie, and watch the way the actors portray being tortured. They’re not actually being tortured themselves, these are people, luckily, that are just acting out the part. After you’ve seen that, come back and tell me if you still think you deserve that same treatment.

I’ve seen some videos when I was a bit younger. I kind of went through a morbid phase at one point where I was renting movies like Faces of Death. I’ve seen clips of people shooting their own brains out, I’ve seen clips of people having their throats slit, arms and legs cut off while people are fully awake. It’s extremely disturbing to see that, to see the pain and torment that these people are going through.

After seeing something like that, I can’t sit by and say: “Yes, I deserve the same treatment, and everybody in the world deserves the same treatment.” The man who I watched have his throat slit, who was gurgling blood out of his neck until he finally bled out…

I don’t believe there is a single Christian out there who could watch a movie like Hostel or Faces of Death and then say: “Yes, that ten year old child who died without accepting Jesus deserves that sort of treatment. That kind and soft spoken Hindu monk who died worshiping in his own faith deserves to be burnt alive. He deserves to be screaming in pain forever.

TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTIANS #4:
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE YOU DESERVE TO BE TORTURED?

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