This brings up an interesting little tidbit about christian beliefs. "Hell" is real for most forms of christianity, isn't it? And therefore "torture" is implicit in the belief system, if you don't follow along. Everybody who does not believe, according to most christian theologies, will be sent to "hell" to be tortured unmercifully, forever and ever.

Wouldn't the constant repetition of this threatened, god-sanctioned, inevitable torture lead those folks into some pretty awful sorts of mental conditions? I mean, if you actually believed that your god would not only allow torture, but create a special place for torture to occur, then a little eye-burning or nail-ripping or water-boarding on earth is really no big thing, is it?

Which is why I (and many others) think that christians are mentally ill. One day that opinion will become the norm.