TORTURE METHODS

Compiled and commented by David J. Stewart

       Truth is indeed stranger than fiction my friend. One of the strangest things in history is the bizarre and unthinkable methods of torture which mankind has inflicted one upon the other.

They say all is fair in love and war. Sad to say, that is true. War is a horrible thing, but as long as mankind is upon the earth and Satan roaming about as a roaring lion seeking whom to devour (1st Peter 5:8), war will be a reality of this earthly life. No one should want war. The Bible says in Proverb 20:18, “Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.” War should only be a last resort when diplomacy fails and one's nation is threatened, not to steal the natural resources of others and conquer their country (I speak more on this at the bottom of this article).

When the U.S. led coalition invaded Iraq in 2002, Erik Prince led Blackwater (a black ops militia group under direct orders from President George W. Bush) to do unthinkable things to the Iraqis, including shooting Iraqi men in the buttocks with exploding ammunition. Can you imagine? And they thought it was funny torturing people like this. Black Water leader, Erik Prince, claimed he was doing God's work. Sarah Palin claimed it was God's will to invade Iraq. What a bunch of evil liars! It's not God's will to break more than half of the Ten Commandments! Everything that America and coalition forces (led by the United Nations) did in Iraq was based upon a false allegation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD's). They lied!!!

Throughout history men and women have brutally tortured one another, doing unthinkable acts of Satan. Here are various horrible torture methods which have been inflicted upon born-again Christians throughout history...

THE BRAZEN BULL

This device was invented by the ancient Greeks (designed by Perillos in Athens). Perillos was a brass metal worker and invented a metal bull with a side door which allowed a human to be locked inside. They'd then set a fire beneath the bull and cook the human being alive. As the metal glowed from the intense heat, the person screamed in merciless torture. The bull was designed so that the human's screams sounded like a raging bull. The crowds loved it!
 

THE RACK

This evil device of torture was used to rip a person's body apart. The persons was tied down and then slowly pulled apart by moving a lever. As the lever was moved, the roller would lock another notch. This device was used to interrogate a person, causing inexplicable excruciating pain until they either confessed or died. A person's joints would dislocate and then separate, causing awful pain. Eventually, the muscle fibers userbin, ligaments, and cartilage would break separating the limbs from the body of the condemned.
 

JUDAS CRADLE

This torture device is a pyramid shaped seat. The victim is placed on top of it, with the point inserted into an orifice, then they are very slowly lowered onto it. The condemned was usually naked in order to add to their humiliation. This device was thought to stretch the orifice or to slowly impale the person. The stretching of the orifice would cause pain, rips and tears, which would eventually cause death.
 

COFFIN TORTURE

This device was used in the Middle Ages. The condemned would be placed in the metal coffin and left there for the appropriate amount of time. Depending on the crime, the person could be left in there to die, while animals ate their flesh or they would be placed on public display, which would cause their death. The people that would surround the person in the coffin would throw rocks and poke the person with objects until they finally became deceased.
 

IRON MAIDEN

This iron cabinet with a hinged front was made to be a tall upright cabinet that would enclose a human being. It would have a small opening, which was closeable, so the interrogator would be able to open and close it at their will. They would then poke the bodies of the person with a sharp object. They would use knives, spikes, or nails and the person inside was forced to remain standing in one position, ultimately causing their demise.
 

THE KNEE SPLITTER

The whole purpose of this device was to make a person’s knees useless. It was used in mainly during the Inquisitional period of time. This device was faceted with spikes, from three to twenty of them, and depending on the crime committed, depended on the number used. IT had a handle the torturer would use to close the device. The spikes would mutilate the skin and begin to crush the knee. They would also use the device on elbows, arms and the lower legs. There were even instances that they would heat the device to cause a maximum amount of pain. Death wasn’t a result of this device, but it the person refused to cooperate they would use other means.
 

HERETIC'S FORK

This device was used during the Spanish Inquisition. It has two forks at opposing ends of a metal rod. One of the forks would be placed under the chin, piercing the skin, and the other end would be piercing the flesh in the upper chest. It didn’t puncture any vital organs, so death would not take place during the use of this method, but it made talking and neck movements impossible. While wearing this device a person’s hands would be tied behind their backs, so they could not escape it. It would harm the person’s neck and, often times, spread diseases.
 

SAWING TORTURE

The Bible tells us that the man after God's own heart, king David, put his enemies into brick ovens to bake them alive, and passed over them with agricultural plows to grind them into pieces...

2nd Samuel 12:31, “And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.”

This method was used to torture and kill the condemned person, which were typically accused of witchery, adultery, murder, blasphemy, or theft. The accused was hung upside down. This slowed down the blood loss by forcing the blood to the brain and it humiliated the person. This type of torture could last for several hours. Some of the victims would be cut completely in half, while some would only be cut up to their abdomen in order to prolong their deaths.
 

THUMB SCREW

This was used to get a confession from the offenders. The fingers of the person were placed in the device and crushed by the torturer turning the handle on the top. It could last for a very long time and it was very painful. This was also used to crush a person’s toes. They even made bigger versions of this device used to crush feet, knees, elbows and even heads.
 

The Iraq War and World War 3

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