Difference between revisions of "Violence"
(Fixed link) |
(Violence as a sin) |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
#[[The Corll-Henley-Brooks sex-murder-torture ring]] | #[[The Corll-Henley-Brooks sex-murder-torture ring]] | ||
#[[Juan Corona]] | #[[Juan Corona]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Violence as a sin== | ||
| + | In [[Christian]] thought, violence can describe any [[sin]] that is malicious, but does not use the human intellect. As well as direct physical violence, [[Dante's Inferno]] categorises [[tyrant|tyrrany]], [[suicide]], [[self-harm]], [[blasphemy]], [[usury]] and [[homosexuality]] as forms of violence. The last three are considered the most serious forms, as the violence is directed against [[God]] or [[nature]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| Line 21: | Line 24: | ||
[[Category:Sociology]] | [[Category:Sociology]] | ||
[[Category:Psychology]] | [[Category:Psychology]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Sin]] | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 23 October 2008
Violence is physical force applied for unethical reasons such as aggression, abuse or exploitation. Its ethical opposite is self-defense or defense of another.
Most countries have laws against violence, although outside of the democratic world governments typically employ violence against their own citizenry.
- Excessive violence is naturally associated with other forms of social pathology. [1]
Sexual deviance and mass murder
Paul Cameron said that the "top six U.S. male serial killers" were all homosexual:
- Donald Harvey
- John Wayne Gacy
- Patrick Kearney
- Bruce Davis
- The Corll-Henley-Brooks sex-murder-torture ring
- Juan Corona
Violence as a sin
In Christian thought, violence can describe any sin that is malicious, but does not use the human intellect. As well as direct physical violence, Dante's Inferno categorises tyrrany, suicide, self-harm, blasphemy, usury and homosexuality as forms of violence. The last three are considered the most serious forms, as the violence is directed against God or nature.
