Does the Christian obsession with suffering have a Sado-masochism basis?
Channel: Artifactsofmars
Date: 2019-11-28

When I was a kid you had none of this. You watched the preacher deliver his sermon and then put your money in the collection plate. Christianity has radically changed since then. 
   Today there seems be an unhealthy obsession in the Christian community with pain and suffering, and my suspicion is that it may have a basis in sado-masochism.   Though not necessarily sexual in nature, many Christians seem to consider suffering to be a good thing, watching their brothers and sisters tortured in prison camps and other dastardly places worldwide. 
    I am essentially an agnostic with slight Deist leanings. I mention that most people would not torture and mistreat their children. That is a crime in our society. Yet Christians increasingly embrace the idea of God doing exactly that, inflicting pain and suffering to prove "loyalty". 
     Maybe a psychiatrist can explain to me if this is really an unhealthy obsession or not. I believe it is.