Self-flagellation

[Jonn]

Where is the profit in self-flagellation?
What chemical reactions in the brain drives people to do it?
Perhaps it is simple a manifestation/malady of the blind evolutionary process, and it is pointless in giving this phenomenon serious consideration?

 

[Raggamuffin]

I'm rewatching Boardwalk Empire, and Nelson Van Alden practices it. Interesting character, as he's deeply religious, with a firm belief in pursuing criminals during the American Prohibition era, but his difficult upbringing has also created a monster within, and not only does he hurt himself as penance, he hurts many people in his pursuit of what he believes to be a Godly act.

Ed

 

[Jonn]

I'm rewatching Boardwalk Empire, and Nelson Van Alden practices it.

Is the character based on a real person?

 

[tree]

Nelson Van Alden - Wikipedia


The Real History of Boardwalk Empire.

 

[lunarious]

I saw a movie about a kid whom was slave eventually, in Korea, this kid had to take punishment or flagellation for his Masters son, because the masters son had to train Martial Arts and become General status achieving Mastery.

However when the Masters son failed in training, someone had to be punished, so someone had to take that punishment. The slave kid took that punishment. Because the Masters son couldn't have battle scars as "a Master" is ... higher. (edit) as a General couldn't technically have been beaten up and have scars.

 

[Judge]

Religious fervor in the pursuit of spiritual discipline. Not my jam, but whatever floats your boat...

"The main religions that practice self-flagellation include some branches of Christianity and Islam. The ritual has also been practiced among members of several Egyptian and Greco-Roman cults."

Self-flagellation - Wikipedia