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Crucifixion anyone?
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Originally posted by original PM View Postyep indeed - the two geezers who were crucified with Jesus were only tied to the cross
seems it was only JC who got nailed....Comment
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Originally posted by speling bee View PostThat is part of the purpose of crucifixion.Originally posted by SpontaneousOrder View PostNails weren't typically used as far as I'm aware, in ancient Rome at least.
Originally posted by http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excruciateOrigin of EXCRUCIATE
Latin excruciatus, past participle of excruciare, from ex- + cruciare to crucify, from cruc-, crux cross
First Known Use: circa 1570Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI was under the impression crucifixion was so bad because nails were used, and went right through the nerves in your wrists. Hence the word excruciating?
This might be an urban myth though... where's Gibbon when we need him?
My RE was not entirely useless.Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI was under the impression crucifixion was so bad because nails were used, and went right through the nerves in your wrists. Hence the word excruciating?
This might be an urban myth though... where's Gibbon when we need him?
Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris?
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do this?
I do not know, but I feel it happen and I am torn apart.The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostCrucifiction was bad as you had to pull yourself up against the nails to breathe. Sometimes after 3 days the guards would take pity and break your legs.
My RE was not entirely useless.Comment
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Originally posted by speling bee View PostIt varied, but binding was the more common approach.
Edit: actually it appears that the evidence is unclear.
Trust you to take the edge off my joke.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostMakes sense Nails were probably more expensive than rope. But Christianity on the whole seems pretty sure Jesus was nailed.
Trust you to take the edge off my joke.The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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Originally posted by alluvial View PostAnd the scourging that was often inflicted prior to crucifixion made this even worse as the scourged back rubbed up and down the wood.The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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Originally posted by speling bee View PostThere are suggestions that it was to induce a state of shock to make it easier to get the victim on the cross.Comment
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