Hahah heard on the news "an australian man crucified in phillipines easter celebrations..." - upon closer inspection it seems to be John Safran:

heh, wonder if its really for his dieing mother or his comedy channel show

Holy f***, before I watched the video I was expecting him to be tied up there, but they fully nailed him on, thats crazy.

hes not the only one

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/holyweek_04_10/h31a_18614731.jpg


dude likes his jesus

Interesting that they went with nailing through the hands.

Traditional theory goes that the Romans actually nailed people to the crucifixes through the wrist, as the hands wouldn't be able to support the body's weight, and after a few hours the nails would just rip through the hands. Then a few hundred years later when the Christians were writing their story books they forgot about this detail and messed it up.

f*** that.

was it only the hands that got nailed? thought they also nailed the ankles/feet somehow.

yeah was wrists and feet.
I know someone that was there

source

April 10, 2009
Article from: The Australian

TV comedian John Safran has had himself crucified during bloody Good Friday rituals near the Philippines capital of Manila.

AFP reports that an Australian, identified only as John Michael from Melbourne, was nailed to a wooden cross in Kapitangan town, near Manila. Photographs, however, clearly identify the man as TV personality John Safran, who co-hosts a weekly comedy talk show Sunday Night Safran on ABC Radio's Triple J youth network with Catholic priest Bob Maguire.

Safran, who was half-naked and wearing a long-haired wig with an improvised crown of thorns, joined the Filipinos in a procession carrying a huge wooden cross to a crucifixion site, flanked by men in Roman centurion costumes.

Safran could be heard moaning loudly as the nails were driven into his palms and as his cross was hoisted up, allowing him to hang for about five minutes.

When he was taken down, the centurions rushed him to a medical tent for treatment.

Safran would not say why he had joined the ceremony but an Australian companion merely said "this is a personal thing for him".

Safran has also produced a number of comedic television series on religious themes for SBS Television: John Safran vs God in 2004 and Speaking in Tongues in 2005.

With AFP

I was always taught through the wrists.. regardless of that, who the f*** volunteers for a nailing.

Your mum?

Some pretty intense s*** right thurr.

a s*** load of acid and that festival would f*** you up for a long time i reckon.

What a champ

apparently the original greek word used means the arm and hand combined, so it could have been the wrists - makes the most sense to me. although there was a nat geo documentary that found it is possible for a person to be suspended by their the palms - if you have nails through your feet holding the majority of your body weight. but then when the centurions overseeing the crucifixion breaks their legs to speed up their deaths, surely it wouldn't hold... so wrists it is.

that's pretty full-on though.

Only those crazy Christians would worship a blood ritual that focuses on torture.
They also drink blood and eat flesh, well they pretend to anyway.

Then they say people who don't do that go to Hell? WTF?

all the 'artists' renditions of the crucifixion have J-dawg with a wooden platform at his feet.

a teacher at a convent school i went to in primary said part of the struggle with crucifixion was pulling your body weight up to breathe properly. wasnt sure what it meant but i makes sense if you were suspended by your wrists/hands, the presure on your throat and chest would get unbareable.

They also forgot to stab him in the side with the Lance of Longinus.

Again, they name a weapon Holy that caused yet more blood to spill. (The Holy Spear, The Spear of Destiny and so forth).

So in almost every catholic church there is a symbol of blood and torture, most often prayed to.

They also forgot to stab him in the side with the Lance of Longinus.

Again, they name a weapon Holy that caused yet more blood to spill. (The Holy Spear, The Spear of Destiny and so forth).

So in almost every catholic church there is a symbol of blood and torture, most often prayed to.

well i think its like the saying you have to lose a premiership to win one.
guess the christians are all super positive about it cause they lost the battle but won the war.

well for a while there anyways. still touch and go sort of season the old christian league i reckon.

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Catholics made a hell of a lot of s*** up Tollazor...I don't consider them Christians anymore. More like "Maryans".

btw hes jewish which explains why he's allowed to take a piss out of all religions

Don't bring you dirty facts into this discussion Infidel!

I didn't think catholics made stuff up per se, more they stole stuff from other religions and rebadged it.

Catholics made a hell of a lot of s*** up Tollazor...I don't consider them Christians anymore. More like "Maryans".

It doesn't matter what you think. They are still Christians.

Catholics made a hell of a lot of s*** up Tollazor...I don't consider them Christians anymore. More like "Maryans".

Haha what. Catholics are the core of the Christian faith; there are literally a billion Catholics in the world, and they make up fully half of Christianity itself.

Your consideration doesn't really come into it, no matter how wacky they may be.

there are literally a billion Catholics in the world, and they make up fully half of Christianity itself.

It's concerning that there's that many people who believe in a magical space magician.

Catholics are the core of the Christian faith

oh no he di-n't!

The only difference between an Athiest and a Catholic is that Athiests believe in one less God...

But Christians in general believe in 3...

The trinity isn't really three Gods.

Its wacky ... but basically they're different aspects of the same God.

Depends who you ask really. Historically a lot of what has been amalgamated into the one god was originally aspects of other gods. Part of assimilating cultures is assimilating their god's stories and stuff into your own. Translations of biblical texts into english provides an easy way to replace "Steve" "Bob" and "Frank" into "god", "Lord" and "the almighty" and pretend you're refering to the same guy.

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the big questions is, does getting your crucified give you a free pass for pre-marital sex with condoms?

This is going to get confusing. HERMITech's joke would have been more suited for/against Judaism/Islam than Christianity.

who the f*** volunteers for a nailing.


Your mum?

who the f*** volunteers for a nailing.


Your mum?

who the f*** volunteers for a nailing.


Your mum?

who the f*** volunteers for a nailing.


Your mum?

who the f*** volunteers for a nailing.


Your mum?

Ah yes that infamous CROSS, nice to see they're putting the "measuring device" to such good use.

http://www.crichtonmiller.com/ - Measuring device... ^_^ This man is thinking!

Obviously certain people have mistaken a measuring device for a torture device.

Obviously certain people have mistaken a measuring device for a torture device.

Obviously...

PS That page you linked looks about as scientific as a witchhunter's duckpond.

Back on track, that is some messed up s***, Safran. I knew he was committed to his comedy but that is one step beyond. Maybe Rove will take a leaf outta his book and set himself on fire a la burning Tibetan monk?

er.. he's Jewish isn't he :/

er.. he's Jewish isn't he :/

That didnt stop them crucifying jesus :O

I guess your right.


the dude who called himself jebus wasn't really a member of that faith anymore either.


I'd join up to the new Safranism if it comes with free PJ Golds. Whinny Blues don't agree with me

He's a Jewish satirist. You guys really love running off on religious charged bashing at any given opportunity eh? :D

They also forgot to stab him in the side with the Lance of Longinus. Again, they name a weapon Holy that caused yet more blood to spill. (The Holy Spear, The Spear of Destiny and so forth). So in almost every catholic church there is a symbol of blood and torture, most often prayed to.

Relics where a big thing a few thousand years ago. It wasn't just a religious thing. An item that helped your deity sacrifice himself for the sake of mankind (Wether you believe it or not) sounds like it could be a pretty important relic IMO. Hell, we still do it now as a society, and probably should do. It's retaining history and preserving it for the future generations.

Interestingly Hitler apparently held that said spear could give the wielder magical powers. The same spear was said to pass down through kings and such.

Arr double post.

Also, it and no other idol/relic was prayed *to*. Think you'll find that's against the Christian commandments.

Interestingly Hitler apparently held that said spear could give the wielder magical powers. The same spear was said to pass down through kings and such.

Yeah, but who wants to play as amazon. Boring.

Also, it and no other idol/relic was prayed *to*. Think you'll find that's against the Christian commandments.

Got cross?

Got cross?

Once again, they don't pray *to* a cross. They pray to the dude hanging on it :)

Once again, they don't pray *to* a cross. They pray to the dude hanging on it :)

.... I've never seen a 'dude' hanging off a cross in a church so not sure what youre smoking

.... I've never seen a 'dude' hanging off a cross in a church so not sure what youre smoking

That's OK, I guess you've never been into a church then :)

who the f*** volunteers for a nailing.

Your mum?

hahaha


i would have said paveways mum but kudos anyway

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That's OK, I guess you've never been into a church then :)

Or played quake 1.

I've never seen a 'dude' hanging off a cross in a church so not sure what youre smoking

Stick "crucifix" into google image search and you'll see plenty.

Stick "crucifix" into google image search and you'll see plenty.

Yeah, its some pretend figurine stuck stuck onto a cross never saw an actual "dude" hanging off one

That's because Jesus isn't real.