A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
On Friday, over a hundred people watched on as 10 devotees were nailed to wooden crosses, among them Ruben Enaje, a 63-year-old carpenter and sign painter. The real-life crucifixions have become an annual religious spectacle that draws tourists in three rural communities in Pampanga province, north of Manila.
The gory ritual resumed last year after a three-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. It has turned Enaje into a village celebrity for his role as the “Christ” in the Lenten reenactment of the Way of the Cross.
Ahead of the crucifixions, Enaje told The Associated Press by telephone Thursday night that he has considered ending his annual religious penitence due to his age, but said he could not turn down requests from villagers for him to pray for sick relatives and all other kinds of maladies.
It’s what Jesus would have wanted, I’m sure.
I think you hit the nail on the hand with this comment.
“Fucking hell lads, I gave you the bread and wine thing. There’s no need for this!”
Well after he’s dead they start throwing around the line about needing to “carry the cross as I do.”
So people who believe that was accurately attributed certainly might think that’s what he wanted.
How else would he want to be remembered?
Feeding the poor?
Loving the different?
Starting a damn riot because someone charged interest on a loan?
Surely his favorite part of life was being tortured to death for those messages, so let’s all wear a tiny gold version of what killed him and forgot all that commie crap he constantly talked about
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Jesus didn’t talk about using force or the threat of force to confiscate other people’s wealth and give it away.
Someone hasn’t been reading their book of fairy tales…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleansing_of_the_Temple