Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: On Saturday, former Trump administration official and radical Christian nationalist William Wolfe delivered a speech at Bethel Church in Petersburg, West Virginia, entitled “Five Popular Lies About Faith & Politics.” Wolfe, who now runs the Center For Baptist Leadership and has become an increasingly fanatical anti-immigrant activist, openly …
That wasn’t actually a more painful method. It was literally done as a mercy since you’d die faster, rather than the slow lingering death that might last days.
(The length is closer to a handful of hours, rather than the handful of days normally. Remember, they were going to break their legs to kill them so people could go home before the sabbath kicked in. It was surprising that Jesus had already died.)
Upside down crucifixion sounds better. Make an example.
Now I am left wondering if blacking out and lacking blood flow to the organs would be worse or better than suffocation. Yay, morbid thought exercise…
That wasn’t actually a more painful method. It was literally done as a mercy since you’d die faster, rather than the slow lingering death that might last days.
(The length is closer to a handful of hours, rather than the handful of days normally. Remember, they were going to break their legs to kill them so people could go home before the sabbath kicked in. It was surprising that Jesus had already died.)