[Thane_Banquo]

I think people don't realize how barbaric the original crucifixion was. So when liberals see this, they naively assume it wasn't as gory as Gibson made it out to be.

Truth is, it was probably gorier. And people need to know the true brutality of the crucifixion to fully appreciate the Gift they have been given.

[over3Owithabrain]

Yes! and that's what Gibson was clearly striving for. And he was successful, too successful for those who don't want to face it.

[marlon]

On another note what I've never understood is how cruxifiction kills someone. As I understand it they suffocate but I'm just not sure how or why that happens.

[AFPhys]

You've got it right. and,


I apologize, but I believe it useful to cross link some of these articles:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085936/posts?page=11#11

I've got to run very soon and don't have the time to restate too much of what I've already written about this, but
in the link above, and in later posts there, I discuss:

"... I've got a (weird) friend - a historian whose specialty is pre-Renaissance torture - techniques, results, etc. He
informed me long before this movie ever was a thought that there are many contemporary texts available which
describe the Roman methods of torture and crucifixion. "

Perhaps you may wish to check this out.

[GigaDittos]

I think many people want to be in denial of the crucifixion. The Catholics show Jesus hanging on the cross "suffering" but wearing a stylish tunic hanging around his waist, the Episcopaleans show Jesus on the cross rising in triumph. No body sees the bloody, mauled body of Jesus on the cross forgiving sinners all the way to his death.

[maryz]

I think people don't realize how barbaric the original crucifixion was.

I think C.S. Lewis makes the point somewhere - in emphasizing the need to make our appreciation of Christ's suffering fresh - that crucifixion was so horrible that Christ's crucifixion didn't become a theme of Christian art until the last generation that had seen real crucifixions had died out.