And for all the people who think we should leave islam for our children (to deal with), I say LET US NOT.
Posted on 08/18/2012 5:12:24 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
And for all the people who think we should leave islam for our children (to deal with), I say LET US NOT.
Not really. Nailing people to a post or tree is crucifixion. Sure it is. Remember the passage, cursed is anyone hung on a tree, applied to Jesus? http://bible.cc/galatians/3-13.htm
Sometimes the Greek word for wood is used of the cross. The word ξύλον "wood" occurs a total of 20 times in the New Testament.
Jesus was crucified on a post with a cross bar as we know to die for our sins. He was cursed on our behalf.
But, I think that nailing someone to a literal tree would still qualify as an act of crucifixion.
This from Wikipedia:
Ancient Greek has two verbs for crucify: ana-stauro (ἀνασταυρόω), from stauros, "stake", and apo-tumpanizo (ἀποτυμπανίζω) "crucify on a plank." [4] together with anaskolopizo (ἀνασκολοπίζω "impale"). In earlier pre-Roman Greek texts anastauro usually means "impale."[5][6][7] The word xylon "piece of wood" was also used, but for a gallows, not a stake, as in the Aristophanes comedy The Frogs; "if you stumble, at least you'll hang from a respectable tree."[8]
The Latin term crux may mean a gallows[9][10] or a stake.[11]
The English term crucifix derives from the Latin crucifixus or cruci fixus, past participle passive of crucifigere or cruci figere, meaning "to crucify" or "to fix to a cross".[12]
My husband’s been calling him the Antichrist for a long time. No laughter from me. He must go!
And Roseanne and Jesse Ventura said it didn’t happen!
I agree.
(fyi, he was being sarcastic...see the end of his post)
See. They’ve been on TV. They know.
ohutos en telehoroon ouk egenominos ouk aan (apologies for lack of Greek fonts).
I know...it’s a comforting fiction....let me keep it! Please please?
Re: hard men. VERY TRUE!
Even those old photos on that excellent link...the eyes.
Intimidating for sure. Wow. Thanks!
I wouldn’t think of dispelling it, only adding to it. Those subordinate generals did some incredibly brutal, and effective stuff, and be assured the worst tale or two you have read is just the tip of the iceberg, as it were.
But that was their job. Pershing, on the other hand, played the “gentle, grandfatherly role” of a commander perfectly—and this is characteristic of real ass-kickers of commanders. At first glance you can imagine them on an easy chair at home, dawdling their grandchildren on their knee.
Even their own soldiers often think of their commanders as real softies, the truth of the matter known only to the senior officers of their command. From the soldier’s point of view, the real terror is the commander’s executive officer, who plays the “bad cop”, usually with the Command Sergeant Major in tow, as his “henchman”.
It should also be noted that at the lower levels of command in the Philippines, a lot of the junior officers were real swashbuckler types, who pulled off some of the most amazing stunts to disrupt enemy operations.
One of my favorites were three guys who dressed up as Moros, one with his leg in a splint hobbling alone with the other two holding him up. Then they sat in the front row of a rally led by an effective Moro commander to perhaps several hundred of his followers.
The splint was a shotgun. And in the ensuing hubbub, the three managed to make good their escape. By the time their own command found out what they had done, they had returned home, cleaned up and changed back into uniform, gone to the officer’s club and were drunk.
Good stuff! Thank you!
Nah, barry isn’t the anti-Christ. Evil, yes, however; the anti-Christ will NOT need a teleprompter.
What is that picture?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.