[Howlin]

Thank you very much for the information. I honestly TRY to be "worldly" and keep an open mind, but apparently I'm not succeeding at it.

By any chance, doyou know if this associated with the self-flagellation that I believe I remember from the Iranian hostage crisis?

[Sandy]

I don't know. This is the first I've heard of this stuff. I just pulled the info from Google. Freakin nuts.

[MarshallDillon]

By any chance, doyou know if this associated with the self-flagellation that I believe I remember from the Iranian hostage crisis?

Isn't there an old penitent sect within Catholicism which had members beating themselves.. ..? I seem to remember seeing something about this at an old church in Toledo, Spain.