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Hello Uncle Chip,

250 posts ago a very polite person told you he was finished speaking with you. He said he would be willing to continue a discussion with you when you demonstrated evidence of honesty and sincerity. You’ve since sent nearly 30 unsolicited emails to that person with no response, several demanding that he reply to you. You’ve even sent a dozen posts to me, including several demands that this person reply to you. Now, some would say that’s highly inappropriate behavior, and that you deserve to be banned from Free Republic. Most people, on the other hand, would simply agree that it was weird, and the individual made a highly intelligent decision to ignore you. Not me though, Uncle Chip, I wouldn’t dream of saying those things.

However, just to be clear, Uncle Chip, you and I don’t have a thesis. You have a thirty post history that might be construed by reasonable people as harassment. You and I have never discussed your claims about the position of St. Peter’s body when he was murdered. More to the point, I’m not interested in discussing it with you, since it has no bearing on this thread whatsoever. Don’t worry though, Uncle Chip, I won’t ping the mods. If someone else does, I would of course have to recognize that as an appropriate response to your 30 unsolicited posts to a person who told you he was finished talking with you.

If you want to prove St. Peter was crucified right side up in Rome, go right ahead knock yourself out. Post your evidence. Perhaps someone will even be interested. Heck, I’ll even take a look if you’d like. We know from accounts of the Roman Historian Tacitus that Christians were publicly tortured in Rome. They were executed by crucifixion, and by being fed to dogs. We also know they were used as human torches. Perhaps you can post your evidence that St. Peter was merely stopping by Rome for a hamburger when he was martyred near your evidence that his crucifixion was right side up.

As far as this thread is concerned, your questions about the orientation of St. Peter’s body when was murdered at Rome, and the length of his stay there are irrelevant. 25 months or 25 years, crucified right side up or upside down, it has no bearing on the facts of the case. The bottom line is that the Apostles Peter and Paul both went to Rome, both served there as Apostles, and both were martyred there. You agree with that don’t you, Uncle Chip?

Here’s your case up to this point.

1. You’ve been unable to post any evidence that indicates Peter was never in Rome. Neither has anyone else on this thread. That’s because no such evidence exists. You agree, correct?

2. You’ve been unable to locate where Peter died in Scripture. That’s because Scripture doesn’t say where he died. Correct?

3. The historical evidence is unanimous in affirming that St. Peter went to Rome, served as an Apostle there, and was martyred by crucifixion. You agree with too, correct, Uncle Chip?