Today is Good Friday which in our Christian tradition is a very important date for us as it is the day of Chirst dying.
What a horrible way to die. The Romans were good at creating horrible ways to kill a man or woman. I guess many cultures have that dubious honor but the Romans excelled at it and perfected it.
Crucifixtion from what I have read is just horrible and terrible and just plain awful. Apparently you really die from suffocation as you can't rasie your lungs to get a breath after you have been hanging for awhile and if it is true that they nailed Christ then it is even worse because as you pressed down on the nails the pain must have been terrible.
Apparently you would lose control of your bowels and shit yourself and the dogs would come and lick your feet and then maybe even bite your feet.
Now when I was in India I heard another twist on this story. I don't want to cause a ruckus in my The Bible is Literal friends but this is just a theory that has some merit if you look at history.
So here it goes. The sponge that they put to Christ's mouth at the end was supposedly dipped in some liquid that may have contained a powerful drug that would have put Chirst into a coma so that the Roman guards would have thought he as dead. It apprently slowed his body down so much that everything would stop but he would still be alive.
Then he was taken down and hurried off to the tomb and then in the dead of night he was spirited out of the tomb and out of the city and on his way to India where he lived for many years and died as a holy man there.
Apparently the Disciple Thomas followded him to India where he died as well.
So it is just a theory but it is interesting.
So peace be with you on this day as we ponder the mystery of this man called Jesus.
So peace be with our world that is in such turmoil.
So peace be with us all as we struggle with our daily lives and who we are as gay men and women and straight men and women and just as people.
