Comments on: Well, crucify my corpse!

By: martyn

martyn — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:56:13 +0000

Do you think it taught him how to respect the romans? Who was the one who was crucified upside down because he didn’t want to be offed the same way as jeebers, was it peter?

By: Marc Draco

Marc Draco — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:40:14 +0000

The bugger of it is, Steve, that some idiot at Firefly has leaked a “memo” in which it’s stated that the dude on the cross is actually supposed to be Jesus. Doubtless this is just meant to stir up Beyer Syndrome among the faithful.

It would be more intertesting to actually hang real people there (a couple of names come to mind) and see how long it is before they pass out. This is what’s more interesting in fact. It seems likely that the real guy wasn’t dead when his followers cut him down: and this would be a great way to prove that.

By: GagWatch » Christians try to crucify programme makers. Again

GagWatch » Christians try to crucify programme makers. Again — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:38:34 +0000

[...] MediaWatchWatch, who found this story before me, wonders whether Green’s threatened legal action will take place before or after the blasphemy prosecution of the BBC which he’s been threatening since March of last year. Posted by Paul in UK (September 24, 2006 at 7:37 pm) [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:45:44 +0000

The easiest thing to do to get the religious zealots off this is simply to find out the name of someone whom it has been proven actually WAS crucified. The programne then then start by saying “Fred Bloggs was crucified by the Romans in 4BC. The following programme investigates, scientifically, the effects of this form of execution on the human body.”

You would think Jesus was the only person who was supposed to have been crucified.

By: Marc Draco

Marc Draco — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 11:22:08 +0000

David has it pinned there, regretably.

There is an interesting anatomical study there to disprove some of what is claimed of Jesus’s crucifixion. Studies I have, seen suggest strongly that the guy was cut down long before he was actually dead!

Course, on the other hand, even IF we did prove that Jesus (or whoever he’s based on) didn’t die on the cross (thus laying waste to the resurrection myth!) the fools wouldn’t believe it anyway. Seems to that these days, a fundamental requirement of being religious is the ability to be in a constant state of denial. The idea of being just worm food (or fertilizer if you get toasted) must really scare the crap out of them.

By: David Cantrell

David Cantrell — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:03:27 +0000

I agree with that Jenkins chap – it *will* upset and offend a lot of christians (not that I care overly much) and sadly, von Hagens does seem to be the sort of person who is just doing this for publicity instead of as a serious investigation into an interesting subject. He’s really a showman, not an anatomist these days.

By: martyn

martyn — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 06:53:08 +0000

Insects must drive Green insane with their constant mocking of christ with their walking on water antics

By: Dan Factor

Dan Factor — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:49:03 +0000

No chance Green could actually WATCH the programme before condeming it as blasphemous and threatening action? No? Thought not!

By: Monitor

Monitor — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:13:45 +0000

Is the “up in arms” bit an intentional pun? If so, it’s a damn good one.

Actually it was an accidental pun – but you’re right, it’s a good one. I think I’ll pretend it was intentional. Ssh.

By: Marc Draco

Marc Draco — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:03:18 +0000

Arf arf.

They must be wearing their knees out praying. Makes you think though, you’d imagine they’d get the message when almost none of their prayers ever get answered – and even the ones that “do” are mere conincidence.

I just wish they’d do it quietly!