He might be a little confused. There is a possibility he wasn’t hung up on a cross the way we depict, but a more simple post instead. The cross we’re all familiar with might just be another ripoff of pagan symbols, “x” and “+” have always held some significance in religions.
I can also believe that a government that conducts executions would cheap out and use a simple post rather than the effort and carpentry needed to make a cross. Why bother with the “+”.
Can’t find anything definitve, of course religious sites are heavily vested in maintaining the cross as a symbol and history has been clouded with their efforts.
I dunno, since he was arrested for blasphemy and as you said the cross-shape had religious significance already… Plus positional asphyxiation was part of the torture/execution process. As far as budget cuts, I think it would be simple to reuse the crosses multiple times. It only took a few days, then the body was removed and you could nail up another one. You could also save by using reclaimed wood, like the old mast you’d replaced on the Ship of Theseus.
You can’t have christian religious significance or taking of a pagan symbol before Christianity existed, and the Romans are the ones that did the execution. This was just another Tuesday or whatever for the Romans.
Everything you said regarding death, reuse and asphyxiation is just as true of a post as it is a cross.
He might be a little confused. There is a possibility he wasn’t hung up on a cross the way we depict, but a more simple post instead. The cross we’re all familiar with might just be another ripoff of pagan symbols, “x” and “+” have always held some significance in religions.
I can also believe that a government that conducts executions would cheap out and use a simple post rather than the effort and carpentry needed to make a cross. Why bother with the “+”.
Can’t find anything definitve, of course religious sites are heavily vested in maintaining the cross as a symbol and history has been clouded with their efforts.
I dunno, since he was arrested for blasphemy and as you said the cross-shape had religious significance already… Plus positional asphyxiation was part of the torture/execution process. As far as budget cuts, I think it would be simple to reuse the crosses multiple times. It only took a few days, then the body was removed and you could nail up another one. You could also save by using reclaimed wood, like the old mast you’d replaced on the Ship of Theseus.
You can’t have christian religious significance or taking of a pagan symbol before Christianity existed, and the Romans are the ones that did the execution. This was just another Tuesday or whatever for the Romans.
Everything you said regarding death, reuse and asphyxiation is just as true of a post as it is a cross.