Evidence for that?
We have one notation in history in which Josephus went to Titus and asked for 3 crucified friends of his to be released. One lived after being taken down.
Plus, in general, crucifixion was a punishment reserved for rebels and slaves. Common criminals could be dealt with in a much more efficient manner, either in the arena or with a simple sword thrust. Crucifixion was a message in and of itself.
I sort of regard the Joseph of Arimathea ( a place which seems to be as fictional as he is, btw) as a stage direction designed to get the supposedly dead body off stage for the next act. Even in Shakespearean times there was no curtain in a theater. Thus a group of soldiers or relatives or friends or whatever was needed to cart the body of the fallen hero off stage so the actor wouldn't have to get up and walk off in front of the audience.That would kind of kill the whole effect!
In short, the crucifixion story is a pile of shit. I still require believers to present a single "fact" that any of it ever happened.
We have one notation in history in which Josephus went to Titus and asked for 3 crucified friends of his to be released. One lived after being taken down.
Plus, in general, crucifixion was a punishment reserved for rebels and slaves. Common criminals could be dealt with in a much more efficient manner, either in the arena or with a simple sword thrust. Crucifixion was a message in and of itself.
I sort of regard the Joseph of Arimathea ( a place which seems to be as fictional as he is, btw) as a stage direction designed to get the supposedly dead body off stage for the next act. Even in Shakespearean times there was no curtain in a theater. Thus a group of soldiers or relatives or friends or whatever was needed to cart the body of the fallen hero off stage so the actor wouldn't have to get up and walk off in front of the audience.That would kind of kill the whole effect!
In short, the crucifixion story is a pile of shit. I still require believers to present a single "fact" that any of it ever happened.
