(October 30, 2015 at 10:05 am)Drich Wrote:(October 30, 2015 at 9:56 am)Irrational Wrote: 1. He may have exaggerated.1.He 'may' have been telling the truth. (After all anyone who saw him would have been able to see the scars and his beaten/broken body. it not like they had plastic surgery)
2. He may have been a masochist.
1A. Exaggeration is still based on some truth.
1B. You'd need people to care enough to see his naked body.
Quote:2.His beatings were from not yeilding to govermental pressure to stop teaching christianity. He even tried to use his status as a citizen of rome to stave off some of the punishments he endured. a masochist would have sought out the beatings not try and avoid them.
Perhaps he enjoyed certain forms of punishments but not others.
