Quote:RC: 3. After he was dead Jewish law required removal from the cross, lest the "hanged" one be accursed by remaining overnight. And the Sabbath was approaching.
As long as we are dealing with facts..or the absence of them...how about the fact that when the Romans crucified someone they did not allow the body to be taken down for burial. It hung there until it rotted off and then was tossed in a trash heap. That was the whole point of crucifixion. The message was clear: DON'T FUCK WITH US OR THIS COULD BE YOU!
The idea that they would go through all the trouble of crucifying someone and then grant him the honor of a proper burial reeks of special pleading.
BTW, there is no "fact" at all to sustain the idea that anyone named jesus was crucified at all. It's just a story. Literature.
