(May 19, 2015 at 6:07 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Considering that Jesus ended up nailed to wood and that the figure is displayed almost everywhere it seems to be a valid metaphor. Jesus has become the premier wooden idol.
But that's rather because the writers of the bible knew cruzifixion to be the most dishonering form of Roman executions. It fit nicely into the legend they constructed.