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Did ancient egypt have crucifiction?
September 24, 2013 at 5:34 am
Because it says so in the quran for some reason?
Quran 7:124
I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."
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RE: Did ancient egypt have crucifiction?
September 24, 2013 at 7:35 am
Crucifixtion use to be more wide spread than you think.
Even in medieval Japan, although to be fair, it was only used there for christians for the purpose of mocking them.
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RE: Did ancient egypt have crucifiction?
September 24, 2013 at 7:54 am
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2013 at 7:54 am by LastPoet.)
It was infact a slow gruesome way to die. The Romans used it because it was a good way to instill fear in the populace, they could 'post' them in the via apia as a warning to all that dared to defy the empire. Yet, alot of christians carry a miniature of a torturing device in their necks. Nothing is the hallmark of 'love' like a torture device from 2000 years ago strapped to their necks. The irony of this all.
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RE: Did ancient egypt have crucifiction?
September 24, 2013 at 8:21 am
If Jesus had lived in the 20th century, in a couple thousand years his followers would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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RE: Did ancient egypt have crucifiction?
September 24, 2013 at 11:52 am
Crucifixion seems to have developed in the ANE. The Phoenicians spread it to the Carthaginians who taught it to the Romans. I cannot think of a single example of a crucifixion being depicted in ancient egyptian reliefs although there are multiple examples of bound prisoners being killed by the pharaoh swinging a mace.
Why would you put any stock in the scribblings of a book written so long after Egyptian culture collapsed under the weight of repeated conquerors? For that matter, what is there in that particular verse that suggests anything to do with Egypt at all?
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RE: Did ancient egypt have crucifiction?
October 19, 2013 at 6:00 pm
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If I saw a man beating a tied up dog, I couldn't prove it was wrong, but I'd know it was wrong.
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