The Catholic Church has an odd sense of humor (ArchonOfFlesh) : historymemes

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

If we're speaking of Catholicism, then that last one is a bit tame. The Catholic crucifix includes a statue of Jesus being tortured to death on the cross.

[+] SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 23 points 1 month ago

That's basically all medieval execution methods. There's a reason the French were like "fuck that shit" and invented the guillotine when they kickstarted the modern era with the French Revolution.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Saint Sebastian more recently became patron of adventurers.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 11 points 1 month ago

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Feel like Sebastian got it easy compared to the other two.

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Also compared to jesus

[–] genau 3 points 1 month ago

Christianity is weird

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