tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185139.post6082810752113163358..comments2024-03-19T07:57:36.265-04:00Comments on BLOBBY'S BLOG: Nails In My FeetBlobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11821768145570876450noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185139.post-25375843020159702132013-03-30T11:20:37.760-04:002013-03-30T11:20:37.760-04:00I always thought J-dog would look good with a shag...I always thought J-dog would look good with a shag...cbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07012048318668422826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185139.post-77362601694752579932013-03-29T05:15:28.484-04:002013-03-29T05:15:28.484-04:00A fair-haired Jew in Jesus' time, and in that ...A fair-haired Jew in Jesus' time, and in that part of the world especially, would have been so implausibly conspicuous one can reasinably reject the idea. Most likely J.C. had a hook-nose as well, which jars a bit with Western notions of the 'good looks' that Christian historians and artists have endowed him with. (Not that there's anything 'wrong' with hook-noses!) I'd also like to know if he had any physical blemishes at all - as most of us have at least something 'wrong' with our bodies - moles, squints, varicose veins, disproprtionate limbs, birthmarks etc - or was he gifted with an enviably perfect physique? <br />As for the crucifion itself I only realised much later after my strict Catholic education that being nailed to a cross was the USUAL practice for all those so executed. I'd assumed that it was a uniquely painful 'embellishment' to normal procedure specifically meted out because of who he claimed to be, whereas I thought that all others had been tied to the cross by rope. <br />And as for that loincloth, also unlikely - though in depictions of the event it does serve the function of conveniently hiding the fact that J.C. was circumcised and, therefore, Jewish - which, as Erik says above, is something still rather 'unpalatable' to many who don't like to have the fact dwelt upon.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185139.post-63122397905994976832013-03-29T00:46:50.444-04:002013-03-29T00:46:50.444-04:00since sunday has no religious meaning at all for m...since sunday has no religious meaning at all for me, I celebrate the chocolate bunnies and marshmallow chicks and black (only) jelly beans jumping into my mouth!anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.com