Sentences with phrase «people nailed themselves to crosses»

In response, five people nailed themselves to crosses, an increasingly common form of protest in Paraguay that the Roman Catholic Church has condemned but has often been successful, according to The LA Times.

It is a sick world where a dead person nailed to a cross is a sign of peace and love.

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Hypothetically speaking, what if some people flog you with a cat of 9 tails whip until you have so much flesh ripped off that you are a living, breathing, walking zombie and then make you carry a massive cross about 5 miles and then nail you to that cross?

It's not like the people He came to love nailed Him to a cross.

If the spikes were driven through the hands, the weight of the person would cause the nail to rip through the hands and the victim would fall off the cross.

I hear that this Easter at least 10 people had themselves nailed to a cross in order to «emulate their master».

But as I tell people, at least they didn't nail me to a cross.

She is a «cruciverbalist,» which almost sounds like someone who nails people to a cross for talking too much... but no.