I was watching a video on Youtube and know Jesus Christ Ironic death, He is a carpenter's son nailed to a WOODEN cross. Talk about Ironic, just imaginon if it was his Dad (his earthly )or him that made it, that would be super Ironic. [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIIknwATn-U&feature=feedrec_grec_index_more[/YOUTUBE]
I don't want to say this about a man who was almost beaten to death, then nailed to a cross and left to die, but... LOL. How ironic would it be if the nails were also made of iron? Well, actually, that wouldn't be more ironic, just punnier.
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Point of information: the idea of ironic punishments in hell comes from Dante Alighieri and his work Inferno, which is basically self-insert bible fanfic, not from the bible itself.
There have been several threads that I can name which have been allowed to exist, one thread even threatened several members of EC directly and told them they should go to hell. I reported that post and it took about a week to get locked, despite a moderator replying within an hour and telling me the thread was within EC rules. How is this thread any worse?
My guess is Chip was trying to prevent this thread from becoming like the threads you mentioned. In other words, it isn't worse, yet.
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This thread makes me think of the 'Christ nail' episode of Curb Your Enthusuasm :lol: Anyone seen it?
Where the handyman's about to kill Larry, but steps on the nail, resulting in a scene imitating the passion? Seen it! Hilarious.
It's not Jesus Christ being ironic, there's just a lot of contradiction I've noticed in the Bible. It's a flawed piece of writing, but an enjoyable read nonetheless for its imagery. Nope, not to my recollection.
