Fifty Shades of Flagellants
The Catholics are commemorating Christ’s death through holy week celebration. Some devotees resort to self flagellating as a form of their sacrifice and being in one with Christ. They say that they are imitating Christ’s ultimate sacrifice to mankind. For a pervert like me, I find that rather sexual. Blood? Whip? How sexy could that get? Oh but that’s just me and my creepy imagination.
The question really is, if they are imitating Christ, they shouldn’t be whipping themselves. They should ask someone to whip their asses off. Christ didn’t whipped himself. The Roman soldiers did. Something is wrong therefore. As they whip themselves, they become half Christ and half Roman Soldiers. If what they believe were true, half of their body would go to heaven, and half of it would burn in hell. One thing more, if they are really imitating Christ, is it not just fair for them to die as well? Christ died. They should also die. Then that is imitating Christ.
Yeah, yeah yeah! Perhaps your brows are raised while reading this. Perhaps you’re having difficulty fathoming the shallow arguments I have mentioned. Exactly. I know right? My arguments are as shallow as the practice I am questioning. Touche.
