> > But I can't find an equivalent in modern day Christianity. >=20 > I know you said modern day but, nailing to a cross comes to=20 > mind, thorns as a crown.
Actually, it was the Romans that nailed Jesus to the cross, created a = crown of thorns, etc... Christians' fundamental shared belief is that = Jesus rose from the dead days later, therefore there could be no = Christians before this event...=20
--=20 Derek
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