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The Catholic Church has an odd sense of humor (ArchonOfFlesh) (infosec.pub)
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[–] torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't get it.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These saints ended up granted domains that are related to the gruesome way they died.

One imagines that being reminded of one's painful death every time someone shoots up a prayer for you to pass along is a mite unpleasant.

[–] torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That bit I got, I'm just not sure how Jesus figures into it. What's his domain, in this scenario?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

Christians in general use the cross, something the Romans used exclusively as a way to make people suffer a lot before dying, as their religious symbol, because that was how Jesus died. It's the equivalent of using an impaled head as a religious symbol