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The Catholic Church has an odd sense of humor (ArchonOfFlesh) (infosec.pub)
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[–] 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