I admit only to this: I can get deeply creeped out, down to my very core, now and then and hopefully not all that often because, well, I still like to sleep at night.
Personally, I try to keep the creep to a minimum, not really wishing to dive down into that low, dark vibration much and hence I avoid most horror movies like the plague and I find slasher flicks and "torture porn" revolting and ridiculous and while monster flicks can occasionally be fun and thrilling, they're mostly just a cheap roller-coaster rides supplying no real nourishment of any kind. I know, that's not really the point. But still.
Yes, it’s the time of year when self-flagellators and masochists for Jesus put on a show worthy of the Caligari Carnival.

Every year on Good Friday, Christian believers in the Philippines undergo crucifixion as a sign of their faith and desire for penitence . These acts of insanity don’t just occur in the Philippines, but also Mexico, Italy, parts of the Middle East and other places around the globe. Crazy that people are still doing this in the year 2008!
And now we don’t have to settle for just reading about it, but we can also watch the frothy-true-believers in action on You Tube!





I saw this article at Pharyngula which gave me the idea for this post.The story is titled "Department of Duh":

Department of Duh



Apparently, from this news story,


News Story




health officials in the Philippines have issued a warning to people taking part in Easter crucifixion rituals.

"They have urged them to get tetanus vaccinations before they flagellate themselves and are nailed to crosses, and to practice good hygiene."


As PZ Myers points out, “People are flagellating themselves and nailing themselves to sticks in a public spectacle of stupidity, and health officials are warning them to get a tetanus shot? How about “Stop doing that,” instead, or alternatively, “Please use rusty nails and whips clotted with rotting gore so that you’ll die sooner and we won’t have to worry about you idiots anymore”?


And now for a little self-flagellation entertainment from a Sadomasochistic Good Friday procession in Taxco, Mexico! As we say in Mexico and in Spain: JODER!!!