Essay On Crucifixion

Interestingly, for many, including myself, one of the primary images of Jesus thought of is that of his crucifixion. Nonetheless, the true horrors of such an act are often skimmed over not only currently, but also in its recantation in the Bible. As mentioned in the podcast, for the people of the time period, the act of crucifixion was well known and well feared. The details were intentionally spared because people knew the terrors it entailed. However, in today’s culture one often witnesses conversations on crucifixion as nonchalantly and unflinchingly spoken. Hence, leading one to believe we have either entered a period of unabashed lack of compassion or one of ignorance to the horrors of torture. For some they may consider stepping into a shower to find seconds later feeling only cold water as torturous, for others it may be realizing they forgot to charge their phone and now must ration the power that insights fear, and yet still for others it may be that waiting to see the season finale of The Bachelor is perhaps the true definition for ‘torture’.

This is not to say that life is not still difficult and that negative things are not consistently an issue today, but it would be hard to say that being beaten, then crucified with nails in one’s hands and feet, and to be publically shamed, out casted, and left to die slowly is an issue many people in developed countries must contend with. Therefore, a detachment exists, and not only would it bring clarification to the story of Jesus’ crucifixion, but it would also provide depth to it if people better understood the term