Afra, See my earlier note to Chris Vaz on Goanet below. St Peter was the only aposle to be crucified upside down and that too by choice. He preferred it that way because he wanted to suffer more than Christ, But the truth is that he probably didnt - because death is faster (and relatively less painful in the case of upside down crucifixtion due to massive brain hemmorraging, than in the case of Crucifixtion Jesus' style.
St Thomas The Apostle (the Patron Saint of Builders aka Doubting Thomas because of his oft-quoted "Trust but Verify" saying - he did stick his fingers in to confirm the wounds of the Risen Lord), on the other hand, was speared to death on St. Thomas Mount near Mylapore India. Do you have any more info from your home work on St. Thomas' death ? Was he on the cross when he was speared to death or was he just running away ? Do let us know ! Yes, Crucifiction was a particularly Roman form of Torture in Biblical times, but if the current swell of support for it in prominently Christian Goa continues (except for some Europe-influenced Goanetter - who do not have any more effective solutions), it will be more famously known as a distinctly Goan form of Capital Punishment (It is a strong deterrent and becomes economically viable along with organ harvesting - so that more Goans live when criminaks are crucified) and it will largely responsible for a relatively crime -free Goa of the future, resultant swell in the tourism and high tech business and will help us achieve our ideal of Goa Dourada (Golden Goa) ! If you were a criminal in Goa would you want to commit violent crime in Goa when the capital punishment is upside down crucifiction and organ harvesting ? Think about it - that's exactly what the Bhailes will feel and keep away from our Goa Dourada ! Best Regards, Dr. Carmo D'Cruz Indian Harbour Beach, Florida Message: 3 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:22:53 -0500 From: "afra dias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Crucified upside down To: <goanet@goanet.org> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi, Any one who says St Thomas was crucified upside down has not done their homework. They are writing rubbish to get some publicity. Crucifiction was particulary a Roman form of killing by torture, not Indian. Indians of those days would not know what crucifiction was in the first place. Afra. Chris, St Peter was the only apostle whho chose to be crucified upside down as he wanted to suffer more than Jesus. Apparently St Thomas the aostle aka "Doubting Thomas" (who is also the patron saint of builders) was speared o death in South India. Scientifically dath by upside=down hanging is more immediate that being hung head-up Jesus style becaue of masive hemmoragng to the brain. You cansee pictures of St, Peter's cruxifiction and get an idea of what its like. Carmo >From: Chris Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org>, >goanet@goanet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Goanet] St Thomas Crucified Upside Down on St. Thomas Mount ? >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:02:12 -0500 > >Could someone please provide pictures of upside down crucifictions -- I >would specially like those frothing 'n foaming from the mouth... > > >----- Original Message ----- >> >Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 5:00 AM >Subject: [Goanet] St Thomas Crucified Up >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Goanet mailing list >>Goanet@lists.goanet.org >>http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goanet supports BMX, the alumni network of Britto's, St Mary's and Xavier's -- three prominent institutions in Mapusa, Goa. Events scheduled from Dec 16 to 21, 2006 For more details visit http://www.bmxgoa.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------