'God made me cancel my own crucifixion'

[DeclinetoState]

By Nico Hines


BRITISH broadcaster who travelled to the Philippines to be crucified on Good Friday for a television programme pulled out of the stunt in tears yesterday — and blamed God for his decision.

Dominik Diamond broke down and wept after watching nine Filipinos take their turn to be whipped and nailed on crosses and realising that his turn was next. “God wanted me only to pray at the foot of my cross,” he sobbed, sinking to his knees and praying as local people and tourists started to boo.

Five, the television channel, denied it was disappointed that Diamond, a radio and TV presenter and outspoken Daily Star columnist, had decided against being crucified. No date has been set for the broadcast of the programme. If shown, it may have to change its original working title, Crucify Me.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2135354,00.html


“God wanted me only to pray at the foot of my cross,” he sobbed.


Yeah, right.

[DesertFox]

Boy got stage fright.

Or maybe his hands started hurting.

Or his feet.

[Melz]

Hmm, I think that he made a good decision and blamed it on God. But deciding not to die was a good thing. Pretty sure God didn't tell any of them to do that. But then, how do I know for sure?

The fact that people boo'ed made this seem more a sporting event. People boo'ed? Creepy folks I'd say.

[DeclinetoState]

The whole thing's creepy and un-Christian to begin with, IMHO.

Oh, and thanks to whoever got rid of the blank spaces in my OP.

[ThomasMore]

Hmm, I think that he made a good decision and blamed it on God. But deciding not to die was a good thing. Pretty sure God didn't tell any of them to do that. But then, how do I know for sure?

The fact that people boo'ed made this seem more a sporting event. People boo'ed? Creepy folks I'd say.

The Filipinos have been doing this for a long time. They don't die on the cross. They are nailed and raised, to share in Christ's Passion. Then they are taken down, very much alive (although I don't know how permanent the damage to their hands and feet is).

[DoctorDoom]

Religion is the bane of Christianity. This is "Christian" religion of the worst kind, straight out of hell. It's a sordid spectacle with deluded participants torturing themselves for the sake of the sick spectators, and deceiving themselves that God approves of it.

[Telit laikitiz]

Not only does God not approve of this, he sent his son to die instead of us. We are to accept His sacrifice instead of our own. Jesus came to relieve us of suffering and guilt, He doesn't want us to suffer and be guilty. Jesus paid the price for our salvation, if we try to pay ourselves, it is not accepted. We must accept salvation as a gift. So the man who wasn't nailed on the cross in the Philippines was the only one who got it right. I say, God bless him.