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http://ph.news.yahoo.com/south-korean-man-found-crucified-quarry-045929727.html

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AP – Wed, May 4, 2011

The body of a man with his hands and feet nailed to a wooden cross and a crown of thorns on his head has been found in an abandoned stone quarry, South Korean police said Wednesday.

A man wearing only underwear, with a wound on the side of his torso and nylon strings tied around his neck, arms and stomach, was found crucified Sunday in Mungyong, about 115 miles (190 kilometers) southeast of Seoul, said Chung Ji-chun, chief of the violent crime section at Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency.

Two smaller crosses were erected on each side of the cross he was nailed to, Chung said.

Police also found nails, a hammer, an electric drill, pieces of wood and instructions on how to build crosses inside a tent near the scene, Chung said. An SUV belonging to the dead man was found nearby.

Police are waiting for a forensic report to determine the exact time and cause of the man's death and whether it was a homicide or suicide.

Chung identified the man as a 58-year old surnamed Kim.

Popular representations of the death of Jesus Christ depict him crucified between the crosses of two thieves, wearing a crown of thorns, a white cloth over his loins, with a wound on his side from a Roman soldier's spear.

Wow...how could this be a suicide?

Wizard Joined: Jun 12 2009 Posts: 4209

My thought exactly. "Let's see... just nail this here and here, and nail my ONE HAND REMAINING TO THE POST AS WELL"

Posted: May 04 2011 10:08 pm

He had a very, VERY bad case of stigmata and just kind of slipped over the nails?

Posted: May 04 2011 10:28 pm

I'm no forensic expert or anything but I imagine it would be fairly difficult to nail and tie oneself to an erected cross, for the very same reason that our good friend Drew pointed out. Luckily it sounds like professionals are on the job so South Koreans can sleep easy at night knowing they're protected by a diligent and through police force.

Posted: May 04 2011 10:34 pm

Whoever was responsible has great attention to detail.

Posted: May 04 2011 10:40 pm

No they didn't, if they did there would have been two thieves nailed up there too, slacker!

In all seriousness I hear it's an awful way to die, what a shame.

Posted: May 04 2011 10:48 pm

this is nuts. im still dumbfounded as to why suicide would even be considered an option.

the sheer mechanics are just crazy for one person to do it, and im sure he would probably pass out due to the pain or the bleeding before he even finished

Posted: May 05 2011 12:13 am

unless he paid for someone to do that to him as assisted suicide...

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Slayer1 wrote:

unless he paid for someone to do that to him as assisted suicide...

Bah, bet me to suggesting this. I think it was an assisted suicide. A bizarre one.

Posted: May 05 2011 06:20 am

Judge not lest ye be judged, it's always good to have a hobby.

Posted: May 05 2011 11:00 am

Off of the same story Via CNN

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But local media depicted an elaborate reconstruction of the crucifixion of Jesus, with the victim wearing a crown of thorns and dressed only in his underwear. He put nails into the cross first, then drilled holes in his hands and hung himself on the cross, reports said.

So it could be Suicide. But WOW. I couldn't imagine doing that to myself.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/05/south-korean-man-found-crucified-police-say/?hpt=T2

Posted: May 05 2011 11:09 am

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Chung identified the man as a 58-year old surnamed Kim.

That's like saying he had the surname Smith. Seriously, damn near every fourth person in Korea has the surname Kim.

They also have an insanely high percentage of Christians compared to the population of the country. I think it's definitely higher than the percentage here.

They also have the highest suicide rate in the world. Japan has a much larger population so while their suicide rate is lower than Korea, more people are killing themselves in Japan than Korea. Still, Korea's rate of suicide compared to their population is the highest in the world. It seems to be a mix of two things: the country looks down on depression, so anyone who is depressed cannot get help without being viewed with scorn and considered "crazy", and their economy is in the toilet.

Teehee wow look at my mini culture lesson there.

That said, this is kinda freakin crazy.

Posted: May 05 2011 11:11 am

aika wrote:

That's like saying he had the surname Smith.

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Posted: May 05 2011 11:12 am

Atma wrote:

aika wrote:

That's like saying he had the surname Smith.

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I did that just for you. Very Happy

Posted: May 05 2011 11:29 am

Koreans sure do shit to the max, even in suicide, it seems.

Posted: May 05 2011 12:11 pm

Blackout wrote:

Judge not lest ye be judged, it's always good to have a hobby.

Hahahahaha

The suicide angle, while I suppose valid, reminds me of that joke about the cops finding a guy who was shot multiple times, stabbed multiple times and thrown in the river in a suitcase, "Worst case of suicide I've ever seen."

Posted: May 05 2011 12:13 pm

I was ever given the death penalty, I would demand crucifixion, even though it's Constitutionally dubious that it would ever be allowed to happen, due to that whole "cruel and unusual" thing.

But if it was allowed, they'd have to make it as uncruel as possible and offer me snacks and shit while I was up there. And think of the media coverage! That would be awesome.

Posted: May 05 2011 12:14 pm

Atma wrote:

Off of the same story Via CNN

Quote:

But local media depicted an elaborate reconstruction of the crucifixion of Jesus, with the victim wearing a crown of thorns and dressed only in his underwear. He put nails into the cross first, then drilled holes in his hands and hung himself on the cross, reports said.

So it could be Suicide. But WOW. I couldn't imagine doing that to myself.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/05/south-korean-man-found-crucified-police-say/?hpt=T2

Give a guy enough coke, heroin, pcp you name it they'll be so hopped up they'll do anything...

Posted: May 05 2011 12:15 pm

I don't know man, I'm betting people would call it more cruel if they gave you snacks and kept you hydrated up there, takes even longer to die and in terrible pain the whole way...

And again on the suicide angle: Even if he did drill his own hands and (I'm assuming) feet, how did he then manage to climb up there, bleeding profusely and with damaged muscles, tendons, bones, etc?

Posted: May 05 2011 12:29 pm

Maybe he was on painkillers.

Or maybe he... WAS... the painkiller! This... is... the painkiller!

Planet's devastated
Mankind's on its knees
A saviour comes from out the skies
In answer to their pleas
Through boiling clouds of thunder
Blasting bolts of steel
Evil's going under
Deadly wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeels!

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Judas Priest...nice

Although I am disappointed that no one has made any Life of Brian jokes yet. Sad

Posted: May 05 2011 12:51 pm

aika wrote:

They also have the highest suicide rate in the world. Japan has a much larger population so while their suicide rate is lower than Korea, more people are killing themselves in Japan than Korea. Still, Korea's rate of suicide compared to their population is the highest in the world.

Teehee wow look at my mini culture lesson there.

Oh wow, holy shit. So /that's/ what per capita means.

Posted: May 05 2011 12:56 pm

If it wasn't for the Nips
Being so good at building ships
The yards would still be open on the Clyde
But it can't be much fun for them
Beneath the Rising Sun
With all their kids committing suicide

- Pink Floyd, "The Post War Dream"

Posted: May 05 2011 01:39 pm

I have a buddy that won't consider teaching in south korea because he says there are too many crazy Christians over there. So maybe some extremist group did it to a lucky chosen member.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Korea

there. educate yourself.

On a semi related topic. Korean dudes are hot.

Posted: May 05 2011 01:41 pm

One of my friends and her husband moved to South Korea about a year ago, because he took a teaching job there. Judging from Facebook, they seem to enjoy it over there well enough.