Um, Jesus did that for us so we don't have to.

Good one Beo. Sad that they don't realize it.

I always shout "Play Stonehenge!" but sadly few people get the reference.

Idiots! Leave um’ up there.

I still say natural selection is alive and well.

maybe they WANT to. Doi.

Geez, they're STILL doing this? I saw them doing this live in '74!

Boy, I bet Christ would have appreciated a little Zepppelin before The Main Event. But not the played-out "Stairway to Heaven". More like "Achilles Last Stand", arguably their heaviest tune, and at over 10 minutes, their longest I believe. Crucifixion is not something you want to rush into...

The Filipinos see it as a test of faith to be able to go through with it. It's not that much dissimilar to Ordeal in the old Western traditions, though slightly less suicidal.

It seems nuts to us, but you have to admit that it takes balls. More balls that our society has anymore, where it's nearly a biological disaster of catastrophic proportions for anyone to get a papercut.

You missed the best part of this spectacle. Although the pictures portrayed this as a solemn activity, in years past it has been just the opposite. There are food, trinket and balloon vendors at this event. The balloons have pictures of Jesus Christ on them as do many of the souvenirs. This is a circus, and while yes I agree that they have every right to act upon their faith, we have every right to say "oh please."

I guess the thing I really don't understand is that if my son or mother or other relative died because a drunk driver crashed into their car or some psycho nut job gunned down people in a public building, I wouldn't recreate the event every year to celebrate the anniversary. Nothing would ever make me forget about my loss but "reliving" it year after year, by having someone crash into a car full of people, would be disturbing and inappropriate in the extreme.

Have you noticed that Spanish-speaking countries are Catholic like King Kong's a monkey?

Like, scarily Catholic.

Wahhabi Catholic.

Truly frightening.

MegaTroopX, most Catholics in Spanish-speaking countries are poorly-catechised and don't know what the Church actually teaches, which is that self-injury for any purpose is directly contrary to the Bible's mandate to regard the body as the temple of God. Liberation theologians (glorified Communists) in those countries were more interested in starting revolutions than teaching authentic faith, so they didn't care so much when people started mixing pagan and Christian customs. I'm sure that no matter what the local bishop in the Philippines says about it, the people will do what they want.