Not on script..

I love this story, it's such a great example of what too many people think is "faith" based thinking, it's not just Christians who do this kind of stuff, Muslims love a bit of real blood in their re-enactments too of course. Nine people in the Philippines deliberately nailed themselves (with real nails) to crosses to re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus. Presumably they want to feel "closer" to their deity or perhaps believe they will be rewarded somehow for hurting themselves in this fashion, regardless, I'm sure there are a few million staphylococci bacteria that will be thrilled at the prospect. The kicker for me was the response to this from the Catholic church who quite sensibly pointed out that people need not nail themselves to wooden structures because that was kinda the point of Jesus doing it in the first place...

For anyone who's old enough to have heard the Bob Newhart sketch about an imaginary call made by Sir Walter Raleigh calling home to describe tobacco; an imagined call between these clowns and the local Bishop may well have been rather similar (well in my head at least)..