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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jesus being a carpenter while not wrong is somewhat a mistranslation, Jesus would've been closer to a general laborer who knew carpentry. Jesus definitely knew how to swear in multiple languages and definitely knew how to insult people in a practical cavalcade of languages.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But what about the irony of a carpenter dying from being nailed to a piece of wood?

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Well he most likely lashed to the cross, the Romans didn't really nail people to crosses too slow and required higher quality nails. Not to say they didn't but it was a rarity moreso reserved for warfare and not criminals.