The soldiers make a display of juggling raising the dead Christ in the air, while singing "I'm the boyfriend of death". The scene is in a southern Spanish city. I've lived in this city during my youth and I've seen this scene several times, live. How could I have considered this normal so far? I relate it to the bullfight, another barbaric ritual.
The central theme of this picture is, therefore, death, in two ways, first, the soldiers are not scared of death, their "girlfriend" and, secondly, Christ is dead because, although he was God he became man to suffer for us. And he died. But, as God is immortal, there was no choice but to be resuscitated.
What religious absurdities! How many wars on the name of religion!
Catholics have a tradition of indulging in morbid death: is the theory of the atonement. A sinister theme, no doubt. The expiatory offerings of the Old Testament itself could not remove sin, but foreshadowed the Christ, the perfect sacrifice provided by God Himself. He took away the sins of the world and provided the basis for the forgiveness and justification of the sinner.
All these bleedings Christs capture the popular imagination. The lifting of Christ crammed the streets of Malaga.
Spain: what uncivilized rituals !
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