What if Fox News was around in 32 C.E.

You know this is true right?

Personally I can't believe that American Christians let themselves be "one upped" like this.

Courtesy (if we can call it a courtesy) of the Daily Mail:

Christians were nailed to crosses in the Philippines today in a grim Good Friday (I know this is a day late, but it took me until today to keep the bile down long enough to write this) reenactment of Jesus's suffering. 

Thousands of people watched as 17 devoted Catholics were 'crucified' in the gruesome annual ritual. 

Church leaders have condemned the practice which they believe are a distortion of the true Easter message. (Really? It sounds a little TOO undistorted to me!)

"Oh I see you got your nails done!"

Nine men were crucified in Pampanga province's San Pedro Cutud village today, while at least eight others were crucified in neighbouring villages. 

The annual event - which dates back to the 1950s - drew an estimated crowd of 10,000 worshippers. 

What the hell America?  I thought we were the "can do" nation.

How could religious Americans possibly allow some backwater Philippine island folk "out Christ" them like this?

Rubbing soot on our foreheads, speaking gibberish, eating croutons while washing it down with Kool-aid and calling it the flesh and blood of Christ, teaching our children that science is the work of Satan, refusing to watch porn on Sundays, and then hiding baskets of colored shell covered unfertilized chicken embryos (Remember, life begins at menstruation kiddies!) for our children to find on Easter, is that what we call religious commitment?

These people are LITERALLY nailing themselves to the cross in order to get closer to God (As well as getting closer to the possibility of gangrene), and in the process making Americans look like slackers.

Come on Americans! This is the country of extreme snowboarding, extreme skateboarding, and extreme college drinking, how can we turn our back on the opportunity to participate in a little extreme Christianity?

After all WWJD? Actually I guess I should change that to WDJD?

P.S. If your stomach can take it, and if it can it is stronger than mine, there is a video at the link. But don't say I didn't warn you.