What do you call self-flagellation?

What do you call self-flagellation?

Asceticism is a form of self-denial, or voluntary suffering, especially as a way of life. It isn’t always associated with guilt though. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16785/is-there-a-single-word-that-means-self-flagellation-or-self-punishment/.

Does whipping the horses hurt them?

First conclusive evidence horses hurt by whips, whips don’t aid jockeys. Two papes published in journal Animals lend support to a ban on whipping in horse racing. They respectively show that horses feel as much pain as humans would when whipped, and that the whip does not enhance race safety.

How many lashes did Jesus take?

39 lashes

What did Jesus write in the sand?

Scholars have tried to guess what Jesus wrote in the sand. Was it “Thou shalt not commit adultery or fornication” or “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” or “Judge not that you be not judged?” He bent down and wrote in the sand the second time.

Did Jesus draw a line in the sand?

Origin. Biblical link to John 8:6. Some have (perhaps erroneously) interpreted Jesus’ writing in the sand, as drawing a line in the sand in order to address those who are about to stone a woman caught in adultery.

When did God write with his finger?

The “finger of God” is a phrase used in the Bible. In Exodus 8:16–20 it is used during the plagues of Egypt by the Egyptian magicians. In Exodus 31:18 and Deuteronomy 9:10 it refers to the method by which the Ten Commandments were written on tablets of stone that were brought down from biblical Mount Sinai by Moses.

What does a fish with a cross in it mean?

In the early Christian community, one of the symbols that united primitive Christians was the cross of Jesus Christ. The fish symbol references an acrostic, consisting of the initial letters of five Greek words which formed the word for “fish” in the Greek: ICTYS, pronounced ICHTHYS.