Peter C As I understand it, the Romans crucified people by attaching the condemned to a cross beam which was then placed on top of a pole. That was all that was needed, and it cost less. If they wanted the condemned to linger, a seat and/or footrest was sometimes provided. When Jesus was crucified, Pilate "... wrote a title and put it on the cross ... " 19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 19:20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 19:21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 19:22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. (King James Bible, John) Today this is given as INRI -- the Latin initialism for IESVS·NAZARENVS·REX·IVDÆORVM (Jesus Nazarenus, rex Judæorum). It was written on a board and nailed to the crossbeam above Jesus' head giving rise to the erroneous notion that He was hung on a 'cross'. Paul D ________________________________ From: PETER CHARLTON <peter.nambo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, 8 January, 2009 5:18:18 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: What went wrong to cause it. I read that when the Jews where kicked out of Spain, the Sanhedrin told Jews to convert to Catholisism, in order to subvert it. The current Pope looks rather Jewish with his skull cap, ephod for the 12 tribes of Israel, and notice that his crucifix is now a blatent " T ", not even pretening to be a cross but the sacred T of the Sun God Tammuz who the Jewish Women used to weep over. Pete Charlton Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox