What do people gain or benefit by hitting and/or having themselves crucified during Good Friday.?

1. medieval tradition of pennace, or suffering wash away feelings of sin. catholic church forbids practice, once widespread in europe. regions of philippines have held on tradition hundreds of years after no longer popular elsewhere. suspect regional tribes may have identified particular practice, maybe because of similiarities pre-cristian tribal traditions replaced.

2. remarkably, practice gains avid attention of tens of thousands of onlookers, , millions of tv viewers world wide, of whom luke-warm christians, thus, while practice condemned catholic church, indeed bring thought , reflection christ , crucifiction may called ministry of millions of followers otherwise have missed easter without giving thought.

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