The Harm

Thanks to Orac at Respectful Insolence I bring you this

Health officials in the Philippines have issued a warning to people taking part in Easter crucifixion rituals.

They have urged them to get tetanus vaccinations before they flagellate themselves and are nailed to crosses, and to practise good hygiene.

On Good Friday dozens of very devout Catholics in the Philippines re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

It is something that has become a huge tourist attraction, although the Church frowns on the practice.

Whats the harm here? Not what the health officials are telling them to do but why there telling them to do it. Doing such things is asking for infection. But of course if they get an infection it probably be make it better in there eyes cause it would be even more suffering.