# South Korean Man Crucifies Himself **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527 "2011-05-20T01:45:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/1 "2011-05-20T01:45:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Kim is believed to have nailed his feet to the cross, tied his neck to it and stabbed himself in the side. He is then believed to have drilled holes in his hands and slipped them over nails on the cross, Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency officers said, describing the death under condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to the press. > > Officials simulated some elements of the crucifixion and concluded that an adult male could perform the act on his own, the agency said. Ouch. I admit, my first thought upon reading this was of **Terrifel** ’s [hysterical post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7128461&postcount=21) in the old **Can Superman tear his own head off?** thread. Looks like Batman did it the hard way. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/2 "2011-05-20T08:01:46Z")
Oops, didn’t provide a link. [Here’s](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110517/wl_afp/skoreadeathreligion_20110517085611) one to another article on the incident. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/3 "2011-05-20T12:17:32Z")
Any clue _why_ he did this? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/4 "2011-05-20T12:30:54Z")
Oh, sure, lets pin this one on religion, as if this guy’s death in any way resembled the death of a religious figure from any of the major world religions. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/5 "2011-05-20T12:35:17Z")
Persecution complex, probably. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/6 "2011-05-20T12:41:41Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Any clue _why_ he did this? From what I read in the Korean papers, he was a religious nut. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/7 "2011-05-20T12:42:22Z")
[QUOTE=Hazel] From what I read in the Korean papers, he was a religious nut. [/QUOTE] Huh. I would never have guessed. I just wonder what kind of religious nuttery would lead to this. Did he think he was the Messiah? Did he hear the voice of God? > [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Persecution complex, probably. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/8 "2011-05-20T12:49:19Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Huh. I would never have guessed. Sorry, I should have been more specific. He was a religious nut who believed that he was a reincarnation of Jesus. Apparently he assumed that he would rise again after his crucifixion. This is based on an essay he sent into a magazine before he did the deed. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/9 "2011-05-20T12:59:01Z")
He did it in an abandoned quarry? Pshaw! If you’re gonna crucify yourself, you might as well do somewhere in public, where everyone can see. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/10 "2011-05-20T12:59:07Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Sorry, I should have been more specific. He was a religious nut who believed that he was a reincarnation of Jesus. Apparently he assumed that he would rise again after his crucifixion. This is based on an essay he sent into a magazine before he did the deed. Interesting. And awful. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/11 "2011-05-20T13:02:27Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > This is based on an essay he sent into a magazine before he did the deed. If quoting, please include chapter and verse. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/12 "2011-05-20T21:22:14Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Any clue _why_ he did this? Given the ingenuity involved, it may have been just because he _could_. Who would have ever believed that it was possible for someone to crucify _himself_, if someone hadn’t already done it? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/13 "2011-05-20T21:53:48Z")
And once again _[the Family Circus](http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8247/237hd.jpg)_ has already covered this ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/14 "2011-05-20T22:15:07Z")
“I really hate to lay this one on you, man, but you can’t crucify yourself. I’ve tried it hundreds of times, there’s no way you can hammer in the last nail.” “Stand back, hippie - I’ll show you how it’s done.” ---
**Author:** ![code\_grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/15 "2011-05-20T23:13:27Z")
what a moron. Instead he should have chained himself to an endangered sequoia and then compost his internals. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/16 "2011-05-20T23:24:32Z")
His heart was sick of bein’ in, I said his heart was sick of bein’ in, cha-i-a-i-a-i-a-i-a-ains. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/17 "2011-05-21T04:07:05Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > His heart was sick of bein’ in, I said his heart was sick of bein’ in, cha-i-a-i-a-i-a-i-a-ains. Goddammit, I was just getting ready to post that! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/18 "2011-05-21T04:20:51Z")
Obviously, not a man to cross. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/19 "2011-05-22T08:37:48Z")
If Jesus was Chuck Norris, he’d of gone out like this. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527/20 "2011-05-22T21:12:43Z")
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