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Legend has it that Pontius Pilate was born under and played under the 5,000-year-old Fortingall Yew in Scotland.
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bitofarambler crazypeople.online bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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I wanna play on it too.

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tyranny crazypeople.online tyranny@crazypeople.online
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let's play together someday

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notsosure sh.itjust.works notsosure@sh.itjust.works
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I heard it was Johnny Cash?

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bitofarambler Moderator bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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I heard it was Johnny Cash?

Hey, with that long a history, someone named Johnny Cash must have played in that tree.

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bitofarambler Moderator bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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let's play together someday

deal, I'll let you know when I'm in Scotland and then in the clink for trespassing on Fortingall Yew land.

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Multiplexer discuss.tchncs.de Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/yew-cant-believe-perthshire-pontius-14432844

TIL that one of our neighbouring towns (Forchheim) also has a myth that Pontius Pilate has been born there.
Seems to have been a popular guy that so many claim him to be one of their own kind :-)

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tyranny crazypeople.online tyranny@crazypeople.online
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deal, I'll let you know when I'm in Scotland and then in the clink for trespassing on Fortingall Yew land.

I'll bust you out no worries

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bitofarambler Moderator bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/yew-cant-believe-perthshire-pontius-14432844 TIL that one of our neighbouring towns (Forchheim) also has a myth that Pontius Pilate has been born there. Seems to have been a popular guy that so many claim him to be one of their own kind :-)

Oh, very cool, thanks for sharing!

Yea, Pilate is a historically popular figure considering he's the one believed to have ordered the crucifixion of Christ. I would have thought he'd be held in lower regard, but I feel like he's always portrayed as a wise leader or vaunted figure in stories. Maybe that depiction depends on the sect telling the story.

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bitofarambler Moderator bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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I'll bust you out no worries

Appreciate that, looking forward to it.

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Multiplexer discuss.tchncs.de Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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Oh, very cool, thanks for sharing! Yea, Pilate is a historically popular figure considering he's the one believed to have ordered the crucifixion of Christ. I would have thought he'd be held in lower regard, but I feel like he's always portrayed as a wise leader or vaunted figure in stories. Maybe that depiction depends on the sect telling the story.

Maybe that depiction depends on the sect telling the story.

Just skimmed his Wikipedia article: In some flavors of Christianity he apparently is even considered a saint.
And generally he is not seen as a bad person, but a necessary, if tragic one, and a human witness for the things Christ had to go through.
Actually interesting.

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bitofarambler Moderator bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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Maybe that depiction depends on the sect telling the story. Just skimmed his Wikipedia article: In some flavors of Christianity he apparently is even considered a saint. And generally he is not seen as a bad person, but a necessary, if tragic one, and a human witness for the things Christ had to go through. Actually interesting.

Very, I can see how Pilate's role could be understood as a necessary component central to the formation and growth of a religion that depends on a martyr.

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