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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Hi, I'm Jim Denison, the Denison Forum.

And this is the Daily article for Friday morning, April 2nd, 2021.

The title is, train derailment in Taiwan kills more than three dozen people, why Good

Friday still matters today.

The Wall Street journalist reporting this morning that a train in Taiwan derailed today, killing

more than three dozen people and trapping more than 70 others.

It's the island's deadliest rail accident in decades.

Officials say the eight-car passenger train might have hit a construction vehicle that had

stopped on the tracks.

It is terribly appropriate for such a horrible tragedy to occur on Good Friday,

the most somber day of the Christian year. This was the day Jesus was tried and convicted illegally

by the religious leaders of his nation, then whipped, tortured, and nailed to a cross.

You may have seen Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. It's the most realistic depiction of Jesus suffering I have seen on film.

Jim Caviesel, the committed Christian who played Jesus in the film, spoke after the movie, was completed about the injuries he suffered.

He was accidentally whipped twice, leaving a 14-inch scar on his back. He dislocated his shoulder from the weight of the cross.

He contracted hypothermia and pneumonia while hanging on the cross.

In one scene, Cavizal appears to have a blue coloration of his skin.

This was not a special effect.

It was due to asphyxiation, which is the typical cause of death for victims of crucifixion.

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