Talk:Flagellation/@comment-25941663-20150315110916/@comment-27007772-20150315174638

Actually, the ending goes along these lines.

The man is a Muslim being killed during the Crusades in the name of Jesus Christ. Even though he shows the same patterns of love as Jesus, the Crusaders continue. Upon his death, he sees a god. Not Jehovah or Christ, meaning the Crusades were in the name of a false religion and simply another war.

I also know the wording was strange in some areas, using phrases or styles of speech that aren't used in modern day. That's because it is written in the same wording as religious speeches and even some religious texts.

The entire short story is a huge "Fuck you" to the Crusades. But, if you choose to believe that the Deity he saw was Saint Peter, then I suppose that could work as well, even though it was not my intent.