It's amusing that he takes a particular view on suffering and extrapolates it to all Christians. There are as many views on the nature of suffering as there are Christians in the world.
Any one visit Mexico or other country's in South America at Easter ???? The public displays of the Christian Faith will take your breath away.
These faith full will go to lengths we never saw before. Men do not just replicate and follow the stations of Jesus but do the whole literal as was said 2,000 years ago. Most awful and bloody, and very confusing to outside Christians and most other beliefs.
Big Parades first to celebrate the rise from the dead Jesus. Floats of young women wearing feathers and half
naked. Los of bands playing some kid of jolly tune. ------Then come the men who are either drugged or insane that have had themselves actually nailed to cross's to be dragged about the streets blood dripping from their body's.
This is their culture and their uptake on Christianity, seems to suit them fine, not my or any ones place to say they are wrong.