christianity cross

talk about RIP OFF- if that's not a blatant copyright infringement it should be

are the Xtians so unimaginative that they are unable to produce an entirely new symbol?

Blame the freakin Romans for that one.

By the way, I've never heard anyone accuse xtians of being unimaginative. They got the wildest imagination...

2009-09-07 05:04:42 by Floco

Poem about Tammuz found in Ezekiel Chapter 8 verse 14 Knowledge is power, Ignorance is death. Praise Jehovah!

I understand the beliefs as to why Protestants and Catholics use a cross or Crucifix. Just wondering when the change took place in history.
In history when did Christians change from the crucifix (Christ on the cross) to the cross alone. Was it with Martin Luther?
When I am referring to Crucifix I meant with Jesus on the cross. When I said cross I meant the cross alone without Jesus. Sorry for the confusion.

Crucifix is a Latin form of the word crucifīxus; cross is a derived English word with the exact same meaning. From the beginning, each language had its own word for "crucifixus".
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2007-07-18 21:31:15 by Stinky Feet

I dont want a triquerette either. In Texas how old do you have to be to get a tattoo? im 17

first - the fish DOES NOT represent Jesus. The fish is used to represent the christian him/herself. Back when christians were persecuted and killed on site (shortly after Jesus left) people who followed Jesus' teachings needed a way to recognize one another. Because Jesus called his disciples Fishers of Men, it was standard practice for a christian who suspected the person they were talking to was also christian to draw the fish symbol in the dirt with their foot. If the other party was christian, they would in turn draw the symbol. THe word Jesus in the fish (regardless of the language it's written in) was palced just recently in history to show dedication to Jesus as a response to anti-christian parties mocking christians by using the fish symbol in other ways.


There are few "symbols" used to represent Christ through history. The most common are the lion (of Judah) and the lamb (of God - the sacrifice.)

Tattoos are very personal. Religion is very personal. Your walk with God is very personal. DO NOT GET A TATTOO UNTIL YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN OF WHAT YOU WANT, AND MAKE IT PERSONAL. Feel free to use other photos and ink as inspiration, but I HIGHLY recommend making it your own personal symbol. You can always find a good artist and sit and talk to them about what religion and christianity mean to you and they may be able to help you find the perfect representation.

Having said that, many people choose to have scripture, common Bible story scenes and various other memorable scriptural moments tattooed. Bottom line is, do what represents your walk; for example, I have a sun in the middle of my upper back with my wife's and kids' names encircling it. This tattoo has two meanings: my wife and kids are the light of my life and my family's very existence is due to and revolves around the Son.

2007-11-14 14:58:39 by tomorrow is yet to come

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I'm a catholic and I have heard that the statue and cross are consider statue worship.

So i was wandering do other section of christianty wear the cross necklace?


english is my second lanauge

I know quite a few people of different denominations who all wear crosses, myself and my daughters included.

I received a beautiful cross necklace from my grandparents on my confirmation. And my oldest daughter seems to collect them!

2009-07-08 08:49:38 by LoveMaker L

I know that some say the cross means the trinity, but in the cruxifiction days it meant death. Why do we kinda honor it and make it this huge symbol?

I have to agree with the first answerer, to remember what Jesus did for us in dying in our legal place.

But I have sometimes reflected on the fact that many Jews, when immigrating to the US at Ellis Island would refuse to make the sign of the cross (an 'x') on their immigration papers if they were too illiterate to write their names. So they began writing a little circle (kykel) instead, which was eventually shortened to the derogatory term 'ki-ke' (One syllable.)

It is so highly ironic, that so many Jews, who would deny the Resurrection, actually wound up signing, in lieu of their names, the symbol of the Empty Tomb!

Another very popular Christian symbol used these days (bringing it back into common use since the first century or so) is the fish symbol, containing the letters IK(TH)YS, standing for Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior. (In Greek, the TH symbol is the single letter theta.)

The fish symbol is sometimes imitated by Darwinists and modified into a fossil fish symbol, or into one fish eating another, suggesting the strugle for survival.

2006-08-25 16:25:44 by Callista