christians cross

I saw a familiar question asking why Christians wear cross on their necks,

If they wear cross; what do us Atheists wear?

Our intelligence. =D

2009-07-20 21:38:09 by do you believe in magic?

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

As if they had left everything they have, sold everything they have and literally picked up the cross.

Has any christian really picked up the cross?

Christianity has been split into over 30,000 different denominations, sects and cults setting christian against christian and christians against everyone else!!

God's work? Hardly!!

It must be the Devil and the Antichrist working together to divide, conquer and destroy christianity from the inside!!!

2009-05-23 22:30:25 by doubtingthomas

I see the bling crosses on some of the worst pagans on the planet, and tats of crosses to boot. What am I missing?

They would like to think that they have faith, but it is extremely surperficial, hence, the cross tatoo.

2009-05-29 20:51:17 by Lazarus

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Which country do Christians crucify others to a cross as a reminder?

It's done by a group of radical Roman Catholics in the Philippines each Easter.

I should point out that the people volunteer to be crucified, they just need a hand to do it (to get the last nail in presumably), it's not like they're being attacked.

2010-02-09 09:14:12 by The Morning Star

It is also interesting why cross was used as symbol for christians? As I aware, Jesus did not say anything about what symbol to use for his followers? What symbol would have been selected if Jesus was executed in different way?

The cross was not an accepted symbol in the first few centuries because of the horrific death of Christ on the cross.
As early as the second century the marking of a cross upon the forehead and the chest was regarded as a talisman against the powers of demons.
A few more murky explanations come with the story that involve an interpretation of the Greek X a celestial sign of God in the third century by Constantine. Also In order to increase the prestige of the apostate ecclesiastical system, pagans were received into the churches a and were permitted to retain their pagan signs and symbols which was the Tau or T, in its most frequent form, with the cross-piece lowered and it was finally adopted to stand for the 'cross' of Christ.'

I can't believe someone would reference Zeitgeist has a reliable source on anything. That thing is so badly produced and loaded with biased, racist, sensationalist, boring, paranoid, common information mixed with misinformation with pseudo-science thrown in.

2009-04-23 23:08:21 by RB