idol worship eh?
here is some more scenerios.
what if they drowned him, would you were a symbol of water?
or how about being impaled on a pole?
or put in a gas chamber...a gas chamber
ys i know Jesus wasnt around when some of these things were invented..but think about it...Isnt Jesus sacrifice more important than an idol? The cross is a pagan symbol used to get pagans into christiany. Its Tammuz,Thor..etc...pagan idols/gods. Read up on it.
Im not a christian, but i thought i would share this info with those of you who are.
2006-06-16 19:10:55 · 16 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All I have to say...VERY GOOD QUESTION. People like you-with an open mind, people who ask intelligent questions...You restore my faith in humanity. Don't just believe something because you were brought up to, or because it's a tradition! Ask yourselves, does this really make sense? Great job. Even the people who reply with smart-*** answers & think your questions are blasphemous, you know, if they have an ounce of intelligence, you got them thinking. It's a start.
You're absolutley right. People should "read up on it". They should know that pretty much 90% of the Christian faith (Catholics & Protestant groups alike) came from ancient pagan religions. Just look at holidays like Christmas, Easter, All Soul's Day...
Thank You!
2006-06-16 19:23:07 · answer #1 · answered by Red 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, it's a symbol more than it's an idol. The cross itself is not worshipped, it's a symbol that represents the sacrifice. (I'm not a Christian either, though I was raised as one.)
Interesting that you mention Thor. The Scandinavians were so taken with the idea of the cross that they started wearing little hammers of Thor as hanging pendants, much like the crosses they'd seen Christians wear. Many of these are extant. Eventually Christianity spread fully north and the vikings gave up their hammers for crosses, as it were. But I think it's interesting that they chose a symbol of their own god and displayed it in much the same manner as the Christians they'd come in contact with.
In any case, I think the crux of your question is centered on the idea of the cross as an idol, and I refute that and offer it as a symbol, which I believe is how most Christians relate to it.
2006-06-16 19:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by JStrat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are absolutely right. I appreciate the thought...revering the act of death and sacrifice by a great Man is much more important than the symbols signifying the means used to put the Man to death. The symbol of "cross" means nothing but the act and the meaning/cause for which the person died on the cross is significant beyond any human doubt.
2006-06-16 19:23:32 · answer #3 · answered by Chief of sinners 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think some would find reason to believe in something that wasn't there,its would set on a more spiritual symbolism than the actual item itself.It is in the knowing that answers (the) is?And the marketing of the (what can be), that will make followers come.Now grasp that one eh?
2006-06-16 19:20:19 · answer #4 · answered by gardenia89102 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you are not making fun of the christian faith but are genuinley interested in knowing what will happen if indeed he died in another way
Christianity is a fashionable religion it likes to show off to people so it can attract more people to their religion I think this cross is one of them a piece of fashion in the name of faith
Though god killing himself in the hands of men who he created seems very illogical they think the cross is the central thingy to their faith
So how do you attract people when what you have is lies invent new ways I can list more but then feel bad for the christians
2006-06-16 19:22:59 · answer #5 · answered by jameel j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL...I've got one of those cross-shaped Thor's Hammer pendants (a replica of the Foss pendant), but everybody keeps trying to tell me that it's an inverted crucifix and that I'm in "big trouble"...I had a 5-year-old kid tell me the other day that my cross was upside down!
2006-06-16 19:49:24 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, probabley, yes. They'd all be cool neclaces ecept for the gas chamber. Good question.
2006-06-17 18:04:38 · answer #7 · answered by [daniel] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that mostly the cross represents the sins and burdens that he had to bear,
We wear the cross the acknowledge our sins he died for, and our own burdens that we must carry.
2006-06-16 19:18:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cross is an inverted Thors hammer. Which goes to show how rude they are. It's fine for them to do it, but if I invert jesus and his cross they piss their pants with anger
2006-06-16 19:14:36 · answer #9 · answered by Erik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i could see myself wearing a gas chamber
2006-06-16 19:12:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋