Why don't they worship the God of Jesus Christ, like he used to do according to Hebrews 5:7? wouldn't that be more Christ-like than worshipping a wooden cross??
HINT: Muslim pray like Jesus used to do.
2006-07-02 01:44:00 · 17 answers · asked by happy wahhaby 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Your right. But I'm am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and we, as Christians, don't worship the cross. We used to believe that Jesus died on a cross, but then we found out that Jesus died on a stake. Also we saw it as a form of idolatry.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/rq/article_11.htm
2006-07-02 16:44:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We do not worship a wooden cross or any other symbol. The cross is there to remind you of what Jesus did for you and that he has risen from the grave and not on the cross. And that he is going to come again some day and take his brothers and sisters in Christ home from this awful earth one day. You have miss information about Christianity.
2006-07-02 02:39:27 · answer #2 · answered by laurelbush28762 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was Christian a decade or so back, I rember worshipping to a cross and not necessarily worshipping the cross itself. Like many religions, Christianity affects human experience through symbolism. Three main defining tenets of Christians is the belief that Jesus was born through immaculate conception (ie. spontaneous birthing), that Jesus died on the cross to save mankind, and that he came back to life a couple days later (ie, immediate same-body resurrection). The cross is a symbol of Christ's pledge to save mankind. I would like to believe that I was worshipping the IDEA of Christ and his teachings rather that worshipping the great guru that once lived, aka the son of God.
Sometimes there is actually an image of the Christ crucified on some crosses, depending on which one of the miriad of sects that germinated from the one teacher you believe. Other sects prefer the cross standing on its own in accordance to the commandment prohibiting idol-worship.
The interesting thing is that the symbol of the cross was extant much longer before the once upstart sect of Christianity formed a little less that 2000 years ago. Christianity had its big break in the year 313 AD when Emperor Constantine made it the official Roman religion after he recieved the vision that he will win a major war against his rival, Maxentius, if his troops fought with the symbol of the cross on their shields. (They won, and the idea salvation from the cross was even more strengthened). The symbol of the cross was borrowed from the much older cultures of Egypt and Israel.
2006-07-02 02:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by jammyjam 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True Christians do NOT worship a cross. The cross is not at all unique to Christendom. It has been widely used in non-Christian religions all over the world.
The Bible shows that Jesus was not executed on a conventional cross at all but on a simple stake, or stau•ros´. The Greek word stau•ros´ is translated “cross” in various English Bibles. But in the first century when the Greek Scriptures were written, stau•ros´ denotes, primarily, an upright pale or stake. The shape of the Cross later had its origin in ancient Chaldea, and was used as the symbol of the god Tammuz (being in the shape of the mystic Tau, the initial of his name) in that country and in adjacent lands, including Egypt.”
By the middle of the 3rd century A.D. in order to increase the prestige of the apostate ecclesiastical system, pagans were received into the churches apart from regeneration by faith, and were permitted largely to retain their pagan signs and symbols. The Tau or T, in its most frequent form, with the cross-piece lowered, was adopted to stand for the cross of Christ.”
So the cross never represented true Christianity. Jesus Christ identified the real symbol, or “mark,” of true Christianity when he told his followers: “By this all will know that you are my disciples‚ if you have love among yourselves.”—John 13:35.
2006-07-02 14:14:31 · answer #4 · answered by Maia-Kine' 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians don't worship an inanimate object. They worship Father Son and Holy Spirit. The cross serves as a reminder of the sacrifice of Christ.
2006-07-02 01:58:03 · answer #5 · answered by Nick C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians don't worship the wooden cross. Jesus did not pray like the muslims either. You are quoting the scripture, be careful.. don't play around with Gods word. You know what you're dealing with eh? You know that you are accountable ?
2006-07-02 01:56:14 · answer #6 · answered by Shaan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I worship God the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit.
I don't worship the cross, I respect the sacrifice Jesus made for our sins.
2006-07-02 01:50:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a christian and I do not worship a wooden cross. I can safely say that there are no Christians I know, that worship a wooden cross.
2006-07-02 01:49:14 · answer #8 · answered by Punky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget religion.
Christ is the path of salvation.
Christ is the truth of God's Word.
Christ is the life eternal.
Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Christ is the tree of life.
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
2006-07-02 01:50:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I worship my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who died on
the Cross for our sins. I don't know of anyone around here
that don't worship their Lord this way.
2006-07-02 02:10:45 · answer #10 · answered by caroline j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋