People wear a cross because jesus was nailed to it. What would have happened if he was killed by the romans differently? Like what if he was hung, would people wear little nouses on a chain?
2006-08-15 07:36:38 · 23 answers · asked by bea1 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It would not surprise me if they did!
2006-08-15 07:42:36 · answer #1 · answered by sweethometexas2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be 'nooses' (not nouses)...and it's mythology so of course they chose something that could carry symbolism well.
The Celts had crosses, but theirs were even on all four sides, versus the xian cross which is longer on the bottom side. It may well be that the xians took their cross idea from the Celts...I haven't really read up on that particular symbol.
2006-08-15 07:46:52 · answer #2 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't want to be disrespectful...capitalize His name, Jesus. Or if referring to Him, His or He...etc.
To answer your question...I wear mine to remind myself the He died on the cross for my sins (yours too). And as a silent witness that I am a Christian...and if you are interested; ask and I'll share the Gospel of Jesus.
My Messiah died on the Cross; that was His destiny and the reason He came to earth. Would I wear something else if He died another way? I don't know.
2006-08-15 07:42:48 · answer #3 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People wear the cross to remind them that someone suffered for them, it reminds them to be good people, it reminds them to be good to others. It reminds them that there is hope, and a reason to have faith... no matter what the symbol had been, people would wear it for all those reasons.
2006-08-15 07:42:58 · answer #4 · answered by Imani 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably. my favorite is when the passion of the christ came out, they sold the nails that supposedly nailed jesus on the cross as memorabilia. all to make a buck.
2006-08-15 07:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the idea of Jesus coming back in modern times, and everyone starts wearing tiny electric chairs around their necks....
2006-08-15 07:43:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really. If he had been killed any other way, it would have proved he was not the Christ, since it wouldn't have fulfilled scripture.
For dogs (Gentiles) have compassed me: the assembly (Jews) of the wicked have enclosed (captured) me: they pierced my hands and my feet (Psalms 22:16)
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him (at the crucifixion), as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn (Zech 12:10).
Just to quote a few...
Obviously you can't 'pierce' with a noose.
2006-08-15 07:57:34 · answer #7 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was watching a show the other day, and someone was saying that a crucifix is a symbol of peace. I was just wondering how it's figured as a symbol of peace when it was an instrument of death.
2006-08-15 07:45:53 · answer #8 · answered by evillyn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow i never thought of that. it would be kind of creepy to see a bunch of people with nouses though lol.
2006-08-15 07:42:12 · answer #9 · answered by me♥ 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont wear a cross but funny thought.
2006-08-15 07:41:59 · answer #10 · answered by whispersofhope74 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we don't wear the cross because it was the method of execution, we wear it because The Lord carried our sins to the cross. It's because He is our Savior, because He died in our place. The cross is how He died, but we glorify Him, not the cross.
2006-08-15 07:47:05 · answer #11 · answered by Grandma Susie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋