the cruciform figurine is a fertility symbol typical of the Chalcolithic culture (late Neolithic/ early Bronze Age.)
See here for a picture of it, looks very familiar, no?
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/
2006-09-02 05:59:12 · 20 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Very interesting thanks...
2006-09-02 09:31:50 · answer #1 · answered by Denise W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a cross-shaped object. The cross-shape has been a symbol of numerous cultures/religions for a lot longer than 3,000 years. Christianity uses it because it resembles an instrument of torture used by the ancient Romans. FYI, the words "cross" and "crucifix" are both derived from the Latin "cruciare", which means "to torture".
If Jesus had been put to death on a rack, then Christianity would use a rectangular symbol; if the Romans had used an iron maiden, then modern Christian jewelry would have a lot more spikes.
I don't think anyone has suggested that Christianity "made up" the cross, have they? That would be kind of stupid. Same with saying the swastika was "invented" by the Nazis, when archeological data shows it's been used by dozens of unrelated cultures for at least 4,000 years. The interlocking-triangle pattern now called the Star of David represented, in earlier times, interlocking male and female genitalia.
So, I guess what I'm saying is, what's your point? If you're trying to show that Christianity is unoriginal, there are much better examples: the trinity, the virgin birth, the resurection, the "son of God"; the list is endless. Christians believe in their bastardized faith because they want to, not because it is historically accurate.
2006-09-02 06:54:49 · answer #2 · answered by abram.kelly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you really serious? Or are you joking? Sounds like something from the Daily Sport (British Tabloid Newspaper).
The figurine looks like a woman with a long neck with her arms spread. Hardly a Jesus crucifix is it? Imagine submitting this a final year thesis (or would that be faeces).
Going along your line of thought I could argue that it was an early prophecy of Jesus crucifixion. But it will sound like a theory by Homer Simpson.
Thanks for the 2 points though.
2006-09-02 06:23:08 · answer #3 · answered by JasonLee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look, pal... don't bite off more than you can chew. The Romans crucified people. Jesus was a revolutionary rabbi who for one reason or another (like most of the people thought to be the Messiah) got crucified. There's about as much contemporary extra-biblical historical evidence for him as we would expect for a religious radical in a shitty little backwater of the Roman Empire. He existed. Get over it. But just because you admit he existed, like a sensible and reasonable little scholar, doesn't mean you admit the absurd theological claims Christians make about him.
2006-09-02 06:33:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most "Christian" imagery, symbolism and most of the stories in the Bible of "creation", a messiah and a resurrection, and so on all seem to be retellings of much older stories from older religions. Most of the bible itself (though written over a long period of time) is more or less contemporary with Aesop's Fables.
While the bible clearly has some good lessons in it, to believe it is "God's inspired word" is to ignore the facts.
2006-09-02 06:06:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the Catholic, Jesus Christ putting on the flow is an emblem of VICTORY - not some thing morbid or shameful. particular, Jesus died a bloody death, yet He willingly accepted it. Saint Paul wrote: "enable us to repair our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the excitement set in the previous him continued the flow, scorning its shame, and sat down on the main appropriate hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2 And in Colossians 2:15 he says "And having disarmed the powers and government, Jesus made a public spectacle of them, prevailing over them with the help of the flow." opposite to what somebody else wrote, Catholics have not got faith Jesus isn't alive through fact His image often seems nonetheless putting upon the flow. The crucifix is in simple terms a reminder of the terrific artwork that Jesus carried out on a similar time as on earth, and an invaluable image for us as quickly as we journey suffering in this existence. Pax Vobiscum+
2016-11-23 19:19:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, they found the Gospel of Judas too ... like a Christian could care about their history. They reject it, If it's not already in the book. They even reject the First of the 10 Commandments by placing Jesus above the One True God. (Go figure.)
2006-09-02 06:04:50 · answer #7 · answered by pickle head 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not surprised. I've always suspected that they (the Jesus creators) got their ideas about Jesus from earlier times. They could not even come up with something original and we are supposed to follow their word?
2006-09-02 06:07:28 · answer #8 · answered by tomleah_06 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah that is just silly... 3000 BC?
The world wasn't even created yet.
Wait...
What am I saying????
Arrrggghhhhhhh!!!!! I've been brainwashed.
;-)
Pabs
2006-09-02 06:04:18 · answer #9 · answered by Pablito 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you mean a crucifix. i doubt it has anything to do with Jesus
who can't make 2 sticks together and tie them up. It doesnt take a genius to create it.
2006-09-02 06:05:06 · answer #10 · answered by d2pain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're referring to the fertility symbol, that's not proof.
2006-09-02 06:04:17 · answer #11 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋