2006-09-12 10:09:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is actually a great question; The word generally translated as "cross" in the New Testament is more correctly translated as "stake". The familiar "crucifix" shape probably bears little or no resemblance to the piece of wood Jesus was "crucified" on.
From the site below:
"This near total absence of any direct anthropological evidence for crucifixion in antiquity begs the question of why, aside from the one isolated case described below, is the record silent. There are two possibilities which may account for this silence; one is that most victims may have been tied to the cross as depicted in Christian art, as with the Good and the Bad thieves, despite the fact that the Gospels do not go into detail as to how they were affixed to the cross. Scholars have in fact argued that crucifixion was a bloodless form of death in that the victims were tied to the cross (Brandenburger 1969, Jeremias 1966)."
2006-09-12 10:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahahaha! This is the best question I've seen in a long time!
They might have little vials of poison around the necks as well as syringes.
2006-09-12 10:21:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe, we don't really use the cross in my Christian religion for the very reason that it's a symbol of death, and we like to focus on the living Christ.
2006-09-12 10:12:28 · answer #3 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your god had sewn a zipper to his mouth would do it, OK I will be polite PLEASE I will buy the zipper and the silk thread!!!! You shouldnt make assumptions about christians. I dont make them about people of other faiths or even people who have no faith. Dont be a JERK!!!
2006-09-12 10:17:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
True Christians do not adorn themselves with jewelry, so it is a moot point.
2006-09-12 10:11:07 · answer #5 · answered by Southern Apostolic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably. But what would happen if he were executed by gas chamber?
2006-09-12 10:10:55 · answer #6 · answered by James S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, little ones, but they wouldn't be pointy at the end. Earrings too.
2006-09-12 10:11:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, absolutely!
2006-09-12 10:10:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Okay, see, now this is good trolling. It's actually kind of amusing.
Silver star for you, good sir!
2006-09-12 10:11:14 · answer #9 · answered by The Lurkdragon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no...not the real christians...maybe catholics would probably do that...Jesus died on the cross and they hang crosses in their necks...
2006-09-12 10:54:07 · answer #10 · answered by Ruthie B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋