2007-03-10 07:53:58 · 29 answers · asked by Violation Notice: Semper Paratus 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-03-10 07:58:38 · update #1
Hello, they didn't. Ancient Rome wasn't exactly a cornucopia of atheists.
You should know this if you're a Christian.
2007-03-10 08:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're sure no history student. First off, Atheists never nailed Jesus to any cross. He was nailed ( executed ) by the Romans. They were not Atheists. They were very religious people. They had a whole group of gods that they worshiped
An Atheist is a person who believes in no "gods".
2007-03-10 16:03:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the Hebrews and the Romans that nailed him to a cross.
The Hebrews had their motives, and the Romans were basically following orders, and one man being nailed to a cross isn't as different as the other thousands of men being nailed to a cross.
Though there were Atheists in those times, I sortof doubt they were Atheist, because there were even fewer than there are today...
Officials and others would go to the festivals and worship the Roman gods for show. Not everyone was devout, just like today, not everyone is devout to the main religion...
2007-03-10 16:04:41 · answer #3 · answered by Annie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amount of history and theology you know is truly the greatest out of anyone I have ever seen...you should see my newest question:
If psychologists don't have a degree to distribute medicine, then why did they go to SCHOOL?!?!?
Seriously, you are an idiot. Heads up. I'm about to school you.
1) Romans killed Jesus
2) The Romans were only going to kill a few people that day, and let the Jews decide (consider it Isreali Idol). All the Jews phoned in, and let a murderer and rapist go so that Jesus could be crucified. I heard Florida had a recount, but I'm not sure.
3) Jesus turned himself in to be crucified.
4) There were no atheists at that time that have ever been metnioned in history or the Bible. All philosophers were at best closet-atheists.
5) 2000+ years later there was this supreme idiot who asked rediculous questions that I got to waste my Saturday answering.
2007-03-10 16:03:17 · answer #4 · answered by funtasticfool 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yeah they weren't Atheists, in fact they were so cosmopolitan in their beliefs that they were willing to accept any new God that comes down the wire. An beside the fact i think that your premise is flawed, they did not put him on the cross because he was God, there were many political reasons for it, the Jewish leadership, Pilots problems and the fear of the Jewish people uprising for their king, oh by the way i am a Christian so i am not just bashing your question.
oh and to answer the question of his existence, there is so much historical proof for him that there are almost absolutely no serious historians that deny it anymore.
2007-03-10 16:15:12 · answer #5 · answered by Me_know_Stuff 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh. I must have misheard. I thought it was the Christians who nailed Jesus to a religion.
Whether that made atheists cross, I don't know. I doubt most of them were bothered, to be honest.
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2007-03-10 16:02:54 · answer #6 · answered by Nobody 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What would have have nailed him to, Mr. Fancy Pants?
A 2x4? Maybe a mobius shape of some sort? How about an ankh?
So you credit aetheists with the creation of your religion? Without Jesus' SUPPOSED ressurection, Christianity would not exist.
Damn you, aetheists!!!!!
2007-03-10 15:59:07 · answer #7 · answered by somathus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Romans were polytheists. They had many Gods.
And they didn't nail Jesus to a cress because it was holy, they nailed him to a cross because that was the way they did things back then. The cross only became holy AFTER Jesus was nailed to it! (Because he WAS nailed to it. Strange thing to make holy in my opinion!)
2007-03-10 16:00:14 · answer #8 · answered by Neo 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe the christian bible states that Romans did the nailing. They were not atheists, but polydeists. In fact, during the rise of Christianity, one of the things Christians were accused of was being atheist, since they didnt believe in the Roman gods.
2007-03-10 15:57:56 · answer #9 · answered by sngcanary 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
.. Are you completely insane? Atheists had nothing to do with Jesus being nailed to a cross (if he even existed). It was the Roman leaders that did it and his own followers that called for it.
You really need to do some research so you don't look so ridiculous when you ask questions.
2007-03-10 16:13:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Actually religion did not matter.
The crucifix was just a way of killing people. It had nothing to do with religion until christianity came along and the crucifix with jesus became a huge religious symbol.
Jesus was jewish by the way. RESEARCH WHY JESUS WAS KILLED (FROM A NEUTRAL SOURCE).
2007-03-10 16:07:59 · answer #11 · answered by flashpoint145 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋