Why do certain religious sects worship with the aid of the cross knowing the savage way that it was used?

Question

Is there something good about the cross that I don't know about?

Answer 1

Supposedly it's a reminder of the sacrifice Jesus performed for all humanity.

But these days it's really just a tool for evangelical marketing. Most comical is when it's left dangling in a woman's you know what.

But the cross is sort of like a bumper sticker that says, "Ask me about Jesus!"

Answer 2

The cross was a venerated symbol long before Jesus came to earth and in almost every part of the earth including India, Syria, Persia and Egypt. The use of the cross as a religious symbol in pre-Christian times and among non-Christian peoples may probably be regarded as almost universal, and in very many cases it was connected with some form of nature worship.
The shape of the [two-beamed cross] 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 cent. A.D. the churches had either departed from, or had travestied, certain doctrines of the Christian faith. 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. Hence the Tau or T, in its most frequent form, with the cross-piece lowered, was adopted to stand for the cross of Christ.
Long before the birth of Christ, and since then in lands untouched by the teaching of the Church, the Cross has been used as a sacred symbol. . . . The Greek Bacchus, the Tyrian Tammuz, the Chaldean Bel, and the Norse Odin, were all symbolised to their votaries by a cruciform device
The representation of Christ’s redemptive death on Golgotha does not occur in the symbolic art of the first Christian centuries. The early Christians, influenced by the Old Testament prohibition of graven images, were reluctant to depict even the instrument of the Lord’s Passion.

Obviously there is something that those who venerate the cross as a symbol of Christianity are missing.

Answer 3

The use of the cross is actually idolatry and has pagan origins. From ancient Chaldea where a big 'T' was used, and they just dropped the horizontial line down a bit, together with Rome & Babylon who used the cross as a symbol of the sun god. Even vestal virgin's use to wear crosses on their outfits.

Jesus actually died on a stake anyway, and it has been movies and such that have promoted the idea of him dying on a cross. The original text that has been incorrectly translated to cross is 'stauros', which actually means 'stake' or 'upright pole', and 'xylon' which means 'wood cut from a live tree', 'beam', 'post' etc.

Exodus 20:4-5
4 “You must not make for yourself a carved image or a form like anything that is in the heavens above or that is on the earth underneath or that is in the waters under the earth. 5 You must not bow down to them nor be induced to serve them...

Answer 4

The cross is a very, VERY old symbol. It dates back to prehistoric times and has been used in a variety of religions. There are many versions of it too and to some people, it wasn't used to depict the torture of a man for his beliefs.

One way to view the cross is the idea of the Spiritual Realm crossing into the Physical Realm. Thus you find in many cultures where they perform Spiritual workings at a crossroads as these places were considered to be places of power in between the worlds of man and Spirits.

Answer 5

These have been misled into using a graven image. It is stated in the bible that a worshiper of God should not use/bow before/worship at graven images.

Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth... (this would include "fish").

What matters is that He rose again.

He is no longer on that pole, stake, or cross, or electric chair, in front of a handgun or any symbol of death that the devil wants to use.

Many Christians do not use symbols of death and torture on their bodies or in their homes or meeting places!

I am sure running around and using this symbol just tickles Satan and his to no end as they gleefully remember how they tortured and murdered God's Son.

It is also relate to the male/female genitalia symbol - the ankh.

Answer 6

try imaging that you were sentenced to die, and one minute before you had to lay down on that table for the injection that would kill you someone was allowed to take your place and it just happened to be the one who persecuted you. How would you feel. this is what jesus did litterally and figuratively.

if jesus were not condemed to die on the cross a man named barrabus would have been in that center cross. He was allwed to go minutes before he was scheduled to die, Jesus took his place and ours. For it was also (in a manner of speaking) the ultimate place that we were to be...do die without knowing or experienceing love, ultimate forgiveness, peace of living without guilt and knowing the ultimate freedom and finally having a reason to live life for good and learning that life can have a greater meaning.

The meaning of that terrible method of torture (yes it was and is a terrible method of death, you are right!) was given a most precious meaning. A reminder that one took my place and died so that I can live with peace and love in my heart.

yes, there are things about the cross that you are not aware of, meanings that stretch into all eternity.

Answer 7

The empty cross means Christ has resurrected and gives the gift of eternal life.

Answer 8

From Christianity's standard, they use it as a aid because their savior (Jesus) died on it to save the world from sins. It was used in a very brutal way, but that adds to what Jesus had to endure.

Answer 9

Is there something good about the cross that I don't know about?

Yes it IS. This is where your and my Savior made it possible to be rejoined back to God Almighty by His shed blood.

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Answer 10

I SEE NO FAITH IN THE TRUTH IN KNOWING THE HOLY TRUTH IN A FAITH THAT IS FAITHLESS AND SPIRITLESS .I SEE NOTHING BUT JOKERS AND FALSE PROPHETS USING THE WORD OF GOD FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH.,AND UN CARRYING WAYS OF WANT,THEY ARE THE WICKED LIVING OFF THE TREE OF GOOD AND EVIL AND DIE IN SPIRIT AND TEACH NOT IN THE HOLY WAYS OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE