In Christianity there is the cross (+) & then there is the X.
X comes from set, seth, or satan (which are 1 in the same), and it means to cross out, negate, crucify. It should also be noted that you will find the X in the swastika.
The cross of the true Christ was a +.
Just trying to wake some ppl up.
2007-07-04 12:13:44 · 17 answers · asked by jitterbug 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not me. I like "Christ" in Christmas. Ever since becoming a Christian, I love Christmas.
2007-07-04 12:23:25 · answer #1 · answered by Cee T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Historically speaking, X, may have some significant meaning which wud myk, for me, Xmas or Xian OK.... but not all people know about it... Today, when we say X, it would generally mean a variable standing for an unknown. or here in the phil, cud easily be associated wid Christ. But that's not the only reason y i don't agree replacing Christ with X, but my main reason is jst the same as y i don't like the abreviations, GBU and PTL. To me, it seemed that we are trying to replace God's name with a generic. G cud stand for so many wyl God cud mean only God and God cud not mean god.. In the old testament, it was considered blasphemous to speak God's name in just a very ordinary way. It has to be in a way with respect and with humility and with acknowledgement that God is God and that Jesus the Christ is Jesus the Christ and not Jesus the X.
2007-07-04 18:41:34 · answer #2 · answered by kjason02 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...
1. Stop being ignorant! The Swastika isn't a Nazi thing; its the Hindu (particularly East-Indian Hindu) symbol for peace and love. Nazis used it as a good luck symbol?
2. The first manuscripts of the Bible actually had "x" instead of "Christ"; X is merely an abbreviation.
3. The "X" comes from the Greek language, particularly the word Χριστος (Either "Xanthos" "Xristos", as it would be in English), which was the word for.....
*drum roll please!*
You guessed it. JESUS CHRIST.
People have been using "X" instead of "Christ" for the better part of a 1/2 thousand years. It first truely appears in manuscripts in 1551, when Europeans started using "Xianity" and "Xian" as abbreviations for "Christianity" and "Christ".
2007-07-04 12:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by CanadianFundamentalist 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I write Xmas that way quite a lot.
The cross was a pagan symbol stolen by christians anyway.
The X has nothing to do with satan or swastikas in the context which people are using it.
You might as well have a go at them for using a x in axe.
2007-07-04 12:45:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
not sure where you keep getting your info from but try reading this
What does 'xian' mean?
"What does the abbreviation 'xian' mean? Is it an insult?"
When writing the name "Christ", it is quite common to abbreviate it to X or x, representing the first letter (chi) of the Greek XPICTOC khristos. For example, "xmas" is a common abbreviation of "Christmas". "Xian" just means "Christian".
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the use of the abbreviation "xian" or "xtian" for "Christian" dates back at least as far as 1634. Before that, it was more usual to take the first two letters of XPICTOC, and write "xpian" for "Christian". Priests would record Christenings using the shorthand "xpen" or "xpn".
So no, it's not an insult.
edit: as far as the swastika, you apparently don't know the history of that either!!!! The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix.
WAKE UP
2007-07-04 12:18:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
See Reigan's above explanation. Xmas or Xian is just an abbreviation and a throwback to Greek. It's in no way "evil."
Did you know that St. Andrew was crucified on an x-shaped cross? So was he the devil?
And do you always choose the "O" when playing tic-tac-toe?
2007-07-04 13:05:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't.
Also, the swastika was a simple of peace used by Hindus long before it got the negative connotation.
No offense and all, but you seem to be on a rampage against Christians, I'd prefer not to see subtle antagonism.
2007-07-04 12:23:00 · answer #7 · answered by Phoenix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only when I need to save space.
The X in X-mas stands for the first Greek letter in the Greek word Xristos.
So X is a valid abbreviation for Xrist.
The Greek letter X is pronouned like "Ch" is in English.
Pastor Art
2007-07-04 12:21:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hey! Guess what! We all knew that. And really..its just not that damn important in the face of starving children and genocide in the world. Just trying to wake some ppl up.
2007-07-04 12:25:39 · answer #9 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Uh, no. It derives from the Greek spelling of "Christ," the first letter of which corresponds to X in our alphabet.
2007-07-04 12:19:41 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋