Isnt wearing a cross lik...?

Question

isnt wearing a cross like wearing the bullet that killed your mom?

Answer 1

i guess if Christ was dead that might be the case, however He isn't - HE rose from the dead. for me the Cross & Crucifix remind me of the great sacrifice that Christ offered for me. it's a reminder to me to remain forever loyal to that sacrifice. a reminder that, even when bad things happen & i'm in pain (althought nothing like that of Christ) i can overcome becuase God will give me the power & strength and then I too like Christ shall one day be with God in heaven. they are, to me, a symbol of total committment, love & strength.

Answer 2

I was really interested by your question and the answers given so far. The church I attend frequently has people making comments like, "If Jesus died in the electric chair, would you wear a miniature copy of it around your neck"?
But then, I also think that The Cricket and Marysia make a good point for wearing a cross.
For Buddy - How do you get "hanged" on a stake?

Answer 3

totally. The apostle Paul says: “Christ by purchase released us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse instead of us, because it is written: ‘Accursed is every man hanged upon a stake [“a tree,” King James Version].’” (Galatians 3:13) Here Paul quotes Deuteronomy 21:22, 23, which clearly refers to a stake, not a cross. Since such a means of execution made the person “a curse,” it would not be proper for Christians to decorate their homes with images of Christ impaled.

Answer 4

I'd say that's a bit strong wouldn't you? I mean I wear Buddha charms and things like that and I wouldn't make that equation other than my Mom isn't happy that I'm a Buddhist so it might be painful for her.

Answer 5

Actually it's more like wearing a poorly made miniture copy of the bullet that killed your father.

Answer 6

Yes, its even worse if you have to drill a hole in you mothers head to extract it!

Answer 7

If Jesus had stayed dead, absolutely. But since we believe He was resurrected, no.

Answer 8

I suppose it is a bit....but then religion does revolve around death and morbidity.

Answer 9

Hey, take a seat and read this!

8In the very same way, these dreamers pollute their own bodies, reject authority and slander celestial beings. 9But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" 10Yet these men speak abusively against whatever they do not understand; and what things they do understand by instinct, like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them.
11Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam's error; they have been destroyed in Korah's rebellion.
12These men are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead. 13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
14Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him." 16These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
17But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires." 19These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
20But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
22Be merciful to those who doubt; 23snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
24To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

Answer 10

Pretty much.