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Atheists & Agnostics

NeoGreen

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21. A teacher in high school explained that if you put all the pieces of the 'Tru Cross" ...

Reply to Brainstormy (Reply #18)

Mon Apr 22, 2019, 08:18 AM

Apr 2019

...that were sold during medieval times together in one piece, it would make a beam more that 100-feet long.

Lost my trademarked "Tru Cross™" in the headline.

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Crown of Thorns? [View all] edhopper Apr 2019 OP

Sometimes people need to have something they can believe in. democratisphere Apr 2019 #1

It is never good to believe in lies edhopper Apr 2019 #6

The Crown I would file under "harmless white" where no one is hurt. democratisphere Apr 2019 #10

Believing that it is real edhopper Apr 2019 #11

The Crown is mostly symbolic. democratisphere Apr 2019 #13

I wish edhopper Apr 2019 #14

It is harmful and foul to believe in lies. Farmer-Rick Jun 2019 #27

Yeah but the world would be mountain grammy Apr 2019 #17

If I remember my history correctly, Martin Luther led an uprising against... JoeOtterbein Apr 2019 #2

I'm sure Luther had some other reasons besides the relics. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #19

I'm an atheist, Lefta Dissenter Apr 2019 #3

I am also glad they saved so much edhopper Apr 2019 #8

Yeah, if the media would simply call it a relic and not go on about the religious crap Farmer-Rick Jun 2019 #28

When it comes to religion edhopper Jun 2019 #29

as an astheist..an artist and an anthropologist... samnsara Apr 2019 #4

And the reports edhopper Apr 2019 #9

to ba it's not presented a edhopper Apr 2019 #12

I first heard that it was a thorn from the crown of thorns. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #5

Hey, it was a big thing back in the thirteenth century. dhol82 Apr 2019 #7

"Stored next to the unicorn horn and dragon's teeth" 😂 Duppers Apr 2019 #15

Indeed. DavidDvorkin Apr 2019 #16

Not to worry Brainstormy Apr 2019 #18

A teacher in high school explained that if you put all the pieces of the 'Tru Cross" ... NeoGreen Apr 2019 #21

Only magic thorns last 2000 years. You'd have to be gullible lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #20

Or some very special... NeoGreen Apr 2019 #22

Yeah: LOTS of that. lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #23

What can I say? Lady Freedom Returns May 2019 #24

A quick look at Wikipedia reveals... The Genealogist May 2019 #25

The more I think about it the more I wish the relics defacto7 May 2019 #26