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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 02:40 PM Original message |
Does it bother you that christians worship a Roman implement of torture? |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. . |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't worship the cross. |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nah, it symoblises the sacrifice, not the method |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. And I really do know how to spell symbolises (I think |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. Whenever this subject comes up... |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Best. Quote. Ever. |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Your subject line doesn't match the question you're asking. |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well if you don't think the crucification was important |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, because Christians do not worship the cross. The cross |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. not me personally |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. I don't worship it. It's His life and not His death that I |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I place importance on both. His death created |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. What do you worship? |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes. I don't think Jesus wants to see all those crosses if he comes back. |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. exactly |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not all Xian churches actually use the cross as a symbol. |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. All the talk of blood, and the singing about bloodbaths makes me queasy |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. This reminds me of a Weighty Theological Question... |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. porkchops, bacon, garlic, sunlight....take your pick |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 10:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Um, a crescent shape, maybe? n/t |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 09:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. That would thwart certain pagan vampires, also, probably. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. In Buffy, the Jewish character nailed crosses to the wall |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. JESUS WAS A VAMPIRE?! |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. All the blood was in sacrifice long before there were any |
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Goldensilence (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. ah so |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The Gods have always wanted our blood. n/t |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. That is not a Jewish concept |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Doesn't passover require blood be splattered on the door? n/t |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's like Keith Richards used to say |
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Goldensilence (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. hmmm i've wondered the same. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. Christians don't WORSHIP the cross |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. If you think Christians don't worship the cross... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That's politics. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. Using that symbol is rather about an |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 09:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. That's a wonderful explanation! |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. Only a symbol, Christians worship Jesus not the cross..... |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
27. you must understand, Chirtianity was ROMANIZED. |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. It did always bother me a bit. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 05:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. How did they attach the chain? |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 09:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Like this . . . |
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