Frank Goad
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that people wear crosses on thire neck.Even when they are not Jesus followers?
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I've met some people who consider themselves cultural Christians that do it, though they may not believe in the Biblical Christ as having been an actual person(or, at least not the mystical/mythological aspects of the religion).that people wear crosses on thire neck.Even when they are not Jesus followers?
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That's because of the vampires Frank.that people wear crosses on thire neck.Even when they are not Jesus followers?
No. In fact I can't remember the last time I saw someone wearing one at all. I guess this just isn't that kind of town.
I wear a cross always and do not believe in the biblical narrative, but I do believe in Christ and his teachings, although quite a different way to Christians
I also wear an archangel Michael ring always, as I’ve met them in person and so the ring is a particularly important reminder to myself
I also wear an archangel Michael ring always, as I’ve met them in person and so the ring is a particularly important reminder to myself
And this isn't thst kind of country.
Here it's illegal to display overt signs of religion in a public place.
Wow, that sounds awful. I bet a lot of religions get a free pass though, because all this sort of religious oppression does in practice is serve to persecute certain displays of religion while ignoring others. Wearing a cross would be persecuted but wearing a sun pendant wouldn't, I can almost guarantee.
Nope, it's across the board and most people in france >80% approve.
However a sun will be ok, it's representative if the sun king, Louis XIV, it's pretty hot on history here.
So if I wore my crucifix whilst doing some shopping at the marché I could be arrested and possibly even guilotined?
If you wore inside your shirt, no problem, if you wore it on display you would probably be asked to hide it.
No guillotine now, there is no death penalty
I'm all for seculism but I think that's taking it a bit far
There must be one in a museum though!
I think that's going a bit far, too.
My aunt wears a cross, but isn't Christian. The necklace was her mother's.
It's a popular law, France has had more thsn its fair share of religious strife, laïcité (secularism) is a big thing. So big there was a move to get it into the national motto. Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, Laïcité
Yup there are some in museums, but i reckon they need a good greasing and testing on water melons before an execution.
I don't wear one and I am a Christian!
I value it because my paternal grandmother gave it me but don't particularly want to advertise what my religion is
There is one in Halifax but it is minus a blade, it's in a bit of a rough area
Halifax Gibbet - Wikipedia
It predates French guillotines by quite a bit
Guillotines are from Yorkshire!
What's the last word of the motto mean?
I have a bunch of religious pendants; pictures or symbols of various deities. Most people don't know what they are, and don't ask.
Laïcité = secularism.
It's not actually in the motto, though people are trying to get it inclesed. Maybe one day
It figures...
So is my husband's family (luckily they moved to Cheshire before he was born)
Yorkshire is great
I've lived here since I was three
Wouldn't want to live anywhere else