Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Do you think the cross is a negative symbol for Xians? Do you wear a cross?
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The cross= a negative symbol?
- Thread starter Desert Snake
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I don't get it. Why are you thinking it might be a negative symbol?
Ingledsva
HEATHEN ALASKAN
Most symbols aren't negative, but we can associate nagative things to them.
RJ50
Active Member
That is a VERY sick joke, imo!
Looncall
Well-Known Member
When my daughter broke her arm at school, they took her to a catholic-run hospital. The crucifixes they had hanging everywhere upset her.
It boggles the mind that some people think that an image of someone being tortured to death is a good thing to display. Urrrrrgh! Yuck!
I wonder if these crucifixes desensitize christians to human suffering.
It boggles the mind that some people think that an image of someone being tortured to death is a good thing to display. Urrrrrgh! Yuck!
I wonder if these crucifixes desensitize christians to human suffering.
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
I think it's kind of harsh. I mean, one would think the stone at the tomb would be better or even the fish. This whole idea of the cross being the pinnacle of Jesus' life story is rather silly.
Nerthus
Wanderlust
I suppose it can be both, depending on how you see it.
I see the cross as a symbol of love and what Jesus gave up for us. Yes, when you look into the cross actually meant - it's not the nicest symbol you could have, but it's at the very heart of Christianity.
Yet... there will always be people who see it differently.
I see the cross as a symbol of love and what Jesus gave up for us. Yes, when you look into the cross actually meant - it's not the nicest symbol you could have, but it's at the very heart of Christianity.
Yet... there will always be people who see it differently.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Well, I'm not saying it's negative, I wanted to get others input on this. It does seem like there could be some negative connotation as the crucifixion opposed to the fish or something.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Nerthus
Wanderlust
True. It could be argued though, that life isn't all baby lambs and flowers..life is not always nice... and Christianity understands that us humans do bad things.
The cross shows that through the bad... comes some very good things.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
O.k. I get the gist of where you're going on this. Good answer.
RJ50
Active Member
I suspect the story about Jesus dying for us etc was the spin his followers put on his death. It lacks any credibility and is a very sick story. If humanity needed 'saving', surely an omnipotent deity could have devised a better plan than that!
InChrist
Free4ever
My perspective on Catholic crucifixes is that they are an unbiblical symbol because Christ is no longer on the cross as in Catholic imagery, He is risen and alive forever more and has conquered death on behalf of all who trust Him for eternal life.
InChrist
Free4ever
Without the reality that the cross represents there is no hope for humanity, so in that sense it is a positive symbol.
InChrist
Free4ever
Surely and omnipotent Deity knows better than you the way in which humanity must be saved.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Very good point, actually.
I think the symbolism of a torture/execution device is inherently negative.
Atonement theology is inherently negative too, IMO.
Atonement theology is inherently negative too, IMO.