sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
How you "feel" isn't really the issue.
Or, if you're going to be a purist, learn to write it in Koine Greek.
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whats up with the "Xtians"?????
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Breathe
Hostis humani generis
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Not one that's universally heeded.
Salek Atesh
Active Member
What I'm more interested in is if X stands for Christ, as it does, why is it Xtians and not Xians??
There's no one to my knowledge that is Christtian.
There's no one to my knowledge that is Christtian.
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
It's either.
Eh, I see "Xian" and I think "oh... so something related to China?"
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
Oh dear....Poor Christ
I knew an old lady who had a X pendant. She told me that an apostle or disciple was crucified so, whom she followed especially.
I have known hundreds, and seen thousands of 'T' cross pendants in my li.
My post to Spiny was in humour. You seem to have turned it into something bad....?
Tumah
Veteran Member
Things I learned from this picture:Maybe it implies that all Christians (Xtians) are Criss-Cross fans?
I would be insulted by that implication too...
1. Styles are dynamic. Yesterday, we could fit 3 of you into the same pair of pants. Today, we wonder how the one of you got in.
2. Backwards clothes is cool. Backwards shoes - odd.
3. Ten year olds are also cool when they pretend to shoot guns.
4. A backwards hat remains a backwards hat, even when essentially it is following the same direction as the majority of the rest of your clothes.
5. Backwards undershirts are choking hazards. Even the cool kids don't do it.
JacobEzra.
Dr. Greenthumb
And you dont feel like you're overthinking it just a bit?
Baladas
An Págánach
Right, exactly. It makes me think of the Daoist immortals.
Breathe
Hostis humani generis
So what? Neither are global warming, the holocaust, evolution, LGBTQ rights, gender equality or democracy universally heeded, doesn't mean it's not right to heed them. Not much is universally heeded. Just because it's not universal doesn't actually mean anything.
I'd prefer a few letters extra, writing the actual word. It's not really a lot to ask for now, is it?
Ah..
..not because using "x" makes them a little cross?
Giggles Inanely , enjoy the double entendre
Pegg
Jehovah our God is One
some would argue its a sign of removing Christ from the equation, hence the X
XMass could be because Christ has nothing to do with the Mass.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
No. Was just shaking my head. "Tis. Tis. Tis. Poor Christ." It was a more general statement that people use so may different ways to refer to the guy. If five people calles me five different names, Id find it hard to keep track. So, Id dsignate two names, one formal and one informal, and leave it there.
Other than that, I havnt seen X used in pendants as christian related. I learned something new.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
It just nags my eyes when I see it.
Breathe said it best:
"Personally, I dislike "Xtian" and "Xian". I feel it looks kinda disrespectful, and/or lazy. Yeah yeah yeah I know "muh chi-rho symbol" and all; it's just not that difficult to write a few extra characters. We don't write 'Mslm' or 'Mhmd' because that's how it's written in Arabic, for example. Write it out fully, lazy fingers. >_>"
I havnt seen Christian writen any other way.
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“Christ” comes from christos, a Greek word meaning “anointed.”
So ...
The High Priest and the king are each sometimes called "the anointed" (Leviticus 4:3-5, 4:16; 6:20; Psalm 132:10). Prophets were also anointed with the Holy anointing oil (1 Kings 19:16; 1 Chronicles 16:22; Psalm 105:15).
Anointing a king was equivalent to crowning him; in fact, in Israel a crown was not required (1 Samuel 16:13; 2 Samuel 2:4, etc.). Thus Saul (1 Sam 10:1) and David were anointed as kings by the prophet Samuel:
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.—1 Samuel 16:13.
Seems by that measure they were all Christos .... wonder if David ......
So ...
The High Priest and the king are each sometimes called "the anointed" (Leviticus 4:3-5, 4:16; 6:20; Psalm 132:10). Prophets were also anointed with the Holy anointing oil (1 Kings 19:16; 1 Chronicles 16:22; Psalm 105:15).
Anointing a king was equivalent to crowning him; in fact, in Israel a crown was not required (1 Samuel 16:13; 2 Samuel 2:4, etc.). Thus Saul (1 Sam 10:1) and David were anointed as kings by the prophet Samuel:
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.—1 Samuel 16:13.
Seems by that measure they were all Christos .... wonder if David ......
Have you ever tried reading War and Peace? I was half-way through before I realized Prince Andrei, Andrei Nickolayevich, Andryusha, Andre and Andrei Bolkonsky were all the same person. It got terribly confusing.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Naw. You should read Counte of Monte Christo by Alexandria Dumas. Cant tell you what happens but its well organized but you got to keep up. The full version isnt a fast-food read.