The Cross should not be our symbol

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
Empire

Empire

Banned
#1
Jun 2, 2014
63
0
0
#1
Jesus did so many things in his life, taught so many people.

Yet Christianity's symbol is the cross.......An ancient torture method used to kill people.
======================

Think about it. We are glorifying a method used to brutally kill someone.

If it was a iron maiden, or an AK, or any number of murder tools, would you still be ok with it?
=============================

Just a bit disturbed that our Religion had idolized this torture tool as if it's ok.


People are justifying it because it "stands for Jesus"? No it doesn't, it stands for how he was murdered.


Do we remember JFK, MLKjr., Ghandi, by the symbol of a bullet? NO! Why? Because it's sick and demented to do so.
 
T

Tintin

Guest
#2
#2
Oh, not this again.
 
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#3
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#3
Empire said:
Jesus did so many things in his life, taught so many people.

Yet Christianity's symbol is the cross.......An ancient torture method used to kill people.
======================

Think about it. We are glorifying a method used to brutally kill someone.

If it was a iron maiden, or an AK, or any number of murder tools, would you still be ok with it?
=============================

Just a bit disturbed that our Religion had idolized this torture tool as if it's ok.


People are justifying it because it "stands for Jesus"? No it doesn't, it stands for how he was murdered.


Do we remember JFK, MLKjr., Ghandi, by the symbol of a bullet? NO! Why? Because it's sick and demented to do so.
Click to expand...
The Cross is mentioned repeatedly in the New Testament.
 
D

didymos

Guest
#5
#5
Empire said:
(...)
People are justifying it because it "stands for Jesus"? No it doesn't, it stands for how he was murdered.


Do we remember JFK, MLKjr., Ghandi, by the symbol of a bullet? NO! Why? Because it's sick and demented to do so.
Click to expand...
Wrong, it stands for His sacrifice, He died for us ALL.
It's 'sick and demented' to question that.
 
Empire

Empire

Banned
#7
Jun 2, 2014
63
0
0
#7
didymos said:
Wrong, it stands for His sacrifice, He died for us ALL.
It's 'sick and demented' to question that.
Click to expand...
So answer me this. If he was kill by lets say....a guillotine. Would you be ok with all our crosses being replaced by that?

It doesn't signify his death. It signifies HOW he died.

It's like saying that a bullet signifies MLK lol.
 
Empire

Empire

Banned
#11
Jun 2, 2014
63
0
0
#11
Yeah....still not getting it.

I'm not saying we can't have our symbol as an ancient torture device that killed our lord and savior.

Just saying that there is a reason why it's not exactly a good symbol to have and it doesn't really represent Jesus.

I mean of all the miracles, of all the teachings, we are glorifying his death.

Kinda sick tbh.
 
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#12
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#12
Empire said:
Yeah....still not getting it.

I'm not saying we can't have our symbol as an ancient torture device that killed our lord and savior.

Just saying that there is a reason why it's not exactly a good symbol to have and it doesn't really represent Jesus.

I mean of all the miracles, of all the teachings, we are glorifying his death.

Kinda sick tbh.
Click to expand...
The doctrine of the Cross is supremely important.
 
D

didymos

Guest
#13
#13
Empire said:
So answer me this. If he was kill by lets say....a guillotine. Would you be ok with all our crosses being replaced by that?

It doesn't signify his death. It signifies HOW he died.

It's like saying that a bullet signifies MLK lol.
Click to expand...
'... or if he was kill by let's say... drowning. Would you be ok with all our crosses being replaced by aquariums?'

See how silly your hypothetical questions are? Fact is He WASN'T drowned or beheaded, but CRUCIFIED.
 
U

Ugly

Guest
#14
#14
Matthew 16:24-26
[SUP]24 [/SUP]Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. [SUP]25 [/SUP]For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. [SUP]26 [/SUP]For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
Here the cross is a sign of denying our flesh and following Christ.


I Corinthians 1:17-18
[SUP]17 [/SUP]For Christ didn’t send me to baptize, but to preach the Good News—and not with clever speech, for fear that the cross of Christ would lose its power.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God.
Here the cross is a symbol of power to Christians and foolishness to the world.


Philippians 2:8

[SUP]8 [/SUP] he humbled himself in obedience to God
and died a criminal’s death on a cross.



Here the cross is the symbol of Christs humility and obedience to God.



Philippians 3:18-19

[SUP]18 [/SUP]For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. [SUP]19 [/SUP]They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.
Here we see the people who live lives contrary to the Gospel are enemies of the cross.


Matthew 10:38

[SUP]38 [/SUP]If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.
Here we again see Christ himself referring to the symbol of the cross.




So, OP, while you may take issue with the symbol of the cross, neither the writers of the bible, nor Christ himself, took issue with it.
 
T

Tintin

Guest
#15
#15
Empire's opening comment is no different from that of atheists and agnostics when they question the Cross. What's really going on here?
 
T

TaylorTG

Guest
#16
#16
Tintin said:
Empire's opening comment is no different from that of atheists and agnostics when they question the Cross. What's really going on here?
Click to expand...
He may seem like he'll trolling, but he really isn't. I understand what he's trying to say. xDDD :rolleyes:

There are plenty of bible verses which indicate the importance of suffering in spiritual growth.

See the first bible verse Ugly posted: Matthew 16:24-26

Following Christ on the road to suffering before salvation is of course tough, but since when has anyone had an easy life? Might as well. :rolleyes:
 
P

Paulos

Guest
#17
#17
Jesus is well and in heaven now and we should keep prayer to Jesus for everything we do and say to have him help us. He is kind and loving and I pray we all learn to pray for that.
 
C

CHRISTENE

Guest
#18
#18
The Bronze Snake

4 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,[c] to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; 5 they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”

6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.

7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.


John 3:14
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

John 3:15
that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him."


Isaiah 53:4,5,10,11

4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life[d] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.


Psalm 22:16-18
16 Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet.

17 All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.
18 They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.



That Jesus would be crucified for our sins was predestined by God.

He was raised as the bronze serpent that saved Israelites from death , and by His suffering we were justified. When we look at the Cross, when we meditate the Cross of Christ we are saved from the dangers that hover over our lives because of our intentional and unintentional sins.

As Ugly mentioned the Cross of Christ is indeed a Power to those who believe in it.
 
Last edited:
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#19
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#19
CHRISTENE said:
The Bronze Snake

4 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,[c] to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; 5 they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”

6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.

7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.


John 3:14
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

John 3:15
that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him."


Isaiah 53:4,5,10,11

4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life[d] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.


Psalm 16
16 Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet.

17 All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.
18 They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.



Jesus would be crucified for our sins was predestined by God.

He was raised as the bronze serpent that saved Israelites from death , and by His suffering we were justified. When we look at the Cross, when we meditate the Cross of Christ we are saved from the dangers that hover over our lives because of our intentional and unintentional sins.

As Ugly mentioned the Cross of Christ is indeed a Power to those who believe in it.
Click to expand...
Ms. Cristene: Yes, the Cross as a vital doctrine is so important.

It is fundamental to a New Testament understanding of the Gospel of the grace of God.

Some Christians also wear the symbol of the Cross as a pendant, bracelet or tattoo, although these are optional only.

Blessings.
 
ronnie2796

ronnie2796

Senior Member
#20
May 9, 2014
734
2
0
27
#20
Empire said:
Jesus did so many things in his life, taught so many people.

Yet Christianity's symbol is the cross.......An ancient torture method used to kill people.
======================

Think about it. We are glorifying a method used to brutally kill someone.

If it was a iron maiden, or an AK, or any number of murder tools, would you still be ok with it?
=============================

Just a bit disturbed that our Religion had idolized this torture tool as if it's ok.


People are justifying it because it "stands for Jesus"? No it doesn't, it stands for how he was murdered.


Do we remember JFK, MLKjr., Ghandi, by the symbol of a bullet? NO! Why? Because it's sick and demented to do so.
Click to expand...
I scrolled through the responses and I didn't see anyone else saying this, so If I'm repeating, I'm sorry, I missed it.

But to me,..the cross isn't a reminder of his death. Reading that the cross killed him, kind of makes me laugh.
He was raised again!
Its a symbol of the Price he paid for us. The sacrifice he made. His love, that he was willing to go through that.
He's alive, he always has been. Nothing could kill Jesus. Its a symbol of love, ultimately.
For me, anyway.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.