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nsolcis
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you people are blind
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Farsight001
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I don’t know if this was the intentional symbolism of the artist who created the crucifix in question, but I always thought of it as bending under the weight of our sin.
As for declaring it satanic, I have noticed one thing that all the people who do that have in common - that while they can point to the papal crucifix and call it satanic, they can never, no matter how many times you ask, produce a satanic crucifix that is similarly bent.
Likewise, with the upside down cross on the pope’s chair (upside down because that is the way Peter was crucified), they can show you a picture of that chair and they can call it satanic, but they can never produce a satanist using an upside down cross to demean Christianity. An upside down crucifix? Of course, but not a plain cross. If you ever find yourself talking to a satanist, ask about it - they’ll laugh at the idea that an upside down cross means anything to them.
As for declaring it satanic, I have noticed one thing that all the people who do that have in common - that while they can point to the papal crucifix and call it satanic, they can never, no matter how many times you ask, produce a satanic crucifix that is similarly bent.
Likewise, with the upside down cross on the pope’s chair (upside down because that is the way Peter was crucified), they can show you a picture of that chair and they can call it satanic, but they can never produce a satanist using an upside down cross to demean Christianity. An upside down crucifix? Of course, but not a plain cross. If you ever find yourself talking to a satanist, ask about it - they’ll laugh at the idea that an upside down cross means anything to them.
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Lapey
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Oh…really. Please enlighten us blind folk.
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twopekinguys
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WOW!!!
Thank you very much!!
I would never have realized that the Church that Christ built 2000+ years ago could be proven wrong in a single post!!
Man you’re good!!
:whacky: :whacky:
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twopekinguys
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Personally, I think the bent cross is not only beautiful, but realistic.
Some have said that it is an “artistic” representation. Which is entirely possible.
I think one person mentioned something about the cross beam bending under the weight of the sins of the world. Which is a beautiful interpretation.
I would like to take an even more practical approach.
At the time of Jesus, tools weren’t as fancy and refined as they are today. Only the best homes, temples, etc. had the fancy smooth, evenly cut lumber.
It doesn’t seem to me they would use something so precious and fancy for someone they condemend to die. They would have used the worst stuff they could find, in order to add more agnony and embarassment to it all.
Just my thoughts.
Some have said that it is an “artistic” representation. Which is entirely possible.
I think one person mentioned something about the cross beam bending under the weight of the sins of the world. Which is a beautiful interpretation.
I would like to take an even more practical approach.
At the time of Jesus, tools weren’t as fancy and refined as they are today. Only the best homes, temples, etc. had the fancy smooth, evenly cut lumber.
It doesn’t seem to me they would use something so precious and fancy for someone they condemend to die. They would have used the worst stuff they could find, in order to add more agnony and embarassment to it all.
Just my thoughts.
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DorianGregorian
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While Protestants may have a disagreement about the Papacy, that never justifies an attack on an individual. John Paul II did some good things as Pope, and Benedict XVI has been a great promoter of the needs of the poor and the spreading of Christ in the third world. I know no (sane) Protestant who would say these things are evil.
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