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What does a Christian look like?

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Joel Labadie

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5y ago
Updated: 7/27/2021

The cross as a symbol of worship has been in use since early Babylonian times. It came be seen in the wall paintings of ancient Egypt as the Crux ansate and has carried on historically in use by the vestal virgins of pagan Rome. Roman "Christianity" adopted it as a symbol about 300 years after the death of Christ.

The early Christians would not have used the cross in worship A. Because of its pagan origin, And B. because the Creator has told us not to use any man made object to worship him. And C. Because the Greek word ( Stau-ros'.) rendered cross in many modern translations actually means a stake or up right pole. Illustration. If a loved one was murdered. Say, by some one yielding an axe. And you then saw their surviving one, who loved and missed that person, wearing a tiny axe made of wood Gold or silver around their neck. You would, no doubt think one of two things. I. That some one had worked out a way to make big money out of their grief. E.g. They had been exploited. Or 2. Because of the mental stress of their experience, they had gone insane. True Christians do not use a cross of any kind in worship. Therefore to anser your question. There is no such thing as a Christian cross. The cross used in Christendom is shaped like a small t. But I'm sure you knew that already as you can see people wearing it in most countries in the world.

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Elyse Schaden

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4y ago

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