What is the symbolic meaning of the cross before Christianity?

Answer 1

it was a symbol of shame and people who were hun g on it were knowen as the lowest of the lowest.

Answer:

Before it was adopted and adapted by an apostate Christianity... it was the "tau"... just the simple hand-gesture of "crossing oneself" with the letter "T" for the Babylonian "son-god," "Tammuz."

"...Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients fo the House of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? For they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth. He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord's House which was toward the north: and, behold, there sat women WEEPING FOR TAMMUZ." (Ezek.8:12-14)

An even greater abomination in the Lord's eyes followed this, which was God's people observing an even worse ancient Babylonian religious custom... the "sunrise worship service." This pagan ritual worship of the fertility goddess, Ishtar [pronounced, Easter] was also adopted by apostate Christianity along with the "T."

"...behold, at the door of the Temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the Temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the House of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here?" (verses 16-17)

So, the "symbolic meaning" of the "cross" to the Lord, from ancient Babylon till now, is that it's an abomination to Him.