Call me strange.

I don’t like images of Jesus being whipped and beaten.  I don’t like images of him on the cross.  I especially don’t like when I see images of them pounding nails through his hands.  (Which is inaccurate anyway.  They’d have to pound the nails through his wrists because the bones of the hands are not strong enough to support body weight.  Just talking about it makes me feel icky.)

I don’t care if Jesus really existed or not.  I don’t care if this wasn’t really done to him even if he did exist.  The fact is, this was torture, and this was done to many, many people back then, and given the way the law worked, a lot of them were probably even more innocent that Jesus was.  A lot of these people died needlessly.  They certainly didn’t die knowing that their suffering would “save” the world.

I don’t like to watch the innocent suffer.  I don’t like to watch the guilty suffer.  I don’t like horror movies for this reason.  I’m a sensitive SOB.  Forgive me.

One of the things I dislike most about atheism and religion is always seeing this Jesus on the cross thing.  It gives me the heebie-jeebies.

And I honestly hope that I never get used to it.

Just a rant.  Carry on.

~ Steve

goddamntoothbrush:

shuaptjolo:

JUST BECAUSE YOU FLIPPED THE CROSS UPSIDE DOWN DOESN’T MEAN YOU CHANGED ANYTHING YOU GUYS ARE BASICALLY TOO STUPID TO RESEARCH THE MEANING BEHIND THE SYMBOL

The inverted cross as a symbol for atheism is stupid. It says nothing about lack of faith. It strikes me as more an attempt by rebellious teens to sick it to the man, so to speak, than to actually express a belief (or lack thereof.) The overwhelming majority of atheists I’ve encountered (i.e. the skeptical kind, not the rebellious teenage kind) tend to embrace a different symbol, usually a stylized, red A (intentionally reminiscent of the Scarlet Letter, I believe).

But I agree, people who think the St. Peter Cross is a symbol for atheism are either ignorant or just plain stupid. And this is coming from an atheist.

Cheers.

I agree with this as well.

• Luke 14:27 - And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
• Matthew 10:38 - and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
• Matthew 16:24 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
• Mark 8:34 - Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
• Luke 9:23 - Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Question: So, WHY was Jesus so obsessed with crosses even before he was crucified?  I mean, even if Jesus knew what was going to happen, how could the expression have any meaning to those he was talking to yet?

Likely explanation: Jesus’s words were written by people over two centuries after Jesus supposedly lived, and the phrase “take up the cross” was in common use from the myth.

Conclusion: Jesus never actually said any of this stuff.

littlealternativegirl:

its a rose quarts cross on black cord and I couldn’t help but buy it

I practice no religions but I find the religious totems to be very pleasing

which is why I wear ankhs, crosses, rosaries, ohm symbols, and maybe someday soon inverted crosses if I can find a nice one

I find it a little disturbing that someone would choose to wear an ancient Roman torture device around their necks, but to each her own, I guess.  ;)