Why do people wear or have a symbol of Jesus dying on the cross. A image of suffering?
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Good question.\nThe late, great Bill Hicks asked the same question - "if Jesus comes back, do you think he ever wants to see another cross? Would you go up to Jackie Kennedy wearing a rifle pendant?"\nI'm being flippant (before everyone starts having a go....) but it is interesting. From an athiests pov (and I admit, I'm probably not best placed to answer this) I would say it is remembering his death, which was fundamental to christian religion. I'm not sure what symbol you could use to represent Jesus's life.
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Some believe that is a symbol of life after death (it comes in bulbs, it shrivels and grows again after a year). \nSome others belive that is a symbol because that represents the Gabriel Angel's horn.
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Because they are grieving. We grieve the loss of love, comfort, companionship and support when someone we care about dies. \n\nI know this vessel that is flesh is only temporary and my spirit will go where it may when the vessel no longer works so there will be no grieving for the loss of it but there will be grieving for everything I stated above for my spirit.
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There have been claims that the symbol has older, occult or anti-christian associations and that it was a ‘symbol of death’.  The fifth century illustration depicts st.peter crucified upside-down.  The inverted crucifix was known for centuries as the‘nero cross’ from the roman reign of the emperor nero (54-68 A.D.)  In the middle ages the ‘nero cross’ was adapted in satanists rituals.  It can also be seen as composed of a tyr rune, or by the rune, turned upside down (in german ‘todesrune’/ the rune of death.)\n\nThen it was changed to a PEACE SYMBOL \n\nThe anti-nuclear emblem or the peace sign is one of the most widely known symbols in the world.  It was invented on the request of Lord Bertrand Russel, head of the British ‘Campaign for nuclear disarmament’ or CDN and sponsor of mass marches and sit-downs in London. The graphic symbol was designed by \nGerald Holtom, a member of the CND movement, as the badge of the ’direct action committee against nuclear war’, for the first demonstration against Aldermaston (a british research center for the development of nuclear weapons) in 1958.   Holtom, a professional designer and a graduate of the London Royal College of Arts, had originally considered using the Christian Cross symbol within a circle as the motif for the march, but various priests he had approached with the suggestion were not happy at the idea of using the cross on a protest march.
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the cross has it origins in pagan history.  The cross was not used by the early Christians but become common place after the pagans and Christians were united under Constantine.  Christ was not killed on a cross anyway.  It was a straight pole without any appendages.  let me ask you, if your best friend was killed with a knife, would you hang a knife around your neck?  And would that remind you of his death or his great life?  yes, his death.  All the pictures of Christ show him on the "cross" died, not the resurrected Christ.  I think it is Satan's trick used to offend God, whose son was killed indirectly by Satan's thinking that he had foiled God's plan.  Indeed we should destroy these satanic pagan symbols.  Besides, they have no effect.  I have seen a lot of criminals and drug dealers wearing them.  What's the deal with that?
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It is the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. Much More at my source.
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Yes, i would wear a noose because it is a symbol of His sacrifice for us. Don't get me wrong , I understand your view. As a matter of fact, for the first 1000+ years, the Catholic church's only symbol for Jesus and Christ was a fish because they considered the cross an instrument of the devil. When crosses became extinct as a form of torture and death, the church reviewed the cross as a symbol and determined it was instead a symbol of God's love for us. Just like a gun becomes a symbol of peace and liberty when it is used on one's army.
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As a Christian, I believe that God lays on our hearts certain situations that we need to pray about.  Maybe the pain and anxiety is the Holy Spirit urging you to pray for someone's spirit as they are about to pass away.
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the "these are wounds of love" is imply the crusifiction (I can't spell, sorry) of Christ, in which he died for our sins, and therefore the wounds are that of the love he felt for Gods people...or twist that around so it makes sense :)
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No, it's because the cross is the symbol of victory, where Jesus overcame. It helps me remember what He did for me.
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I have a Tattoo of a panther tearing out of my left shoulder that I say it means the new me coming out of the old me so it can be seen, I have Jesus Christ on my right Bicep with the saying Died for me under it, I have an angel on my left bicep in memory of a very dear friend, On my left forearm I have a picture of Jesus hanging on the cross to remind me everyday what he did for me, and last of all I have a cross on my right forearm in memory of my dad with the year he was born and the year he died.
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I have no denomination, so I figured who better to blab and opinion? LOL\n\nI think its great for religious ppl to wear the cross, its a symbol of Christ. (Although I do not beleive in God - I have respect for those who do).\n\nI do not like to see it on ppl who wear it for style purposes though.\n\nHUGS
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I wouldn't worry about it, plenty of Pagan, neo-pagan, and Wiccans I know wear crosses.  Crosses have been used by tons of non-Christian peoples, gods, goddesses, and sects over time (Assyrians, Celts, Yorumbas, etc); the cross is not inherantly a Christian thing.  The Christians just co-oped the symbol from the pagans around them and made it popular.  My ex-roommate used to wear the cross his grandmother gave him for his Roman Catholic confirmation to circle all the time.  It's not a big deal.\n\nWhen someone asks you about your cross, tell them that you are not Christian and that neither is wearing a cross necklace.  Tell them that plenty of other cultures wore cross jewelry.
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This is prophecy/reference of Christs arrest and being nailed to the Cross.  Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me (these are the Jewish Priests and the Roman guards who arrest Jesus and call for his Crucifixion)  They have pierced my hands and feet, I can count all my bones (ref to Jesus on cross - he was nailed to Cross in the hands and feet, yet none of his bones were broken)  people stare and gloat over me ( the guards and Jewish priests mocked Jesus saying for him to save himself and mad fun of him)  They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing (the Roman guards stripped him of his clothing and threw lots (like dice) to win his clothing\n\nAs far as "Father forgive them they know not what they do"  . .Even at the Cross, Jesus prayed for those Crucifying him as well as the future generations that would not chose to believe and and know him, the Messiah and Saviour.
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Because he want his people to have compassion and to pray for them in need, if nothing bad ever happen, would you pray for others? would you have compassion for the sick and people dying or that died?\n\nJust because you believe in Jesus Christ, does this mean your going to have a easy life, it the other way around, you will have to go through mean hard time just like Jesus died.\n\nJesus was tempted by the devil and so will you be...
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i think it really bothers Jesus,  to be constantly reminded   of one of the most horrible moments in his life.every year we celebrate his death, like a bunch of sick-o ghouls,, and worship his suffering--makes me sick to my stomach.\n\nhe not on the cross any more , and we  as a culture should stop torturing him.\n\nwe should love him as a fellow human being.\n\nand see him happy, healthy, and alive, living his own life--out there some were.
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I was taught in Catholic school that Jesus hung on the cross from 12 noon until 3 PM, when he died.  Personally, I don't see how anyone would know that unless it's recorded in history somewhere....