Was Christ Sacrificed On A Cross Or A Large Stake (tree)?
My opinion again. My hope is that each individual influenced by my research would read the Word of God (the Holy Bible) with greater fervor and frequency. Start and end all of your research there. Use...
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Kimber:If you want to do JW, here's a place just for you:Ex-Jehovah's Witness Forum and Recovery SiteWe're not playing JW word games here.
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OK factoid time.Crucifixition was a normal mode of terrorizing the citizenry to behave themselves by the Romans.The uprights were PERMANENTLY affixed into the ground, a STAKE as it were, a "tree"...
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Tan2Day,If you can show me a Scripture that identifies whether or not a stake or a cross was used, then please share it with me. Bruising His heel does not give an answer to the question.I am not a...
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Quote:Do you think that a cross or a stake should separate brethern? I don't. But I do believe it is a very important issue, otherwise I would not have studied it. Nuff said for now. I agree with Zeke...
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I dont think this is an issue to seperate brethern. I went through at least 3 of the gospels yesterday {reading part about Jesus's crucifixiction}, and it wasnt made clear whether a cross beam was...
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Quote:I dont think this is an issue to seperate brethern. You are so right on that.Quote:I looked up some historical sites and there seems to have different variations of Roman crucifixctions some...
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Budge wrote,Quote:But then at the same time, I know the pictures presented by Rome are a lie...{Jesus did not have long light brown hair and blue eyes}==long hair was wrng on men in Jewish culture at...
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Yes, the RCC is very adamant that it was a cross. How could they change after 1700 years? (Oops, change they can and do, like a chameleon. Same animal underneath, different coloring on the outside to...
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I can't believe that I'm saying this but I have to go with Budge and Sid on this issue. There is just too much archeological evidence that supports the traditional Latin cross.
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Of course it is relevant whether the Lord is pictured as a Jew or gentile, for pete's sake, GHSTHA. Where is your mind?? Do you EVER think about what you say?
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Katz wrote,Quote:Of course it is relevant whether the Lord is pictured as a Jew or gentile, for pete's sake, GHSTHA. Where is your mind?? Do you EVER think about what you say?Really? Doesn't the...
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Quote:Really? Doesn't the Scriptures say that there "is neither Jew nor Greek..." Don't you think that if the Lord is protrayed with Gentile qualities then those Gentiles will more closely identify...
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I really don't see what difference it ultimately makes if it was a stake or a cross. The ultimate outcome was the same. The significance of Christ's death and resurrection is not affected by the shape...
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Quote:The cross has become an identifying and recognisable symbol of Christian unity as well as a universal reminder of the significance of His sacrifice.The cross is not a symbol of Christian unity....
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The cross is not a symbol of Christian unity. Several who call themselves Christians deny or diminish the sufficiency of the cross and add their own teachings in addition to the meaning of the cross....
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Ruth wrote,Quote:GH, you don't know your Bible, nor the works of God. Paul is talking about our standing before God, not manner of living. (All believers, Jew or Gentile are one in Christ)I agree. I...
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Hi Jim,Quote:I really don't see what difference it ultimately makes if it was a stake or a cross.Personally, I think the truth should reign supreme. If the scholars cannot agree about whether a cross...
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Quote:Do you propose a stake be used instead? Or that some use crosses and others use stakes? Would this depend on whether one was a true or a false Christian?Think about this: an upright stake in the...
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The stuff about the torture stake is staight from the Jehovah's Witness garden of BAD THEOLOGY:Quote:Jehovah's Witnesses deny that Jesus Christ was crucified on a crossJehovah's Witness claim that the...
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