(November 6, 2012 at 7:05 am)Kirbmarc Wrote:Quote:I personally don't like the image of the cross as a depiction of Christianity. I don't like it because we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, not the crucifixion of Christ. The method of his execution is irrelevant, he would still be the same Saviour whether he died on the gallows or in front of a firing squad
The resurrrection would be much harder to turn into a symbol, though. Religions need symbols to ground their philosophical assumptions and make them accepted by the general population.
Agreed. An empty cave is far less inspiring, or perhaps that should be intimidating, than a depiction of a bloke nailed to a stick. The message of "look what this bloke had to go through for you, you evil sinner" is a potent one to a mediaeval mindset; "look, there it isn't", not so much.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
