|The cross is a pagan symbol that was adored in many pagan religions thousands of years before Jesus was born.
The Catholic Church adopted the cross symbol at least 600 years after Jesus was supposedly crucified.
|One of the early famous Christians named "Tertullian" rejected the crosses and said that pagans worshipped crucified saviors hanging on a cross.
He says "Crosses, moreover, we Christians neither venerate nor wish for. You indeed who consecrate gods of wood venerate wooden crosses, perhaps as parts of your gods. For your very standards, as well as your banners, and flags of your camps, what are they but crosses gilded and
adorned? Your victorious trophies not only imitate the appearance of a simple cross,but also that of a man affixed to it." [www.biblestudy.churches.net/CCEL/FATHERS2/ANF04/ANF0434.HTM]
|Origins of the Cross (All of it predates the birth of Jesus)
The pagan Scandinavians had cross is called the Tau cross which symbolizes the god Thor.
Ancient Egyptians also
considered it as markers of life and death. The Egyptian cross also symbolizes Isis and Osiris myth, and their union which allowed creation.
Crosses also were parts of the Assyrians and Babylonians pagan religions.
Assyrians used it to symbolize the shining sun (in four directions), and Babylonians as symbole of the moon deity.
Another cross has been unearthed in Ireland. It belongs to the cult of the Persian god of the sun "Mithra"and bears a crucified effigy.
The Greeks and Romans too adopted the cross as their religious symbol many centuries before
Christianity did the same.
|Not only the cross symbol was part of the Pagan religion but also the idea of crucifixion for the salvation of mankind myths itself was commonly adopted long time before the birth Jesus.
|For example
- Krishna (India)
He proclaimed to his followers, "I am the Resurrection." and He had a last supper with his disciples before being crucified.
He was crucified between two theieves at the age of 33.
He rose from the dead
three days after being
buried.
- Sakia (Hindu)
His emblem was the cross, He was born to be crucified to atone man's sins.
After he was crucified, he was buried for three days, an then rose from the dead.
he was called "Savior
of the World" and "Light of the World."
- Thamuz (Syria)
He was called the "Risen Lord" and "The Savior.", He was crucified to atone man's sins.
He also rose from the dead after being buried.
- Wittoba (Telingonese)
He was crucified for man's sins, He was usually depicted in
drawings as having nail holes in his hands and feet. and his icon was cross.
- Iao (Nepal)
He was known as "the Savior" and he was crucified on a tree.
He was accepted by his followers as God incarnate.
- Hesus (Druidic Celts) He was crucified with a lamb on one side and an elephant on the other.
The Elephant was thought to represent all the sins of the world, and so we have the "Lamb of God" dying to "take away the sins of the
world.
- Quirinus (Rome)
He rose from the dead after being crucified and buried.
- Prometheus (Greek)
He was nailed to a cross. His critical theological precept was that of blood
atonement.
The Earth shook when he died and he was known as the "Lord" and "Savior". He also rose from the dead.
- Indra (Tibet)
He was known as God and Savior. He was nailed to a cross.
- Alcestos (Greek)
She was crucified for the sins of the world and She was part of a divine trinity.
- Atys (Phrygia)
He was believed to be the "krist", He was crucified to atone for man's sins, He rose from the dead after
being buried.
- Crite (Chaldea)
He was known as the
Reedemer. He was also known as the "Ever-Blessed Son of God, The Savior, and the Atoning Offering for an Angry God".
The Earth shook when he was crucified.
- Bali (Orissa)
He was believed to be God, as well as the Son of God, He was crucified in divine atonement and He was the second part of a divine trinity.
__
Say, "O People of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), do not exceed limits in your religion beyond the truth and do not follow the lusts and
fancies of a people who went astray before and misled many and have strayed from the straight path." (Quran 5:77)
The Catholic Church adopted the cross symbol at least 600 years after Jesus was supposedly crucified.
|One of the early famous Christians named "Tertullian" rejected the crosses and said that pagans worshipped crucified saviors hanging on a cross.
He says "Crosses, moreover, we Christians neither venerate nor wish for. You indeed who consecrate gods of wood venerate wooden crosses, perhaps as parts of your gods. For your very standards, as well as your banners, and flags of your camps, what are they but crosses gilded and
adorned? Your victorious trophies not only imitate the appearance of a simple cross,but also that of a man affixed to it." [www.biblestudy.churches.net/CCEL/FATHERS2/ANF04/ANF0434.HTM]
|Origins of the Cross (All of it predates the birth of Jesus)
The pagan Scandinavians had cross is called the Tau cross which symbolizes the god Thor.
Ancient Egyptians also
considered it as markers of life and death. The Egyptian cross also symbolizes Isis and Osiris myth, and their union which allowed creation.
Crosses also were parts of the Assyrians and Babylonians pagan religions.
Assyrians used it to symbolize the shining sun (in four directions), and Babylonians as symbole of the moon deity.
Another cross has been unearthed in Ireland. It belongs to the cult of the Persian god of the sun "Mithra"and bears a crucified effigy.
The Greeks and Romans too adopted the cross as their religious symbol many centuries before
Christianity did the same.
|Not only the cross symbol was part of the Pagan religion but also the idea of crucifixion for the salvation of mankind myths itself was commonly adopted long time before the birth Jesus.
|For example
- Krishna (India)
He proclaimed to his followers, "I am the Resurrection." and He had a last supper with his disciples before being crucified.
He was crucified between two theieves at the age of 33.
He rose from the dead
three days after being
buried.
- Sakia (Hindu)
His emblem was the cross, He was born to be crucified to atone man's sins.
After he was crucified, he was buried for three days, an then rose from the dead.
he was called "Savior
of the World" and "Light of the World."
- Thamuz (Syria)
He was called the "Risen Lord" and "The Savior.", He was crucified to atone man's sins.
He also rose from the dead after being buried.
- Wittoba (Telingonese)
He was crucified for man's sins, He was usually depicted in
drawings as having nail holes in his hands and feet. and his icon was cross.
- Iao (Nepal)
He was known as "the Savior" and he was crucified on a tree.
He was accepted by his followers as God incarnate.
- Hesus (Druidic Celts) He was crucified with a lamb on one side and an elephant on the other.
The Elephant was thought to represent all the sins of the world, and so we have the "Lamb of God" dying to "take away the sins of the
world.
- Quirinus (Rome)
He rose from the dead after being crucified and buried.
- Prometheus (Greek)
He was nailed to a cross. His critical theological precept was that of blood
atonement.
The Earth shook when he died and he was known as the "Lord" and "Savior". He also rose from the dead.
- Indra (Tibet)
He was known as God and Savior. He was nailed to a cross.
- Alcestos (Greek)
She was crucified for the sins of the world and She was part of a divine trinity.
- Atys (Phrygia)
He was believed to be the "krist", He was crucified to atone for man's sins, He rose from the dead after
being buried.
- Crite (Chaldea)
He was known as the
Reedemer. He was also known as the "Ever-Blessed Son of God, The Savior, and the Atoning Offering for an Angry God".
The Earth shook when he was crucified.
- Bali (Orissa)
He was believed to be God, as well as the Son of God, He was crucified in divine atonement and He was the second part of a divine trinity.
__
Say, "O People of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), do not exceed limits in your religion beyond the truth and do not follow the lusts and
fancies of a people who went astray before and misled many and have strayed from the straight path." (Quran 5:77)
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