LDS prefer Satanic Stars
Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think you are missing something important here Dave. The cross, like
the tomb, is empty. Jesus won the victory (for us). The only people
who still have Him on the cross are Catholics. We "Protestants"
celebrate an empty cross. The one we deserved was occupied by another,
but, Praise God, no more. The empty cross is a precious reminder of how
much we are loved.
Terry
Dave Hansen wrote:
> */What does the CROSS "REPRESENT"/*
>
> DAVEH: I hope you don't mind me intruding on your discussion with
> Blaine, Kevin. This topic is of particular interest to me, as I've
> seen quite a few crosses at the sides of highways I travel. Quite
> often, they indicate places where people have died, or in the case of
> cemeteries.....where they are buried...........
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> ..........In the past couple thousand years, many Christians have
> idolized the cross to depict the death of Jesus.........
>
>
>
> .......which to me seems rather bizarre to me....if not macabre. Some
> Christians have taken to wearing jewelery, and displaying crosses in
> their abodes and places of worship.........
>
>
>
> ..........As I see it, those crosses depict the *cruel tool* used to
> bring not only much pain and suffering to our beloved Savior, but also
> the device that was used by God's enemies to kill our Lord. This
> inhumane instrument was designed not only to kill God's children, but
> at the same time to punitively torture them in a humiliating and
> degrading way. It always amazes me that some Christians would have
> such an affinity to such a devilish device that brings pain, suffering
> and death to the minds of many who see it, and especially to those who
> were victims of it.
>
> I'm curious as to how you would feel about something similar,
> Kevin. I don't know if you have any children, but for the sake of
> this discussion let's assume you do. If your enemy were to
> maliciously use a knife to torture your daughter for a couple days to
> the point that the wounds killed her, would you be predisposed to wear
> a piece of jewelry on a chain around your neck in the form of a knife
> to remind you of what the guy did to your daughter? And, how would
> you feel if you drove by a gun & knife store, and saw a sign depicting
> knives that looked similar to the one that killed your
> daughter......Would it bring back fond memories?
>
> LDS folks appreciate the dying sacrifice of our Lord in our
> behalf. But we don't glorify the tool that killed him. It sickens me
> to think of man's inhumanity that would bring such pain, suffering and
> death to one who did not deserve it. Nor do we idolize the cross as
> do so many others. Rather, we prefer to remember his sacrifice and
> glorify his Father---not the cross--- for the resurrection of his Son.
>
> FWIW.....We have a large Christian church near us that a few years
> ago put 3 large prominent crosses on their building that are lit up at
> night with blue lights that are very noticeable to the cars passing by
> on the freeway........
>
> http://www.rollinghills.org/about_us/campus/index.cfm
>
> .........This picture really doesn't show them very well compared to
> the cars on the freeway, as it is taken from the wrong angle and at
> quite a distance. I have sometimes wondered if Jesus were to travel
> that road, what would he think if he were to pass such an edifice that
> memorializes his death in such a manner. I wouldn't be surprised if
> he would wince at such a sight. And......It bothers me to think that
> some would pain him in such a callous way.
>
>
> Kevin Deegan wrote:
>
>> Exactly they bought into the counterfeit.
>> *How art thou _fallen from heaven_, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
>> how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
>> For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will
>> _exalt my throne above the stars_ of God: I will sit also upon the
>> mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:...*
>> *Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.*
>>
>> *North Star*, which represents *Jesus Christ. *
>>
>> */
>> What does the CROSS "REPRESENT" Blaine?
>>
>> /*
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>
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