Susthehedgehog
I think therefore I don't do
Just curious what others think. Maybe it was T for trouble, trickster or whatever. Maybe it was just a pole?
Did Jesus die on a cross or a T?
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danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Pole fail.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i think we can rule out poles. and romanians.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
hands up who else read "on a cross or IT?"
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
He was unplugged and on the third day he was plugged back in again.
JimW
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Blimey, it has a whole Wiki page dedicated to the question: Instrument of Jesus' crucifixion - Wikipedia
Susthehedgehog
I think therefore I don't do
My question is genuine. I've never used forums until now. I like to question things from time to time. Maybe just got too much time on my hands.
andysays
Love and solidarity
Not called polifiction, I notice
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Better than nails through them, I guess
Susthehedgehog
I think therefore I don't do
Looks like I was right that it was T shaped. So why do folk wear crosses? Maybe that whole line of jewellery needs to be changed to Ts?
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Jesus saves... electricity
JimW
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Thought the etymology bit was interesting, crux being the translation into latin from greek and could be a number of wooden frameworks apparently.
Have some dim recall of a Golden Bough like comparative mythology that points out about Mithras and Odin being hung on the world-tree etc and wondering what part that had to play in the Christ legend.
Susthehedgehog
I think therefore I don't do
Susthehedgehog
I think therefore I don't do
Oops not got the hang of this thing yet! You can check my profile on twitter under the same name. I am a real new member.
mystic pyjamas
Don't call us,we'll call you.
In Roman times a cross was commonly used as form of execution. JWs believe it was a pole, though how they arrived at this is probably an interpretation of scripture they arrived at among themselves.
“Conventional” Christians believe it was a cross.
“Conventional” Christians believe it was a cross.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Whatever he was nailed to, given the amount of lumber claimed to be true relics of it, it was unnecessarily large.
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
Wasteful bastards. I can see why you're cross about it.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Lumber? He was nailed to giant baked goods.
I own a piece of the true hot cross bun.
That's why we celebrate the public and lawful execution of this criminal tyrant with commemorative replica buns of course.
joustmaster
offcumdun
Its a cross in all the pictures and photos.
crossthebreeze
Well-Known Member
in accordance with the script;
he updated into heaven,
and is installed at the right hand of the Father.
editor
hiraethified
Why oh why?
Grump
Well-Known Member
Presumably the reason those commentating at the time called it a crucifixion was precisely because if was a cross. If it was a tree or a 'T' shape they would have mentioned this, given that they were talking about something they thought was the most important event ever. You don't have to be a devout Christian, and I'm not one, to find this period of historical interest.
JimW
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You can't see the three thieves doing the M, C and A in that crop unfortunately.
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