Interesting since the crucifix and cross is such a huge symbol, this is an interesting read that I never heard of this point of view before http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Jesus-Died-on-a-Tree-Trunk-1495/
I'm not sure if it matters very much. I think it's important that he was hung up, but whether his arms were spread or above his head isn't a big deal. It kills you either way, I think. Even so, I'm skeptical of this guy's skepticism. The tradition of the cruciform goes way, way back -- back to people who'd see first-hand how prisoners were executed. Where did all the crucifix stuff come from, if not history?* Does it make the whole story better somehow? Were they grasping for a justification of their new logo? I acknowledge that it's possible that Romans started crucifying people on a cross a century or two later and they weaved that into the narrative after the fact to flesh out the Jesus story with what they knew at the time.
I don't think it really matters but you do have the whole dynamic of "Jesus bearing his cross". A key element of the story of the crucifixtion is Jesus carrying his cross through the streets, the symbolism of bearing our cross
Don't the Jehovah's Witnesses show Jesus crucified on a straight pole? And they claim that it was how crucifixions happened in the 1st century? I think that's up to significant debate. There's a whole Wikipedia page devoted to the debate as to what Jesus died on. Either way, it doesn't matter much.
"It is a party for the little boy of God who call his self Jesus. He call his self Jesus and then he be die one day on two...morsels of...lumber. He die one day and then he go above of my head to live with your father. He weared of himself the long hair and after he die, the first day he come back here for to say hello to the peoples. He nice, the Jesus."
It doesn't matter to believers or non-believers. A total waste of time. He could have been hung by his little toe and it wouldn't make a difference other than to the people making lots of money selling crosses.
A tree trump is NOT going to look very good atop a cathedral spire. Nor will it look good hanging on my thick gold necklace.
I'm even more impressed if Jesus was carrying around a giant tree strapped to his back Jesus hulk smashed our sins away
Yeah, Max has really axed for it in this thread. He should go out on a limb, as others suggested, and get out from under the comfortable shade of religion threads.
