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R.J. · 12-07-2002, 04:09 PM

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Sojourner553 · 12-08-2002, 06:24 AM

I thought the Christian cross was also influenced from the Egyptian cross (ankh)-- the symbol of life from the sun.

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R.J. · 12-11-2002, 12:41 PM

To avoid any possible copyright problems, & also to save space, please note that I changed my 1st post to a URL link.

Toto · 12-11-2002, 01:04 PM

This was originally copied from <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04517a.htm" target="_blank">newadvent.org</a>, an official Catholic site, although it is greatly shortened, and leaves out the discussion of the ankh.

Again, what is your point? A non-believer would look at all of the pre-Christian examples of religious uses of crosses, and see Christianity as a mere knock-off. Early Christians saw these pagan antecedents as diabolical mimicry in anticipation of the true faith, an attempt to deceive the faithful. A more modern Catholic believer would see this as other religions' striving towards the true faith, or some such rationalization.

So are you the person behind "immadison" or are you susan172992? Are you having trouble getting a conversation started on that yahoogroup? What do you think about all of this? WHY are you posting here?

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Sojourner553 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Southern US Posts: 817	I thought the Christian cross was also influenced from the Egyptian cross (ankh)-- the symbol of life from the sun. Sojourner [ December 08, 2002: Message edited by: Sojourner553 ]</p>

12-11-2002, 12:41 PM	#3
R.J. Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 42	To avoid any possible copyright problems, & also to save space, please note that I changed my 1st post to a URL link.

12-11-2002, 01:04 PM	#4
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	This was originally copied from <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04517a.htm" target="_blank">newadvent.org</a>, an official Catholic site, although it is greatly shortened, and leaves out the discussion of the ankh. Again, what is your point? A non-believer would look at all of the pre-Christian examples of religious uses of crosses, and see Christianity as a mere knock-off. Early Christians saw these pagan antecedents as diabolical mimicry in anticipation of the true faith, an attempt to deceive the faithful. A more modern Catholic believer would see this as other religions' striving towards the true faith, or some such rationalization. So are you the person behind "immadison" or are you susan172992? Are you having trouble getting a conversation started on that yahoogroup? What do you think about all of this? WHY are you posting here?

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