If You Are Not Supposed To Worship False Idols Before The Lord, Where Does Jesus Fit Into This? Forget That, Where The Heck Do You Get Off Using The Cross As A Symbol/idol?

Monica Smith answered

Well I am not that religious but I have opinions. I really wouldn't consider the cross as an "idol"....it is a representation of the sacrifice that he made for humanity...which was dying on the cross for all our sins. I do not see this as worshiping a false idol because Jesus is God...which brings us to the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. It was always explained to me that when stated a person should not worship false idols...that did not just apply to other different Gods. My grandmother told me...that it could mean many different things.. That a person lived and surrounded their life by. She said that a devout Christian lives their life by God and the Word...(bible) and some people get lost on their way and turn to a life of drugs, sex, violence, alcohol...etc. And she says that these things can be considered false idols....I do not know how true any of this is (of what my grandmother told me) but I figured I would share! =)

Mike McCarthy answered

"Thou shalt not have any Gods before me" That is one of the ten Commandments God wrote in Noah's day. There is only 1 God & 1 God only. Jesus wasn't born then. The cross is NOT an idol. The cross is a symbolization of Jesus Christ our Lord. "nough said.

Gene wright answered

Jesus died on the cross for our sins if we receive Him as our Saviour.
The cross is a reminder of that.
Jesus created the world (Genesis). He is not a false God.
Three persons, one God=Trinity. (not 3 Gods)

The Instigator answered

"Religious worship is not directed to images in themselves, considered as mere things, but under their distinctive aspect as images leading us on to God incarnate. The movement toward the image does not terminate in it as image, but tends toward that whose image it is." Thomas Aquinas

Zaphod Beeblebrox answered

Yeah, but to be fair they also aren't supposed to kill people, steal, rape, molest children... So really I think they're par for the course.

Ilina answered

It is supposedly a symbolization or representative of Jesus Christ. I do not believe in Christianity either way, though it is a good question. I wouldn't call it false, but it's ironic.

William Harkin answered

That's just it Joe,a symbol.Some thing to help keep your concentration,(well in my opinion any way ) lol.And I'm a catholic

Jewelly A. Shetka answered

Pagan images are merely earthly
symbols of the Powers That Be.
Things like Maypoles, (Easter) eggs,
(Easter) bunnies and Yule Logs
are just more of those symbols.
They just aren't the 'right' symbols
or the right 'Power That Be', even
though the 'false' idols (gods)
have been around longer than
the modern image of the cross.

Stewart Pinkerton answered

The cross is the old pagan symbol for the Vernal Equinox, when Winter crosses to Spring. The real historical Jesus who was a rabbi and had disciples, was stoned to death on the eve of Passover, which occurs at that same time. So, Jesus died 'on the cross', but not a physical cross. Note also that the Romans used T or X shaped crosses, never an upright cross like the Christian symbol. And what about all those statues of Mary you find all over Catholic Churches - are they not false idols, for they are certainly worshipped and prayed to?

Karen F. answered

Well, it may not be a false idol, but it certainly meets the definition of an "idol". (Joke: (Q) Why is it a good thing Jesus wasn't killed in modern times? (A) Because if he were killed in modern times all the Christians would have to wear tiny little electric chairs around their necks! Hee hee.)

Miranda Innaimo , disciple of Christ , answered

First of all, Jesus IS LORD; he is the Lord of Lords, King of Kings. There is no separation from GOD and Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit; they are the same entity, the same being, but in different forms entirely connected.

This is why what Jesus did on earth, mainly on the Cross, is so important, because Jesus (100% God, 100% man) took on the sins of mankind, and therefore for a moment, separated Himself from his Father. This is why Jesus Christ said, "Why have you forsaken me?" because in that moment, Jesus was the filth of humanity- our every evil thought, action, and word- and therefore no long in one unity with GOD ALMIGHTY.

Some people worship the cross more than the man who died on the cross to give them eternal life. Some people act like Jesus Christ is still upon the cross, or that He needs to die again and again to make up for their sins. Some people say "please forgive me for this sin," when really, they should repent (as in change their ways through the powers of GOD) and understand ALL of their sins- past, present, and future- have already been paid when he died once. He lives now.

If You Are Not Supposed To Worship False Idols Before The Lord, Where Does Jesus Fit Into This? Forget That, Where The Heck Do You Get Off Using The Cross As A Symbol/idol?

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