Every point you make about the cross is why it is such a potent symbol of Christianity.
It bleeds sacrifice... modest origins... total sacrifice.
I used to think about having an electric chair on an altar... but what is modest, cheap and simple about that?
The cross screams a simple truth: the turning of the symbol of ultimate torture and debasement into the ultimate symbol of peace and love...
Truly an empire killer as young, would be tribunes rejected proud hedonism and materialism for self knowledge and sacrifice.
We forget Christianity's revolutionary origins against the pervasive power and earthly glory of Rome... and how that persists as a seducer of our aspirations...
We forget that gentle spark in the darkness, of a lonely flame lit for a stranger..
..that before it was adopted as the perfect cloak for the dishonourable, the selfish, the racist and expansionist, of men driven by fear.... it was - the revolution.
Every point you make about the cross is why it is such a potent symbol of Christianity.
It bleeds sacrifice... modest origins... total sacrifice.
I used to think about having an electric chair on an altar... but what is modest, cheap and simple about that?
The cross screams a simple truth: the turning of the symbol of ultimate torture and debasement into the ultimate symbol of peace and love...
Truly an empire killer as young, would be tribunes rejected proud hedonism and materialism for self knowledge and sacrifice.
We forget Christianity's revolutionary origins against the pervasive power and earthly glory of Rome... and how that persists as a seducer of our aspirations...
We forget that gentle spark in the darkness, of a lonely flame lit for a stranger..
..that before it was adopted as the perfect cloak for the dishonourable, the selfish, the racist and expansionist, of men driven by fear.... it was - the revolution.
I agree, there can be no symbol more revolutionary than the cross - it's a total inversion of the values of Rome. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Sorry, I've been ill, and I can.t think.
Sorry to hear that Gloria. I hope you get well soon.
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Gloria - I'm curious to read the rest of your message