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   From: tiller@soil.org.9   
      
   On 7/11/23 4:26 PM, James wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:39:18 -0400, Georg Tillerman wrote:   
      
   >> On 7/9/23 10:54 AM, James wrote:   
      
   >>> ++the CROSS++A pagan symbol   
      
   >>> Yes, many think Jesus died on a cross because of how Bibles translate   
   >>> that Greek word, "stauros". An example is found at John 19:25,   
      
   >> i just have one question for you;   
      
   >> what did it look like?   
      
   >> i mean, according to you, was Jesus tied to a fence post   
   >> with  his arms behind his back and his feet on the ground   
   >> and nails in him of course?   
      
   >> was he off the ground?   
      
   >> you could easily say;   
      
   >> "Jesus was put to death in a heathen manner therefore   
   >> no christian believer should commemorate it"   
      
   >> but you don't say that, do you?   
      
   > There is a picture (drawing, painting) of Jesus crucified on the   
   > upright pole. (stauros) That should help to answer your questions. Go   
   > to:   
      
      
   are you suggesting that people who show the death instrument as a   
      
      t shaped cross   are somehow denying the crucifixion?   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)