Christian ideas refracted thru AtD: 1) Forgiveness (spoilers galore)

[Keith]

It doesn't matter. It isn't about what 'actually' happened. It's  
about what symbol has become part of the mythology. The symbol  
adopted in the Christianist mythological system is the cross. If it  
was about something that historically happened it would indeed be a  
one poster. The one-post method of crucifixion has zilch symbolic  
power. The cross has tens of thousands of years of cross-cultural  
symbolic power. If it was about a historical event, the whole system  
would have zilch symbolic power. Dead folks don't rise from the dead.  
It's all story-telling.

On Dec 25, 2006, at 1:25 PM, Ya Sam wrote:

That's really interesting. Any printed sources?

> At the historic time of the Bible story of the crucifixion, "crosses"
> were not used for death sentences by the Romans.  Tree posts w/o cross
> bar were used,

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