# Christian Cross

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-cross/18107>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 28, 2000, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-cross/18107 "2000-04-28T03:20:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Divine\_Videographer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Divine\_Videographer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Divine_Videographer)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-cross/18107/1 "2000-04-28T03:20:00Z")

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I agree, the cross does seem an ironic choice of symbols.

I seem to recall something in the Bible about graven images. In other words, the manufacture of a religious symbol, or idol in the case of the golden calf, was percieved as sin. I know this is Old Testament, but I’d wager that a cross might count as a graven image to some.

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“I’m sorry Mr. Wiseman. . .it never occurred to us to stick a rocket up your ass.”  
-Theo “Now and Again”

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**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-cross/18107/2 "2000-04-28T03:25:00Z")

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[Moderator Hat: ON]

This looks to me like you meant to post a _reply_ to the already-started thread on this subject, “About the Christian Cross Symbol” – [http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001860.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001860.html)

So I’m going to lock up this thread. I urge you to repost this message in the proper thread, though.

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David B, SDMB Great Debates Moderator

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