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GehlLady8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Why would the symbol be more disrespectful than the man himself? Doesn't the man, the Pope, represent the Catholic faith with or without a cross?

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  Dionys8 months, 1 week ago
  
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  For many Catholics he represents the figurehead of the Church. Whether or not he represents the Catholic Faith as a whole is up for dogmatic and theological debate.
  
  I don't really understand the request to remove his cross. There are plenty of Christians who pray at the wall with full regalia, including large crosses. Lots of blatantly orthodox Christians with big, fancy crosses.
  
  There's nothing disrespectful about Christians wearing a cross in a Jewish holy place. Lest Jews forget -- Christ was a Jew, and the early Christians were Judeans and Jewish. It was over the identity of Christ as Davidic Messiah that Jews and the soon-to-be-Christians disagreed.
  
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    Daylight8 months, 1 week ago
    
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    Dionys
    There's nothing disrespectful about Christians wearing a cross in a Jewish holy place. Lest Jews forget -- Christ was a Jew, and the early Christians were Judeans and Jewish. It was over the identity of Christ as Davidic Messiah that Jews and the soon-to-be-Christians disagreed.
    
    Chris never preached Judaism nor Christianity. What did he preach? He preached Islam the religion of all the prophets, that is total submission to the will of God.
    
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      Dionys8 months, 1 week ago
      
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      "Chris never preached Judaism nor Christianity. What did he preach? He preached Islam the religion of all the prophets, that is total submission to the will of God."
      
      What? What kind of crack are you smoking?
      
      Christ NEVER preached Christianity because it (like Islam) didn't exist in His time. He was a good Jew, following Judaic traditions and law throughout His life. The only thing He did different was 'violate' purity code laws, but He did so in order that EVERYONE could eat at the table of God's great feast.
      
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