I was just surfing the net and i happened upon this forum (or just a post where people were commenting and replying each other's comments) where people were arguing about whether Christians should be wearing the cross or not. I simply cannot understand the point of this argument.

On one end, people were saying that the bible, being originally written in Hebrew, had words that English simply does not have equivalents of in the language. "Cross" was apparently not a Literal Cross, but rather, a Stake upon which criminals were crucified, and that the whole 'cross' is simply a result of people's extravagant imaginations.

On the other hand, there were people who subscribe to the metaphor, that "if you had a father, and someone shot your father to death one day, would you wear a gun around your neck?" With the idea being that the cross was the cause of Jesus' death and that we should not wear the object that signifies his death on our neck.

There are some who would go to the extent of looking into the bible, at the Ten Commandments, which says "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments" The claim here would be that we look upon the Cross as a image which we worship, and that it is a 'false idol'.

For me, my belief is strong and my feet are set upon rock. I wear the cross everyday, not as protection against things which are negative and might happen to me, not as a way to convince people that I am somehow better than them, but rather, to serve as a simple reminder that Jesus died for my sins (cross or stake is irrelevant), and that it is through him that I shall find my salvation.

What we should always remember is that the cross is made of a material that came from this earth. What matters is not the fact that it is a cross, but our perception of it. In a similar metaphor, money itself is not the root of evil, but rather, the root of evil is the part of the human consciousness that is greedy and seeks money. In this case, it is up to the person who believe that the Cross is important to him/her to remind them that Jesus made a sacrifice. Everything else is trivial.

Hello! So I've been seeing tons of people type up their Christmas wishlists and throw it onto their livejournals, so hey. I'm gonna try it out too. if i don't get stuff, it's fine, at least i tried, right? :| But i'm sure there's at least one thing you can all do for me! it's in there somewhere, and it's really simple!

OH WELL HERE GOES!

1) Dry Cabinet for my Photographic Equipment
2) Nikon D300 (HAHAHA I WISH)
3) Mamiya C220 (another i wish)
4) 70-200mm/2.8 Sigma Lens (good lord, it's all photo stuff..)
5) Nikon 85mm/1.4 Lens
6) Agfa Film
7) Oris Williams F1 Chronograph
8) Portraits: Steve McCurry
9) RAPIDSHARE ACCOUNT PLEASE :D
10) ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO OWE ME A SHOOT PLEASE CONTACT ME AND BOOK DATES >:D


Kind Regards,
The boy who wants everything that is unreasonable (except for the last one).
:D