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Not a religious person here, but I think it's a metaphor, where we all are carrying a cross, like jesus did, but smaller... and lighter...
So not like Jesus at all then
holly molly, you are not a person of metaphors, right?
I think we all can get a metaphor, but when someone lives a super safe and convenient life keeping they're head low even in the face of some things with sticking your neck out over.. and then wears a cross to claim they too carry a cross like Jesus just because they put on a little trinket...
That metaphor in context cheapens the concept. Particularly as the meaning is somewhat inverted. The "cross" was for people that went against authority. Now the cross is more aligned with following authority. The executionor may wear a cross while they definitely kill the person using anything but crucification.
They only wear tiny crosses if they also have tiny Jesus on them. The lesson of the crucifixion pain can only manifest if everything is to proper scale.
I bicycle past a catholic church that has a banner that says "JESUS WELCOMES YOU WITH OPEN ARMS" and a drawing of Jesus nailed on the cross. I'm like ... wait a minute, is that actually a joke? Jesus' arms are open because they're nailed to a piece of wood?
Haha, that made me chuckle. As did this when I saw it on lemmee....
just another example of Christians cherry picking what they what to use from their religion and using it out of context to better serve their agendas.