Atheists & Agnostics

PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. I first heard that it was a thorn from the crown of thorns.

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 07:43 PM

Apr 2019

I'm honestly appalled and discouraged that anyone would believe such a relic exists, or is real. Even assuming that the Jesus Christ of the New Testament existed (and there's almost no evidence he did), and that the story narrated in the NT is somewhat accurate, no sensible person should be capable of believing that the crown of thorns or the cross was saved, and then cut up into little bits centuries later.

I'm okay (well, not really, but I'll pretend I am) if you believe in Jesus Christ and his divinity and all that. But please, please don't insult me by trying to claim that the crown of thorns or that splinters from the true cross really exist.

Hey, I have a bridge you might want to buy.

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Crown of Thorns? [View all] edhopper Apr 2019 OP

Sometimes people need to have something they can believe in. democratisphere Apr 2019 #1

It is never good to believe in lies edhopper Apr 2019 #6

The Crown I would file under "harmless white" where no one is hurt. democratisphere Apr 2019 #10

Believing that it is real edhopper Apr 2019 #11

The Crown is mostly symbolic. democratisphere Apr 2019 #13

I wish edhopper Apr 2019 #14

It is harmful and foul to believe in lies. Farmer-Rick Jun 2019 #27

Yeah but the world would be mountain grammy Apr 2019 #17

If I remember my history correctly, Martin Luther led an uprising against... JoeOtterbein Apr 2019 #2

I'm sure Luther had some other reasons besides the relics. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #19

I'm an atheist, Lefta Dissenter Apr 2019 #3

I am also glad they saved so much edhopper Apr 2019 #8

Yeah, if the media would simply call it a relic and not go on about the religious crap Farmer-Rick Jun 2019 #28

When it comes to religion edhopper Jun 2019 #29

as an astheist..an artist and an anthropologist... samnsara Apr 2019 #4

And the reports edhopper Apr 2019 #9

to ba it's not presented a edhopper Apr 2019 #12

I first heard that it was a thorn from the crown of thorns. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #5

Hey, it was a big thing back in the thirteenth century. dhol82 Apr 2019 #7

"Stored next to the unicorn horn and dragon's teeth" 😂 Duppers Apr 2019 #15

Indeed. DavidDvorkin Apr 2019 #16

Not to worry Brainstormy Apr 2019 #18

A teacher in high school explained that if you put all the pieces of the 'Tru Cross" ... NeoGreen Apr 2019 #21

Only magic thorns last 2000 years. You'd have to be gullible lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #20

Or some very special... NeoGreen Apr 2019 #22

Yeah: LOTS of that. lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #23

What can I say? Lady Freedom Returns May 2019 #24

A quick look at Wikipedia reveals... The Genealogist May 2019 #25

The more I think about it the more I wish the relics defacto7 May 2019 #26