By: Norbert Sykes
To: George Mooth
Re: The Cross

George Mooth > Elliott Finesse : The Cross

 EF>I have a worse shock in store for you. There are NO CROSSES IN
 EF>CHRISTIANITY! There are no crosses ANYWHERE  in the Bible. Look at the
 EF>original Greek and it translates to "upright pale or stake."
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 GM> According to Strongs definition of "cross":
 GM> 4716 stauros {stow-ros'}
 GM> from the base of 2476; TDNT - 7:572,1071; n m

 GM> AV  - cross (28)
 GM> 1) an upright stake, esp. a pointed one
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 It sure looks to me as though your definition (or, more precisely,
 Strong's) agrees with Elliott's.

 EF>Does the fraud and deceit ever end?

 GM> I guess that's up to you.

 So what's the problem?