I don't normally post in the religion forum, I certainly don't start threads here... usually... I don't really have much interest in religion one way or the other.
But I saw a comment in a now locked thread in the badlands that, as a lover of history, I found curious:
I was somewhat surprised that a person of faith would be offended by the substitution of "Christ" for "X." The only reasoning I can think of for such offense is a lack of awareness as to the history of the use of "X" in place of "Christ."
Ive seen some people say Writing Xmas is trying to eliminate Christ from Christmas. Ive also heard similar things about using Xtian. This seems to me to be incredibly fearful, as well as ignorant of history. I dont think there is anyone alive today that doesnt know Xmas is an abbreviation for Christmas, which contains the word Christ. This is not a new movement to hide Christ. This abbreviation has been around a very long time.
The labarum, often called the Chi-Rho, is a Christian symbol representing Christ. It is a symbol comprised of our letters X and P, which in Greek are the first two letters of Christ. This symbol has been around, and directly representative of Christ, since at least the 4th century. There have also been numerous versions of ichthys symbols since the first century, all representing Jesus. Ichthys is Greek for fish, but in their alphabet it looks like ΙΧΘΥΣ. It is an acrostic for Jesus Christ, Gods son, savior and writing it, or one of its symbols, has always identified someone as Christian. It was often shortened to simply X, as the X was the letter in the ichthys that represented Christs name, and the letter is also reminiscent of a cross.
In short, if people want to be offended, they will always find a way. But this one, it's a bit of a stretch for me...
But I saw a comment in a now locked thread in the badlands that, as a lover of history, I found curious:
I was somewhat surprised that a person of faith would be offended by the substitution of "Christ" for "X." The only reasoning I can think of for such offense is a lack of awareness as to the history of the use of "X" in place of "Christ."
Ive seen some people say Writing Xmas is trying to eliminate Christ from Christmas. Ive also heard similar things about using Xtian. This seems to me to be incredibly fearful, as well as ignorant of history. I dont think there is anyone alive today that doesnt know Xmas is an abbreviation for Christmas, which contains the word Christ. This is not a new movement to hide Christ. This abbreviation has been around a very long time.
The labarum, often called the Chi-Rho, is a Christian symbol representing Christ. It is a symbol comprised of our letters X and P, which in Greek are the first two letters of Christ. This symbol has been around, and directly representative of Christ, since at least the 4th century. There have also been numerous versions of ichthys symbols since the first century, all representing Jesus. Ichthys is Greek for fish, but in their alphabet it looks like ΙΧΘΥΣ. It is an acrostic for Jesus Christ, Gods son, savior and writing it, or one of its symbols, has always identified someone as Christian. It was often shortened to simply X, as the X was the letter in the ichthys that represented Christs name, and the letter is also reminiscent of a cross.
In short, if people want to be offended, they will always find a way. But this one, it's a bit of a stretch for me...
