harry brown Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 THE CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE 2 OF THE MOST EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SYMBOLS IN THE BLACK COMMMUNITIES//THEOLOGIAN JAMES H. CONE EXPLORES THE SYMBOLS AND THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK//JESUS ON THE CROSS AND BLACK PEOPLE LYNCHED WERE BOTH BEING DISPLAYED//NOT A BIBLE READER.WHEN JESUS WAS ON THE CROSS,WAS THERE CELEBRATING /BLACK MEN LYNCHED ,THERE ARE PICTURES OF THE KLAN AND THE KLAN CROWD CELEBRATING////SOME OF THE PREACHERS ARE AS BAD AS THE ROMANS ARE WHOEVER PUT CHRIST ON THE CROSS///NOT A BIBLE READER,SOME CHRISTIANS AND PREACHERS DO NOT READ THE BIBLE EITHER.//// .BIBLE DOES NOT SAY COLOR OF CHRIST,BLACK PREACHERS CONTROLLED BY GREED PROFIT SAY HE IS, WHITE,/SPIRIT OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING IS NOT IN BLACK, CHURCHES/BLACK PEOPLE ARE SPIRITUALLY CONFINED,ENSLAVED BY BLACK, PREACHERS////... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Yeah James H. Cone is a scholar more people should be familiar with. Interestingly I only learned about his work as a result of AALBC.com a couple of years ago Cone published The Cross and the Lynching Tree. Thanks for the reminder Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer1 Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 According to the original manuscripts and translations of the New Testament Jesus wasn't nailed to a cross.He was hung on a tree.In other words he was lynched by the Roman authorities.The cross didn't become a Christian symbol until Constantine made it so centuries later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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