New Posts For Thread: Mormons don't wear crosses?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28629343/Mormons_dont_wear_crossesI've heard that Mormons don't wear crosses and some have said that when they were in school the Mormons would bully them for wearing one. I've read that some Mormons believe that wearing a cross is like wearing a gun - which doesn't make sense becausWelcome to the LDS forum of Beliefnet EarthquakeQueen64.-----------The resurrection of Jesus is pretty much a universally shared Christian belief..http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28629343/Mormons_dont_wear_crosses?post_id=512470037#512470037Welcome to the LDS forum of Beliefnet EarthquakeQueen64.-----------The resurrection of Jesus is pretty much a universally shared Christian belief..Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:28:39 -0600Latter-day Saints don't wear crosses because Jesus is alive. If an LDS person bullies someone for wearing one that LDS person is doing something unloving and will have to answer to God for doing that. Unfortunately there are self-righteous LDS peoplehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28629343/Mormons_dont_wear_crosses?post_id=512434443#512434443Latter-day Saints don't wear crosses because Jesus is alive. If an LDS person bullies someone for wearing one that LDS person is doing something unloving and will have to answer to God for doing that. Unfortunately there are self-righteous LDS peopleThu, 10 Nov 2011 23:04:33 -0600Thank you for the (majority) polite replies.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28629343/Mormons_dont_wear_crosses?post_id=512030285#512030285Thank you for the (majority) polite replies.Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:58:02 -0500I was thinking about this Cross subject in Church today and looked around at the women in the Chapel. Not only did I not see Crosses today but I saw almost no jewelry, except earings, at all.Then the sacrament hymn brought to my mind how we tend to fhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28629343/Mormons_dont_wear_crosses?post_id=511922359#511922359I was thinking about this Cross subject in Church today and looked around at the women in the Chapel. Not only did I not see Crosses today but I saw almost no jewelry, except earings, at all.Then the sacrament hymn brought to my mind how we tend to fSun, 30 Oct 2011 19:06:16 -0500I wear a cross, it’s made to look like the cross at ground zero. I wear it in reference for all who died that day.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:911site_cross...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28629343/Mormons_dont_wear_crosses?post_id=511786989#511786989I wear a cross, it’s made to look like the cross at ground zero. I wear it in reference for all who died that day.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:911site_cross...Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:06:49 -0500Mike Reed has written extensively on the subject of Mormons and the Cross. He notes that this aversion to wearing a cross started during the early part of the 20th Century and was emphasized after two LDS Apostles met with a very rude reception at ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28629343/Mormons_dont_wear_crosses?post_id=511780313#511780313Mike Reed has written extensively on the subject of Mormons and the Cross. He notes that this aversion to wearing a cross started during the early part of the 20th Century and was emphasized after two LDS Apostles met with a very rude reception at aThu, 27 Oct 2011 20:18:35 -0500“'I’ve heard that Mormons don't wear crosses and some have said that when they were in school the Mormons would bully them for wearing one.” That is an interesting statement that leads to many questions about the school, the studenthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28629343/Mormons_dont_wear_crosses?post_id=511764959#511764959“'I’ve heard that Mormons don't wear crosses and some have said that when they were in school the Mormons would bully them for wearing one.” That is an interesting statement that leads to many questions about the school, the studentThu, 27 Oct 2011 14:51:48 -0500The official stance is that our very lives should be a symbol of what we believe, as per chapter 2 in the Epistle of James.In that sense, crosses and a fair amount of the other "traditional" images are seen as redundant at best and a distraction at whttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28629343/Mormons_dont_wear_crosses?post_id=511758425#511758425The official stance is that our very lives should be a symbol of what we believe, as per chapter 2 in the Epistle of James.In that sense, crosses and a fair amount of the other "traditional" images are seen as redundant at best and a distraction at wThu, 27 Oct 2011 13:04:00 -0500My best info is that there are no crosses in the Mormon churches as the cross is seen as celebrating the death of Christ as opposed to a celebration of his life after death. At least that's the answer I got when I asked a Bishop in Salt Lake.I've nothttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28629343/Mormons_dont_wear_crosses?post_id=511756505#511756505My best info is that there are no crosses in the Mormon churches as the cross is seen as celebrating the death of Christ as opposed to a celebration of his life after death. At least that's the answer I got when I asked a Bishop in Salt Lake.I've notThu, 27 Oct 2011 12:25:37 -0500I've heard that Mormons don't wear crosses and some have said that when they were in school the Mormons would bully them for wearing one. I've read that some Mormons believe that wearing a cross is like wearing a gun - which doesn't make sense becaushttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28629343/Mormons_dont_wear_crosses?post_id=511755209#511755209I've heard that Mormons don't wear crosses and some have said that when they were in school the Mormons would bully them for wearing one. I've read that some Mormons believe that wearing a cross is like wearing a gun - which doesn't make sense becausThu, 27 Oct 2011 11:59:46 -0500