Let him take up his cross & follow me

Originally posted by vistesd
I have no real quarrel with the traditional exegesis. It’s just not the only possibility, if one is willing to step away from the tradition.

Me neither, since the expression has come to mean what it was supposed to mean (if that makes sense). We read "take up your cross" metaphorically (except for the gentleman encountered by aspviper666). I guess the anachronism says more about Bible translation than about what Jesus had to say.

Originally posted by Nemesio
LOL! I was kidding, Uncle 😉

I took it thus, Nephew! 🙂

Yes,that was why i scoffed at the poor guy carrying a cross.
I think he missed the point,but in doing so,he also hit the nail on the head.He was an attention getter,and he preached fervently.hard to imagine a larger cross to bear than the riddicule of others.Yet he was always cheerful and full of life.
Maybe an example of faith becoming flesh???Or a blind pig finding an acorn???Hard to tell,but i must admit i still am impressed by his literal
translation of the KJV bible.Ill bet he is one of those snake cult xians by now anyways.

Originally posted by aspviper666
.Ill bet he is one of those snake cult xians by now anyways.

Your story reminds me of Baudelaire's prose poem, "To Each His Chimera".

I found a rather tatty version of it here: http://people.brandeis.edu/~edkaplan/parisian-texts-n6.html

Originally posted by aspviper666
Yes,that was why i scoffed at the poor guy carrying a cross.
I think he missed the point,but in doing so,he also hit the nail on the head.

Was he nailing himself to the cross? 😉

Originally posted by Nordlys
Was he nailing himself to the cross? 😉

ROFLMFAO

No but i suggested it to him a few times.
As did others.