Originally posted by johannes
the thruth is you are the stick. you are the cross, your body are and you die on this cross, you are the one suffering. what you see on the stick is in fact an mirrored image of yourself of how you have suffered and bear sickness, pain and death. if we preach that the one we proclaim to have bear all our sickness and pain, then the question is for onstance; when did he suffer a motor accident, or when did he had aids or cancer?
but you and me did suffer, you are the body of Christ who had been sold to suffer insted of ......
Not pure Christian... I'm not good at Native African religions, but I guess you have been influenced greatly by them.