tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152029133681792030.post5648732420726792446..comments2008-12-15T12:11:05.398-06:00Comments on Hacking Christianity: Noah, not God, made dinosaurs extinctRev. Jeremy Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10137491388537194847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152029133681792030.post-22360047218344482422008-12-15T12:11:00.000-06:002008-12-15T12:11:00.000-06:00Death as the end of discipleship? Certainly authe...Death as the end of discipleship? Certainly authentic Jesus.<BR/>"taking up your cross"? I'm not sure the specific language of "cross" historically originated with Jesus. I'm following Robert Funk & Roy Hoover on this question. I haven't read John Meier.Rev. Jeremy Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10137491388537194847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152029133681792030.post-51013582768168935782008-12-15T11:55:00.000-06:002008-12-15T11:55:00.000-06:00Tough. Jesus himself used the cross as a symbol fo...Tough. Jesus himself used the cross as a symbol for discipleship. He has only himself to blame for this. (And, just for the record, I'm following John P. Meier on the likely historicity of the "take up your cross" language.)Craig L. Adamshttp://web.me.com/craigadams1/noreply@blogger.com