Sunday, March 18, 2012
To the Editor, The New York Times;
THE CROSS AT GROUND ZERO;
The article, " Atheists Sue to Block Display of Cross-Shaped Trade Center Beam in 9/11 Museum." (the Times, Friday, July 29, 2001, Page A20) discusses the controversy over a cross-shaped beam discovered in the debris at the World Trade Center. ( A TV news item showed a Catholic priest splashing Holy water on object.) . The plan is to install it in the museum as a part of the memorial. Already there are objections, citing the separation of church and state opinions. The cross was an instrument of torture and execution in the first century. In our culture it symbolizes the sacrifice of Jesus Christ , required by his Father in heaven, to forgive the sins of those who would believe in him. If Christ were to have lived in the 20th Century, and executed by the present day method--- in the electric chair, would models of an electric chair be installed on church steeples and altars and miniature gold replicas be hung around the neck of his followers? Would congregations be singing, "The Old Rugged Chair---the dearest and best." If he had been hung, would hangmans nooses be displayed and the hymn "The Old Rugged Noose" be sung in churches?
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