Herbert Armstrong - teaching of a pagan cross
Herbert Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God promoted the idea that the cross is pagan. I note that the Jehovah Witnesses have the same belief - they insist Jesus dies on a stake rather than a cross, and allege the cross is of pagan origin. I would not at all be surprised if Armstrong took his idea from the Witnesses, he was after all a great copyist. Perhaps many in the Millerite movement held such belief. The purpose of this pagan theory is, I believe, to denigrate and unsettle believers whilst promoting other pagan theories such as those concerning Christmas, Easter and Sunday worship. I investigate whether these claims are true, and conclude they have no substance. Please follow the link to my post in Quora. See here.