Ok Berkana, two things about the spelling issues, first, I work the night shift maintaining planes for the Air Force, so how I spell somthing after an all night shift as I am waiting to go home and sleep at 7am should not be an issue, I got my point across, secondly, I learned how to spell in the same government funded pub;ic education institution that teaches creationism, so, in response my educational downfalls, I think its very appropriate to wipe my military boots off at the end of the day on a crucifix brush.

It's not a crucifix people, it's a lowercase "t" brush. What's the big deal?

Praise Allah, Finally a brush appropriate to clean up after my Jihads with

You guys think that the brush is offensive, what about the "baby jesus butt plug" or the "jackammer jesus" someone's selling at www.divine-interventions.com?

In the vampire movies or most monster movies, someone is always holding up a Crucifix to ward away evil. Dirt, grime and germs are just as evil and very real, so a Crucifix shaped brush is needed as well

It's art people - It's supposed to piss you off.

I am surprised by many things written above: excuses for inaccurate spelling, disregard for the sacred, but mostly an incorrect reference to a crucifix. A crucifix has a corpus upon it; a cross does not.
\"Cleanliness is next to Godliness,\" has nothing to do with the cross. Understanding the cross of Christ is vital in comprehending why He visited earth to become our Savior and has nothing to do with morality and human conduct. It has to do with God\'s action not ours.

OK, here are a few things:
1. the symbol of the cross is not necessarily Christian. The Celts, for instance, have a cross symbol that was developed and used long before Christians had any influence on them.
2. the cross, in the case of the one that killed Christ, was an instrument of death. If Jesus had have died in the Old American West, he would have been lynched. So, yes, the cross in that respect is the same as a guillotine.
3. what does the cross represent to a Christian? It represents the death of Christ. Why did Christ die? He took on the punishment for the sin of the world (humans). Why did he need to do that? Because \"without the shedding of blood there is no remission...\" from sin (Hebrews 9:22). There is even more language in the bible that equates Christ\'s blood and sacrifice with cleansing. Hebrews 10:22 makes a reference to the sprinkling of blood on the people as a symbol being cleansed by it. My point in all this is, blood (not literally, but symbolically) cleanses or cleans. So, for the Christian, the cross is the catalyst for that sacrifice that allowed for the cleansing of sin.
4. In a way, a cross brush is a fitting symbol because of what it means. The great irony is, someone attempting to be disrespectful to what the cross has come to mean to some people, has in a way captured the reality of what the cross in fact is.
5. By the way, a crucifix has a person on the cross. A cruciform does not have a person on it, so this is a cruciform brush not a crucifix brush.

I appreciate the words of a-seminarian-with-too-much-time-on-Sunday. I believe he is corrrect with all five of his comments. However, I especially appreciate his astute observation of number 4. Indeed, the plain Latin cross is a symbol of torture and death, but it becomes more than that in this case. The metaphor of this brush that removes dirt has nothing to do with morality; rather it has all to do with the removal of the filth of sin. That is the message of the cross and is unwittingly intensified with the "cruciform brush." Thank you seminarian for your insightful wisdom.

Are we all friends now?

The guest of January 29 has it all wrong. Art does not have to anger one. In fact, the function of liturgical art is to bless others. Also, the Guest of April 15 seems to think that those who disagree are not friends. Actually friends are able to disagree. It is one of the privilages of having friends. Though they disagree, they embrace one another. They love the counterpoint and exchange of ideas.

\"by johnyy tobago on February 10, 2007 9:33 am
this is so offensive to christians you are a bunch of gays\"

i feel like there is something seriously wrong with condemning someone for being offensive and then calling them "gays." get off your high horse and realize that you are just as offensive as anyone else, if not more.

thank you for helping me decide where NOT to buy.