hell with the cross?
Cross is a memorable about religion and Jesus crucifiction. If you skip the Jesus part, it's just a piece of wood or metal, just like other pieces of wood or metal, except it's crafted into some shape. Beside reminding about God, it doesn't have any special powers like fending off vampires.
The cross is not the only symbol of christianity. In antiquitity, it was a fish (fish means ICHTYOS in greek, the word was also abbrevation for Iesus Christus something-something Salvator). Other ancient symbols were, for example, Phoenix (symbol of rebirth), and first christians prayed not to the direction were cross hangs (as most falks pray publicaly in Poland usually, today) but with their faces to the east, in direction of the rising sun...
(there were 2 theories one, first: Eden was in the east, second: Christ have risen from the dead like a sun rises every morning)
As for the cross, the first praying christians did not usually knee and put hands together (it came with middle-ages, it was symbol of respect of vasal to senior), but they were mostly staying with arms on both sides, like Jesus when he hanged on a cross.
Personally, I think it was looking much better...
It's not that I'm against symbolism... I simply prefer cause over symbol.
