Does anyone agree that Christians should be allowed to wear a cross?

Personally, I'm an atheist, but even I have no issue with this. If it's not causing a problem to you or anyone else and it's not a health issue, then by all means Christians should be allowed to wear one.

Notice the question "Does anyone agree Christians be allowed" What about other beliefs wearing what they want? Would you mind if all the health care workers in the place your were in for treatment wore an 'icon' of a different religion then yours? Would you take offence? Would you feel your treatment might be compromised for being different? Do people of different religious persuasions or lack of pose a threat to you? If you believe in god why the need to advertise it? Does god give out patron points so you can redeem them later. Should a satan worshiper be allowed the same rights? Personally I could give a rats butt but, I bet you would just by the way you worded your question.

If the rule at your job is no jewelry, or no religious symbols, cupcake, then you follow the rule and take your cross off. If there is no such rule - if other people are entitled to wear their religious symbols - then so are you.

Frankly, I get very tired of people who complain about other people's religious symbols - head coverings in Judaism or Islam, or turbans or hair or the 5 Ks for Sikhs, for example - yet claim that theirs should be the exception.

If your workplace has a rule against religious expression - even if it's aimed at hijab-wearers and you only have a cross - then the rule applies to everyone.

So what's the problem? It wasn't a big ol Flava Flav cross was it? Then no problem.

The problem arises when people of certain religions want to wear their symbols in the form of obstructions and can't understand why it's not practical and more dangerous and can actually hurt free enterprise.

"Neat Guy" can't read and is doing that WE'RE SO PERSECUTED! thing by assuming she was asked to remove the cross. According to the question, she's just asking, she's not telling us anything.

I'm libertarian, in matters of dress. As long as you are not wearing an actual weapon, or are wearing something that causes a risk to life or property (i.e. metal jewelry on an electrician), I have no problem what you wear, or even if you don't wear anything, at all.

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Regards,

John Popelish

Historians and researchers have found no evidence to validate the use of the cross among the early Christians. Interestingly, the book History of the Cross quotes one late 17th-century writer who asked: “Can it be pleasing to the blessed Jesus to behold His disciples glorying in the image of that instrument of capital punishment on which He [supposedly] patiently and innocently suffered, despising the shame?” How would you answer?

Worship acceptable to God does not require objects or images. “What agreement does God’s temple have with idols?” Paul asked. (2 Corinthians 6:14-16) Nowhere do the Scriptures suggest that a Christian’s worship should include the use of a likeness of the instrument used to impale Jesus.—Compare Matthew 15:3; Mark 7:13.

What, then, is the identifying mark of true Christians? Not the cross or any other symbol, but love. Jesus told his followers: “I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves.”—John 13:34, 35.

Every time we wear the paraphernalia of the gang we belong to, we are sending a signal to everyone else that we set ourselves apart from them or even reject them or their values. That is inappropriate conduct for a customer-facing job where, in my opinion, the role should be strictly neutral on the subject of religion.

My understanding is that religious belief is about how you live your life and your private devotions rather than being about showing off your beliefs or being arrogant about them. I might be impressed by a person's conduct but never by their trinkets, especially if they serve to alienate others intentionally or otherwise.

There is no requirement in the Christian religion to wear any visible symbols. If you wear a cross, that's your choice. Advertising your faith can be aggressive - especially if your cross is huge. An employer should be able to ask his Christian staff to be discreet. On appropriate occasions, I wear a lapel cross pin and sometimes a chi-rho tie - but not to the office.

If there are no safety concerns regarding dangly jewelry and no dress code restrictions on accessories, then the employee should be able to wear whatever necklace they want. They should not, however, get special exceptions made for them if there are restrictions in place that prevent others from wearing comparable jewelry.

Wearing a cross does not mean one is a Christian.