Comments on: The Cross over Mostar http://www.beyondsarajevo.com/2009/08/18/the-cross-over-mostar/ ...about travel and culture experience in sarajevo and beyond... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:21:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Mirna Sugar http://www.beyondsarajevo.com/2009/08/18/the-cross-over-mostar/#comment-8943 Mirna Sugar Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:26:50 +0000 http://www.beyondsarajevo.com/2009/08/18/the-cross-over-mostar/#comment-8943 This is really a sad story and i am a Croatian. The Cross has different meanings for different people. I was brough up Catholic but never really cared for the symbolism of the Cross. I always felt it was wrong to display the cross everywhere, because the Cross i felt was always reminding us of suffering and of death, of guilt and pain INSTEAD...... of love and of the resurrection,and instead of the beautiful words by which one could live by which are "I AM THE LIGHT, I AM THE WAY..." I feel the Cross is always a reminder of a burden and dampening the beautiful human spirit. In this case, the Cross in the City of Mostar which was erected on the highest mountain after a brutal war in which many died... I don't believe this Cross represents God's Love.. man's wrath... yes. The City of Mostar is still a divided city today. If the Cross on Hum Hill represents God and not man's wrath and nationalism, and if the Catholic religion's true essence is about the Light and the Love of God for all.... Then this beautiful divided city on the River Neretva needs to either remove the Cross from Hum Mountain or it needs to build a Mosque next to the Cross on top of the same mountain which would represent Forgivness, Unity, Love, and God. Mujo and Haso, are people from Bosnia & Herzegovina famous for jokes: They asked Mujo, who is a Bosnina Muslim a question: "Mujo, what do you think about the huge Cross which the Croatian Catholics erected on top of Hum Hill in Mostar?" Answer: Mujo, thought for a minute then replied: "Hmmm.. Well I think it is a big PLUS for Bosnia and Herzegovina." ... IF RELIGION IS ABOUT GOD AND LOVE..... THEN IT DOES NOT DIVIDE IT UNITES. : o ) This is really a sad story and i am a Croatian. The Cross has different meanings for different people. I was brough up Catholic but never really cared for the symbolism of the Cross. I always felt it was wrong to display the cross everywhere, because the Cross i felt was always reminding us of suffering and of death, of guilt and pain INSTEAD…… of love and of the resurrection,and instead of the beautiful words by which one could live by which are “I AM THE LIGHT, I AM THE WAY…” I feel the Cross is always a reminder of a burden and dampening the beautiful human spirit. In this case, the Cross in the City of Mostar which was erected on the highest mountain after a brutal war in which many died… I don’t believe this Cross represents God’s Love.. man’s wrath… yes. The City of Mostar is still a divided city today. If the Cross on Hum Hill represents God and not man’s wrath and nationalism, and if the Catholic religion’s true essence is about the Light and the Love of God for all…. Then this beautiful divided city on the River Neretva needs to either remove the Cross from Hum Mountain or it needs to build a Mosque next to the Cross on top of the same mountain which would represent Forgivness, Unity, Love, and God.

Mujo and Haso, are people from Bosnia & Herzegovina famous for jokes:
They asked Mujo, who is a Bosnina Muslim a question:
“Mujo, what do you think about the huge Cross which the Croatian Catholics erected on top of Hum Hill in Mostar?”

Answer:
Mujo, thought for a minute then replied:
“Hmmm.. Well I think it is a big PLUS for Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

… IF RELIGION IS ABOUT GOD AND LOVE….. THEN IT DOES NOT DIVIDE IT UNITES. : o )

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Bosnia & Herzegovina: The Mostar Cross Controversy http://www.beyondsarajevo.com/2009/08/18/the-cross-over-mostar/#comment-8342 Global Voices Online » Bosnia & Herzegovina: The Mostar Cross Controversy Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:50:52 +0000 http://www.beyondsarajevo.com/2009/08/18/the-cross-over-mostar/#comment-8342 [...] Blog writes about the controversy caused by the cross erected in Mostar in 2000. Cancel this [...] […] Blog writes about the controversy caused by the cross erected in Mostar in 2000. Cancel this […]

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