In the tumultuous days following the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, workers at Ground Zero discovered a sign of hope and comfort – a cross – two intersecting steel beams from Tower One of the World Trade Center standing in the midst of so much death and destruction. In the decade since 9/11, the Ground Zero Cross has become a symbol of hope and healing for those who survived the terrorist attack, the families and friends who lost loved ones on that day, and the coworkers of the brave first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice

12. In the tumultuous days following the worst terrorist
attack in U.S. history, workers at Ground Zero
discovered a sign of hope and comfort – a cross – two
intersecting steel beams from Tower One of the World
Trade Center standing in the midst of so much death
and destruction.
In the decade since 9/11, the Ground Zero Cross has
become a symbol of hope and healing for those who
survived the terrorist attack, the families and friends
who lost loved ones on that day, and the coworkers of
the brave first responders who made the ultimate
sacrifice

16. This historical artifact of the 9/11 attacks is, lawsuit
notwithstanding, going to be featured in the new 9/11 Memorial
and Museum. Unfortunately, angry atheist syndrome has reared
its ugly head again. As soon as the cross selection was
announced the American Atheists organized filed suit, claiming
it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
The group actually claims that its members are experiencing
“dyspepsia [upset stomach], symptoms of depression,
headaches, anxiety, and mental pain and anguish,” not from the
devastating destruction of life caused by the terrorists on 9/11,
but as a “direct and proximate result of the unconstitutional
existence of the cross.” That’s not a line from a blog post, a press
release, or a fundraising letter; that is the actual legal argument
presented by the American Atheists in their complaint.

19. Heb 12:2
looking unto Jesus, the author and
finisher of our faith, who for the joy
that was set before Him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and has
sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God.

22. 1 John 2:1-2
And if any man
is a sinner, we
have a friend and
helper with the
Father, Jesus
Christ, the
upright one:
2
He is the
offering for our
sins; and not for
ours only, but for
all the world.

23. 1 John 4:10
And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that He had
love for us, and sent His Son to be an offering for our sins.

25. Matt 28:5-6
The angel said to the women, "Do not be
afraid, for I know that you are looking for
Jesus, Who was crucified. 6 He is not here;
He has risen, just as He said. Come and see
the place where He lay.
Mark 16:6
6 But the man said, "Don't be afraid. You are
looking for Jesus from Nazareth, Who has
been crucified. He has risen from the dead;
He is not here. Look, here is the place they
laid Him.

27. 1 John 5:11-13
11
And His witness is this, that God has given us
eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
12
He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the
Son of God has not the life.
13
I have put these things in writing for you who have
faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may
be certain that you have eternal life.

29. 1 John 2:28
28 And now, children, stay with Christ. Live
deeply in Christ. Then we'll be ready for Him
when He appears, ready to receive Him with open
arms, with no cause for red-faced guilt or lame
excuses when He arrives.

33. In the tumultuous days following the worst
terrorist attack in U.S. history, workers at
Ground Zero discovered a sign of hope and
comfort – a cross – two intersecting steel beams
from Tower One of the World Trade Center
standing in the midst of so much death and
destruction.
In the decade since 9/11, the Ground Zero Cross
has become a symbol of hope and healing for
those who survived the terrorist attack, the
families and friends who lost loved ones on
that day, and the coworkers of the brave first
responders who made the ultimate sacrifice.

34. 1 John 2:1-2
And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and
helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:
2
He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only,
but for all the world.
1 John 4:10
10
And this is love, not that we had love for God, but
that He had love for us, and sent His Son to be an
offering for our sins.

36. This historical artifact of the 9/11 attacks is, lawsuit
notwithstanding, going to be featured in the new 9/11
Memorial and Museum. Unfortunately, angry atheist
syndrome has reared its ugly head again. As soon as the cross
selection was announced the American Atheists organized
filed suit, claiming it violated the Establishment Clause of the
First Amendment.
The group actually claims that its members are experiencing
“dyspepsia [upset stomach], symptoms of
depression, headaches, anxiety, and mental pain and anguish,”
not from the devastating destruction of life caused by the
terrorists on 9/11, but as a “direct and proximate result of the
unconstitutional existence of the cross.” That’s not a line from
a blog post, a press release, or a fundraising letter; that is the
actual legal argument presented by the American Atheists in
their complaint.