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this post was submitted on 27 May 2025
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This just happens to coincide with right when Joe Taekwondo Rogan becoming a Xian.
Coincidence ? I think not.
I first read "Xian" as "fan of Xi Jinping", and then this comment would have made sense. But no, Joe Rogan claims to have become a Christian.
I've never understood xtian and xmas. Jeebus supposedly got nailed to what they call a cross, but was really a lowercase t. The abbreviations that would make sense to me would be tian and tmas. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
The x isnt symbolising the cross (well kinda is too but not mainly), its a latinisation of χ the greek letter chi which makes the "ch" sound, as in Christ.
The chi-rho (from christ in greek χριστοσ) was a symbol of early christianity.
t is a much more common letter than x, making the chance of confusion higher. x rarely gets used and kinda looks like a cross.