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Old 05-12-2003, 04:22 AM   #1
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Default Question about Jehova's Witnesses and the Cross

A few of my relatives are members of the JWs and from time to time I get the opportunity (humor me please...) to read a few of their tracts Awake and The Watchtower.

I don't think that I have ever seen the cross symbol in any of the pamphlets. A few days ago I was looking through an article and there was a depiction of Jesus tied to a pole without the vertical bar of the cross.

So does the JWers believe that there was no cruxifiction because, simply, no crosses were used for that purpose? Instead a simple pole was used

What is the reasoning behind all this? Scriptural support ?

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Old 05-12-2003, 08:45 AM   #2
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I don't know. I have noticed that too, though.
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Old 05-12-2003, 09:56 AM   #3
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Takle a look at this website. It should help!

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I was talking to a JW and they said that displaying a cross is like displaying a murder weapon. Plus they think it was more likely a stake or even a tree than a cross.
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