And where's my sophistry? You are the one who called the cross "a lie"! "War and Peace" my answer certainly was not. I aim to explain thoroughly, and three short paragraphs to answer your several whoppers is hardly excessive. Especially when there is every indication that a simple short sentence or two will definitely be misapprehended. Make of that what you will.
Good evening to you.
You can battle that chemera all you wish, but all here know that it's a lie. The cross is not the lie, the crucifix is. He is arisen victorious, not hanging dead for eternity as RCs portray him.
I'll never forget my Great Grandfather's High Mass funeral, at St. Joseph's in San Jose. The Bishop of the diocease conducted it. They had hated each other for decades. He draped a large black velvet blanket over the casket, and then a narrow banner with a ten foot long white cross on a black background, with a white fringe was draped over the casket lengthwise, leaving a three foot inverted cross visible to the congregation. 300 people gasped in unison. It would have made Anton LeVey proud. I was five years old at the time, and it left a lasting impression. It would be 48 years before I again entered a RC church, necessitated by a friend's wedding.