Right? Uh, no.
In every crucifix I have seen, He is dead, defeated, with His head hanging and eyes shut.
No, that is your misapprehension, apparently universal ("every").
...and was never taken down to be buried.
LOL
Honestly, tell me: what Catholic-hating organization taught you that?
You're right. I was over-reaching. It is more like 99.9999999%.
Honestly, tell me: what Catholic-hating organization taught you that?
You would love for me to name a church, but it is Scripture that has brought me to see the RC organization as just that. There are surely lots of Christians in it, but that does not make it the only true church. That one belongs to Jesus, not Rome. Let's hear His words...
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John 3: 5Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit. 7You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You[c] must be born again.' 8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."
9"How can this be?" Nicodemus asked.
10"You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things? 11I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. 12I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaventhe Son of Man.[d] 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.[e] ...
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...John 20: 17Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' "
18Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her...