[JustPlainJoe]

My take on those necklaces is, He's no longer on the cross; He conquered it and death for us - so take him off.

[Theo]

Isn't it really unimportant whether a piece of jewelry has a "little man" on it or not? Catholics have their crucifix with Jesus hanging on it; Protestants have their cross with Jesus having already been raised from the dead.

It ultimately doesn't matter what that jewelry has on it.

It's not "either-or" -- it's "both-and." Jesus died on the cross as a sufficient sacrifice. It's good to remember what he did there. That is the only thing Christians are encouraged to "boast" in. At the same time, Jesus is alive, the Holy Spirit is among us, we worship a living God.

This "crucifix/cross" discussion is ultimately pretty meaningless. Let's get beyond it and agree that Jesus' sufferings on the cross are a powerful message of the wrath and love of God, and his being raised from the dead is an encouragement, a demonstration of his victory over death, a promise of our future....

[A.A. Cunningham]

A cross without the corpus of Christ is the symbol of ancient, pagan Rome and as Saint Paul wrote:

"But we preach Christ crucified: unto the Jews indeed a stumbling lock, and unto the Gentiles foolishness: But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God." 1 Corinthians 1:23-24