[Angelino97]

“That stuff freaks Rupert out. He doesn’t like all the spiritual talk,”

The cross freaks out a lot of people. It's salvation to those who believe, and judgment to those who don't.

[SaveFerris]

[The Cross freaks out a lot of people.]

Yes.

[It’s Salvation to those who believe, and judgment to those who don’t.]

Yes.

1 Corinthians 1:18
Evangelical Heritage Version

God’s Way of Saving People Seems Foolish to Some

18 For the message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being Saved, it is the power of God.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+1%3A18&version=EHV

(this is my favorite rendering of the passage)

[Elsie]

The cross freaks out a lot of people.