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And Christ is not eternally hanging on the cross, perpetually dying. He rose and is now seated at the right hand of the Father. He doesn't belong on the cross and keeping Him there denies His death and resurrection and the work of redemption that He said was finished. Keeping Him on the cross says that His atonement is not finished. Also, suffering does not cleanse from sin and Jesus's suffering is not redemptive. His death/finished work, past tense, is and the proof of that is the resurrection.

Just a 'personal' observation. Much of the Catholic vs Protestant discussion (if you want to call it that) on FreeRepublic is conflation of doctrine(s) and/or omitting doctrine(s) to support an argument. I've been guilty of this. I believe this is done either intentionally or ignorantly to win an argument. While Muslims are cutting Christian (Catholic and Protestant) heads off and the demon possessed and Marxists are mutilating our children, Christians on FR argue among themselves. Satan loves this.

You say Catholics believe Jesus is perpetually dying on the cross. The Catholic church as well as other Christian churches understand that God and heaven are outside of time and space as we understand it. The Mass is a 'representation' of the crucifiction. - re: https://www.ncregister.com/blog/is-jesus-re-sacrificed-at-every-mass

The sins of man, past, present and future were laid on Jesus (His body and soul) for our redemption. If we believe this then it stands to reason that the crucifixion is a sacrifice that incudes priest and victim, which spans eternity.

"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed." - 1 Peter 2:24

No cross/crucifiction - no salvation!

I've said in past posts - Christians are to celebrate Christ's life, death and resurrection.

The very first line of this article says this......

Born-Again zealots always make sure that Jesus Crucified is not on the Cross

That's the author's quote, not mine.

Jesus' work of atonement on the cross is finished and He is no longer hanging there.

Then there is this flat out lie by the author of the article.

This guy has NO clue about the actual Biblical theology surrounding being born again and how works and faith relate to each other. He does not understand the born again theology at all and is only parroting Catholic talking points which grossly misrepresents the born again theology.

The article contains virtually no truth about the position of Evangelicals and what they think and believe.

Of course, he can't because he is spiritually dead and cannot understand spiritual truths.

This article is like a blind person lecturing people about what seeing and light is all about.