Anyone ever notice that the crucified Jesus is shown in pictures as being both nailed and also tied to his cross? In the bible he is said to have "nail scarred hands" then apologists claim the actual nails were in the wrist because we all know nails in your hands will not hold you to a cross. My stepfather told me he stayed on the cross because he was supposed to stay there. Does anyone know just how the Romans crucified people? In the original texts the cross is called a torture stake. It appears to me that the ancient Catholics needed a symbol and a stake was not a good one. Dan Barker also agrees with me on the "torture stake" and he was Pentecostal. How would you wear a stake on a necklace as a symbol of anything? In modern times the necklace emblem could be an electric chair or an injection gurney.