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If you asked most christians what the crucifixion looked like I would bet would describe something that looked like this. The thing is we now have to ask is this what the word says? The only way to find out is to open the word be it your favorite bible website or opening a real bible to see what it says. That is the only way to separate the truth from the tradition. Remember what Jesus said about tradition? Mark7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. What we are looking for is the truth of the word of God not what tradition says. Tradition is fine when it lines up with God's word but if you base your belief system solely on tradition you will be wrong sooner or later then your belief is wrong. If your or my belief system contradicts the bible we need to go with the bible. So let's go to the word of God and see what it says. Luke 23:32-40 32 And there were also two oth...
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Philippians 2

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