I have never heard that analogy and I was a missionary.
The cross is not offensive, but who knows how many were crucified by the Romans, it was not a one time event, Jesus was crucified between two thieves, was he not?
Jesus Death was voluntary and was the culmination of his sacrifice, not the entirety of it.
The Atonement was a one time thing, no-one else qualified, not was capable of it.
To imply that Mormons discount the Atonement of Jesus Christ is to grossly misstate the facts.
Delph
Then you'll need to explain; from any of your scriptures you wish; just WHY that 'atonement' wasn't sufficient for the sin of MURDER.
The jury is getting very restless.
I love the symbol of the cross, because I am a Christian.
You shun the cross but wear a masonic compass and square and on your underwear.
I celebrate the rescuing sacrifice of Christ on the Cross, you belittle him by claiming the ability to work your way to heaven with phariseeical secret handshakes, endless genealogies, death oaths and oil annointings.
Your founders LOATHED Christianity, the cross and Christians, and spoke of it often.
You are quick to claim the authority of bibilical prophets and priests, yet BOTH quick to mock things that MORMONISM CORRUPTED as CORRUPT, AND simultaneously ignoring the "corrected" version of the bible "retranslated" by FLDS/LDS "Prophet" Joe Smith.