Rekhyt2238
...Hi! and welcome.
I have been where you are. And like MarginOfError, I feel the cross is like wearing my CTR ring. A reminder... Now, the
Crucifix is, to me, the depiction of his death, and I personally would not want to wear a replication of a wounded, tortured, dying Christ. But when I see a cross
I do not think death; I think
Savior...Redeemer. Probably not much of a distinction to most, but that is what I experience.
The Ensign Article is a wonderful claification.
And you are not forbidden to wear a cross, just that it is not our focus. (as kart2960 stated.)
All this said, is wearing or not wearing a cross such an important issue for you, that you would leave the Church?
I would definitely turn to Heavenly Father and through prayer find my peace with this.
Again,
welcome; and I hope you stick around.
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True Grits
"If you have integrity, nothing else matters.
If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters."
(~Alan Simpson~)
"If you have men who will exclude any of
God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity,
you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men."
(~St. Francis of Assisi~)