Stone Cross.<BR>Christians have always held that the Crucifixion was more than merely a martyr's death, a travesty of justice where a good man was executed. Rather, it was a tear in the fabric of history, and part of a great overarching eternal plan.<BR>Crucifixion was a method of killing people widely used in earlier times. The victim was hung on a cross (usually made of two wooden beams) and left there until death. Crucifixion was designed as a cruel, painful way to die.