Is having Christ on the cross a sign of torture or the reverse?

Being Baptist, I recognize the empty cross as a sign of the resurrection where Catholics recognize the cross bearing Jesus as the sign of the crucifixion.  One clergy i heard said without Christ on the cross, it was only a sign of torture. Wouldn't Christ on the cross be a sign of torture?

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