As a lifelong JW, I have never and still don't understand the big deal of the stake/cross thing.
I thought the whole point of Jesus death was the offer of a perfect sacrifice for atonement of sins.
So if Jesus was nailed to a stake, cross, tree, or to Pontius Pilate's garage, wasn't the whole thing about the perfect life being offered as a sacrifice? It's like arguing If the nails were made of brass, 314 stainless steel, iron or whatever, so what?
I just don't get it.
Rub a Dub