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 Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:00 am
can every symbol honestly be deemed evil??? i mean everthing can be given a symbolistic meaning and yet a lot of truthers go overboard on symbols linked to evil alone. lightling bolts dragons, and a slew of other things with more then one meaning and doesnt make you have ties to darkness somehow make you evil now. and the fact the yin yang is evil somehow implys that cristians with these thoughts are well there belief is perfect *im probaly gonna hurt myself when i proofread this tomorrow* but thoughts on symbols and spamm the place wit h symbols
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:32 pm
I've noticed that Christianity has a tendency to demonize or assimilate things it doesn't agree with or is in competition with. Mostly demonize. My point with stating this is that most of the Truther Community seem to come from a Christian viewpoint and therefore a lot of benign symbols end up being deemed evil.
A symbol only means what you think it means. Sadly, a lot of beautiful symbols now have evil connotations because Christianity saw them as being against it. I'm not trying to pick on Christianity here, but it really is what I see a lot of.
An example: The inverted (point down) pentagram. A pentagram with the point up symbolizes the Four Elements with an emphasis on Spirit (hence the pointing up). The inverted pentagram symbolizes the same thing, only with emphasis on chthonic (earth) energies. There's nothing inherently Satanic or evil about it, but it's been adopted by Satanists and because of that it is viewed as something evil.
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:42 pm
Well as a beliver in the Messiah I must say the only "Symbols" we should really even care about are the ones we make. They're just being superstitious if they are remarking on symbols created by others. We're only really supposed to work out our own salvation and not cast any first stones.
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:02 pm
stuff like that annoys me though i mean the symbol of the thing crist is killed on is Really somehow better???
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:38 pm
Hoshioni stuff like that annoys me though i mean the symbol of the thing crist is killed on is Really somehow better??? You mean a tourcher device? Funny almost ironic how something like the swastika could be a symbol of peace then turned into hate. While a cross would be a symbol of pain, suffering, death but then be flipped to mean peace...
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:18 am
.......yep im discovering symbols are linked to imporant historic things
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:21 am
Azkeel Hoshioni stuff like that annoys me though i mean the symbol of the thing crist is killed on is Really somehow better??? You mean a tourcher device? Funny almost ironic how something like the swastika could be a symbol of peace then turned into hate. While a cross would be a symbol of pain, suffering, death but then be flipped to mean peace... Not to change the subject, but I was reading about this show that said something on the lines of "We've actually only ever proven 1 crucifixion out of the supposed 10,000+ Roman tortures." Kinda interesting. Naked Archaeologist or something.
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:56 pm
I remember reading somewhere that early Christians actually borrowed the Egyptian ankh for their symbol before they began using the cross.
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:15 pm
Obscurus I remember reading somewhere that early Christians actually borrowed the Egyptian ankh for their symbol before they began using the cross. yep all the ancient cultures had connections believe it or not......people just want us to assume we had boats and never traveled?
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:20 pm
Hoshioni Obscurus I remember reading somewhere that early Christians actually borrowed the Egyptian ankh for their symbol before they began using the cross. yep all the ancient cultures had connections believe it or not......people just want us to assume we had boats and never traveled? The Greeks (and then the Romans) borrowed a lot from Egypt so that's not really a big surprise. I think the main argument is that most ancient peoples' boats weren't sturdy enough for travel on the open sea.
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:21 pm
....i never said that nobody ever died.....XD
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:38 pm
Hoshioni ....i never said that nobody ever died.....XD
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:52 pm
and the fate of the world depends on people like us....no wonder were screwed....XD
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:53 pm
Azkeel Well as a beliver in the Messiah I must say the only "Symbols" we should really even care about are the ones we make. They're just being superstitious if they are remarking on symbols created by others. We're only really supposed to work out our own salvation and not cast any first stones. I agree with this. A symbol only has as much power and meaning as we are willing to put into it. Zetha = Pure Power Futholai = Me the Man O'del = God Dalcain = A badass of pure awesomeness just because he is and the next best thing to the Messiah.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:13 pm
hmm welll i think its time for a do it yourself tatic change revolution.
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