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Does anyone know what the heartagram is? Its not a pentagram, it is the symbol of the Finnish rockband HIM and it means lovemetal. But our youthpastor thinks its evil and of satan! It's NOT. My question is how am I to deal with this? Just ignore it? My bestfriend tried to explain to him that is isn't and he claims its just a play on the pentagram... (note: I wasn't there that day, it was at sunday school. My parents dont go to church so I don't have a way to get there in the mornings.)
What do you guys do when people try to put satanic lables on you? Have you ever been accused of something like this. What do you think of the heartagram? Do you think it is evil? Their songs are all okay, mostly love songs (ex- solitary man, right here in my arms, funeral of hearts.) they only have one 'bad' song, which I don't listen to. Called your sweet six six six, but the lead singer claims its not the beast six six six, I really know. I just don't listen to it. What do you think I should do if they tell me its evil? It really upsets me...

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Also, xion, as you mentioned in another thread.

"The pentacle is a five-sided star with a circle around it. Most people think it's demonic, but they are thinking fo the pentagram, whichis an upside down pentacle. The pentacle used by modern day witches, (Pagan, Wicca)... is really a symbol of God.

The pentacle was a Jewish symbol representing the five books of the Torra. Genesis, Exodus, Leciticus, Numbers, and Duteronomy. It was much later used by early Christians in te first century church as a secret symbol to avoid being found out by the Chatholics, which were hunted then.
The five pointe mean the five woundss of christ. Two feet, two hands, one side.

The upside town pentacle, (pentagram) is used to mock God much like the upside down cross. The Pentagram is sometimes featured with a goat's head inside of it called the face of Bophemet."

So just tell your pastor that, (The history of the pentacle) and then maybe he'll see that the heartagram isn't really a bad thing, becasue the pentacle isn't either.
That, or you could argue that scince the heartagram is a play on the pentagram, that it it, in a way, mocking the Wiccan religion's symbol. So it's rally a good thing, becasue it shows that you are against Wicca.. (?)

Not to mention, you know, that one of the commandments... the first one, includes the phrase
"You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth"
Both crosses and neclace heartagrams, and prntagrams, and crucifixes, and ect... all fall under the catagory of "graven."

I wouldn't say it was evil either

Its a band symbol, not a riligious one.
Not even many fans can agree on what exactly the heartagram means though. I think its what you make of it. Symbols have no true power, but what they symbolize does. The heartagram seems sort of made for the person to decide the meaning of it themselves.

Were it if you want to.. indead its no evil unless you make it evil.. either way HIM SUCKS!!!!!.. and I myself fancy the heartagram very much, really what do people see in Ville.. he's so yuch!! (i think i'm gonna hurl)

haha, do you feel better now?? it seems as though you had been needing to let something out in a while, haha.

people can take things so wrong its not even funny today! i was talking to one of my friends and i told them that i was into H.I.M. and they were like "OMG i never knew you were satanic!" then i had to explain to her that H.I.M. isnt a satanic band and here were all the usual questions (do you know wat H.I.M. stands for!? what about the heartagram?!!!) i still dont think she believes im not satanic or that neither is H.I.M. but that is her problem, not mine.