Re: pentacle

hoi jessie,

> miK wrote:
> > Rasmus Klitgaard-Nielsen wrote:
> >
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> > 
> > pentagrams, pentacles: five-pointed stars, either pointing down or up
> > (depicting a goat's head or jc hanging). 
> 
> These two associations were only attributed to the symbol after
> Christianity had come about.

you can't wipe out 2000 years of "associations", just like that.

> It had been used as a symbol of protection
> for many, many years before that.

which 1 of the 2 symbols? the pentagram pointing down or up? or both?
what "symbol of protection" of which ancient civilization(s) are you
referring to?

> Today is it commonly used by Pagans
> (read "those of non-Christian religions not unlike Mother-Earth
> types").

"pagans" and "mother-earth types" were deliberately put in the
"christianity"-box. the "good", nice people -- those willing to ponder
on humanity- and earth-care -- and the "bad", the tribe of individuals
just thinking about themselves.

> Those people normally have little to do with Satanists if
> anything at all as the two don't tend to approve of each other's morals
> and view-points spiritually, or otherwise.

agreed, pagans and satanists differ like moon and sun.
 
> > emblems that bear meaning to
> > a people inhabiting the northern hemisphere on the american continent.
> 
> The symbol bore and stills bears much meaning elsewhere. It's origins can
> be traced back to early Egypt.

egyptian kings thought their mummified corpses would be revived one day...
your claim on tradition is insignificant.

> > though appearing to be hyper-individualistic on microscale, the society
> > can be subdivided into two tribes: christians and satanists. 
> 
> Realistically speaking, that is untrue. Those who use this symbol are
> divided into 4 groups: Christians, Luciferians, Satanists (who don't
> believe in Satan as a conciousness but as a force), and then various
> branches of European-derived folk religions (such as Strega, Asatru, and
> the modern religion of Wicca).

(stunned)

> Thanks for submitting the ascii-art stars!

no problem. kudos2james mitchelhill.

mic

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>                 -- Aesop

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