A couple of pieces, maybe. I have a hand-crafted miniature knife on a chain, and a few Catholic friends have told me it reminds them of the Archangel Michael. I’m not Catholic, and I don’t know anything about Michael. I’m a knife collector, and I bought it from the man who made it.
I have a white brass cast belt buckle that’s an image of Bacchus, the god of wine and revelry. When I bought it, I didn’t notice the grape leaves and grapes in his hair. No Bacchus worshipers have said anything to me about it.
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May I ask where you live? I’m atheist Hindu, as I mentioned earlier, and I’d never wear a swastika in the States. It doesn’t fly around here.
Matter of fact I had a Jew once tell me that they would never, ever get over what the offensiveness of the swastika, which I both understood and which kind of offended me at the same time. It was used for thousands of years and by thousands of cultures, and now forever it’s stained by the Nazis? But then again, I certainly understand why it’s stained.
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All cultures have beloved symbols. Can’t they also have symbols they hate? The fact that they have meaning doesn’t mean it has to be a positive meaning.
According to Jewish culture, the swastika is a symbol of evil.
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All cultures have beloved symbols. Can’t they also have symbols they hate? The fact that they have meaning doesn’t mean it has to be a positive meaning.
According to Jewish culture, the swastika is a symbol of evil.
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On second thought, I wouldn’t even argue with my friend about this, so why would I argue about it with you? I didn’t mean this to be a debate or a hijack. I dont’ agree with you, but I’m not getting into it here.
I went to a Christian school and briefly considered myself Christian. During that time I acquired a necklace with a pretty crucifix pendant, which I continued to wear after I turned back to atheism. I stopped wearing it when I got yelled at and lectured for it by a friend.
I used to wear ankhs, the eye of Horus, the seal of Solomon and the occasional pentagram. It mainly had to do with the Goth aesthetic and being fashionably occult. These days I take symbols too seriously to wear them at all.
