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To: Pyro7480
The same exact way the Hakenkreuz, or Swastika, was perverted by Nazi's from a good luck symbol 3000 years old, to a symbol of hate.

The same way a Roman instrument of torture has been the crucifix idol of modern Christianity despite your Gods admonitions against such things.

Or do I need to pull up some of Fred Phelps ramblings to show there are nut cases in every religion?

Interesting that they would choose the Rune Othala as it has not only the implication of "Roots" or "Beginnings" to it, but it can also mean "retreat" or "withdraw to whence you came".

71 posted on 12/16/2004 12:37:52 PM PST by Dead Corpse (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: Dead Corpse
The same way a Roman instrument of torture has been the crucifix idol of modern Christianity despite your Gods admonitions against such things.

There is an important distinction here. In ancient paganism, the idols WERE a people's gods. In Christianity, a crucifix is a symbol of Christ's death on the cross. That's ancient Christianity, not modern, since most "modern" strands of Christianity have criticized the use of a corpus on the cross, since they like the emphasize the Resurrection.

89 posted on 12/16/2004 12:53:24 PM PST by Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
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