Originally Posted by RagnarokCzD
Originally Posted by GM4Him
666 and the pentagram and upside down cross
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they glorify Satan and his demons.
This is interesting, even tho certainly not uncommon point of view ...

Do you know that there are historical documents prooving that certain groups of people were using pentagrams to actualy protect themself from demons? Rather than praise them?
And as the matter of fact, as far as i know, some still do. O_o

You are right that symbols are only symbols ... and have no power themselves ...
But it still makes me sad when i see people who seem to only remember perverted version of them ... :-/

How interesting. That I did not read about. I know the Swastika was actually perverted by the Nazis. It was originally a very holy, peace symbol. The name "Swastika", actually means something close to, "It is well with my soul," or "It is peaceful to me," or "Be at peace," and in many places it is considered a sign of welcome and blessing and well wishing.

I guess it shows that the two are similar in that both were meant for good but twisted to be considered evil.