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In response to "I like the argument that Satanism isn't a religion because it doesn't worship a god because Satan isn't a god. heh. -- nm" by oblique

Things I learned yesterday...

Posted by Mel Profit (aka Mel Profit) Jul 7 '10, 07:38

apparently St. Paul is represented by the Upside Down Cross. He didn't feel himself worthy when he was crucified of dying in the same way Jesus did.

So Satanists are professing subservience to Jesus and God with the Upside Down Cross?

This came from Cracked.com so I could be hoodwinked here but if true that's pretty funny.

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IIRC this story is about St Peter, not St Paul. -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 07:58
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I think it's possible for a symbol to mean different things to different people. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 07:39 20
- word -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 07:44 1
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- As a child, I wore a Buddhism necklace with a swastika and kids at school always called me a Nazi worshiper. - hotkiss7348 Jul 7, 07:42 9
  - and when I see you I see a Nazi Sympathizer? - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:47 7
    - I had no idea, until this thread, that the swastika had a non-Nazi meaning. - ty97 Jul 7, 07:48 5
      - It was referenced in a recent movie - decline Jul 7, 07:54
      - I didn't either. -- nm - kelly Jul 7, 07:51
      - it's a fairly ancient symbol from what I remember. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:51 1
        
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      - It's so universailly reviled now, you really can't wear it and expect people not to react. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 07:49
    - To be fair, that particular symbol is impossible to take back now. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 07:48
  - very very good point. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:44
- Basically this. Satanists adopted it as an anti-Christ thing. But the Bible does talk about Paul and his reasoning. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 07:41 3
  - Um, Cracked talks about Paul and his reasoning, not the Bible. Two different things. (They cite Wikipedia, actually.) -- nm - mara Jul 7, 07:44
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    - You sure about that? I remember learning it as a child in Church. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 07:59
- true but by the sounds of it...St Paul got there first. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:41 3
  - Shotgun! -- nm - St Paul, seeing the upside down cross Jul 7, 07:41 2
    - I don't know why but I just snarfed at this. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:43
    - well shit, guess it's the baseball bat afterall -- nm - Satan Jul 7, 07:42

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