http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2006/11/like-nazis-and-demons.html A modern Pagan perspective Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2006/11/like-nazis-and-demons.html#comment-766 The Emerson Avenger Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:36:00 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2006/11/like-nazis-and-demons.html#comment-766 "There is something unique in that the Pentagram is considered a satanic symbol, by some...to some Christians, this symbol is like a swastika to them."ROTFLMU*UOIn that the five-pointed star aka pentagram aka pentacle is indeed considered to be a satanic symbol by some Christians surely they should be more concerned about the fact that it is plastered all over U.S. Army vehicles and U.S. Air Force fighter jets and bombers etc.The first celebration of Creation Day included very significant pagan participation. In fact the pagan presentation in the form of a full blown circle of power ritual took up a full half-hour or more. The Sufi Muslims removed themselves to the kitchen of the Unitarian Church of Montreal becase they were concerned about what they considered to be "negative energies" raised by this ritual. At one point in the ceremony on of the pagans walked a circle holding a pentacle above his head for all to see. Knowing that some Christians perceive the pentacle or pentagram as a Satanic symbol I later asked the Ukrainian Orthodox Christian priest who participated in Creation Day if he had felt any discomfort when the pentacle was prominently displayed right in front of him during the pagan ceremony. He responded by saying that he felt a little uncomfortable because the pentagram reminded him of the five pointed red star on Soviet military vehicles in the Ukraine. . . ;-) “There is something unique in that the Pentagram is considered a satanic symbol, by some…to some Christians, this symbol is like a swastika to them.”ROTFLMU*UOIn that the five-pointed star aka pentagram aka pentacle is indeed considered to be a satanic symbol by some Christians surely they should be more concerned about the fact that it is plastered all over U.S. Army vehicles and U.S. Air Force fighter jets and bombers etc.The first celebration of Creation Day included very significant pagan participation. In fact the pagan presentation in the form of a full blown circle of power ritual took up a full half-hour or more. The Sufi Muslims removed themselves to the kitchen of the Unitarian Church of Montreal becase they were concerned about what they considered to be “negative energies” raised by this ritual. At one point in the ceremony on of the pagans walked a circle holding a pentacle above his head for all to see. Knowing that some Christians perceive the pentacle or pentagram as a Satanic symbol I later asked the Ukrainian Orthodox Christian priest who participated in Creation Day if he had felt any discomfort when the pentacle was prominently displayed right in front of him during the pagan ceremony. He responded by saying that he felt a little uncomfortable because the pentagram reminded him of the five pointed red star on Soviet military vehicles in the Ukraine. . .

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