http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2009/06/the-racist-appropriation-of-pagan-and-christian-symbols.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/2009/06/the-racist-appropriation-of-pagan-and-christian-symbols.html#comment-18338 Lisa Mc Sherry Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:02:28 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/?p=3008#comment-18338 And it's terribly versatile for indicating many things -- only the plain circle could be simpler. And it's terribly versatile for indicating many things — only the plain circle could be simpler.

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2009/06/the-racist-appropriation-of-pagan-and-christian-symbols.html#comment-18337 anne johnson Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:53:53 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/?p=3008#comment-18337 You take one stick and you cross another one over it. Simplest symbol ever created. Is it any wonder it gets mistreated in various ways? You take one stick and you cross another one over it. Simplest symbol ever created. Is it any wonder it gets mistreated in various ways?

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2009/06/the-racist-appropriation-of-pagan-and-christian-symbols.html#comment-18340 Robin Edgar Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:43:52 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/?p=3008#comment-18340 omitted phrase - it was abolished by the Roman emperor Constantine I in 337 A.D. omitted phrase – it was abolished by the Roman emperor Constantine I in 337 A.D.

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2009/06/the-racist-appropriation-of-pagan-and-christian-symbols.html#comment-18342 Medea Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:33:21 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/?p=3008#comment-18342 Yes, "Flandria" is Flanders. You know, in Belgium... Yes, "Flandria" is Flanders. You know, in Belgium…

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2009/06/the-racist-appropriation-of-pagan-and-christian-symbols.html#comment-18339 Bookhousegal Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:19:24 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/?p=3008#comment-18339 Just cause people of an ethnicity have been racist in the past doesn't necessarily mean racism is or was in any way supported or demanded by their religion. Just cause people of an ethnicity have been racist in the past doesn't necessarily mean racism is or was in any way supported or demanded by their religion.

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2009/06/the-racist-appropriation-of-pagan-and-christian-symbols.html#comment-18341 jaundicedi Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:56:52 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/?p=3008#comment-18341 he sounds a lot like the troll Gus banned from his blog for similar flame-baiting last month.. Laugh at him and he'll probably ho away he sounds a lot like the troll Gus banned from his blog for similar flame-baiting last month.. Laugh at him and he'll probably ho away

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2009/06/the-racist-appropriation-of-pagan-and-christian-symbols.html#comment-18343 Embreis Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:44:57 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/?p=3008#comment-18343 Yes, apparently his "fatherland" is "Flandria" ???? Yes, apparently his "fatherland" is "Flandria" ????

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