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- From: mongoose@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Conrad Leviston)
- Subject: Peace Symbol
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 03:26:12 GMT
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- [ Article crossposted from talk.religion.misc,alt.pagan ]
- [ Author was Publius ]
- [ Posted on 24 Jan 93 05:32:48 GMT ]
-
- In article <1993Jan24.022044.6538@engage.pko.dec.com> pub@riscee.pko.dec.com (Publius) writes:
- >
- >Actually, the best book on this is Rev. Alexander Hislop's book "The Two
- >Babylons". The "peace symbol" obviously was derived from the sign of
- >cross, and the sign of cross was, as Rev. Hislop documented in details
- >in his book, one of most ancient pagan and occult symbols in human
- >history, and that is why the cross was called "cursed tree" in the
- >Bible, and that is why the Adversary chose to nail Christ on the cross.
-
- Here are some excerpts from "The Two Babylons", written by Rev.
- Alexander Hislop, a 19th century Scottish Calvinist.
-
- "That which is now called the Christian cross was originally
- no Christian emblem at all, but was the mystic Tau of the
- Chaldeans and Egyptians--the true original form of the
- letter T--the initial of the name of Tammuz ..."
- -- "The Two Babylons", p. 197
-
- "Now, this pagan symbol seems first to have crept into the
- Christian Church in Egypt ... A statement of Tertullian,
- about the middle of the third century, shows how much,
- by that time, the Church of Carthage was infected with
- the old leaven ..."
- -- "The Two Babylons", p. 201
-
- "The cross was worshipped by the Pagan Celts long before
- the incarnation and death of Christ. 'It is a fact,' says
- Maurice, 'not less remarkable than well-attested, that
- the Druids in their groves were accustomed to select the
- most stately and beautiful tree as an emblem of the Deity
- they adored, and having cut the side branches, they affixed
- two of the largest of them to the highest part of the trunk,
- in such a manner that those branches extended on each side
- like the arm of a man, and together with the body, presented
- the appearance of a HUGE CROSS, and on the bark, in several
- places, was also inscribed the letter Thau.' ..."
- -- "The Two Babylons", p. 199
-
- "'The cross,' says Colonel Wilford, in the _Asiatic Researches_,
- 'though not an object of _worship_ among the Baud'has or
- Buddhists, is a favourite emblem and device among them ...'"
- -- "The Two Babylons", p. 199
-
- It is generally believed that the "peace symbol" was derived from the sign
- of the cross. And since the sign of the cross, as Rev. Hislop has
- testified, has its origin in paganism and occult, it is probabily not
- too much to say that the "peace symbol" can be traced back, indirectly
- through the sign of the cross, to that source. But as far as symbolism
- goes, the "peace symbol" might not be without its redeeming feature, for
- by showing the two (broken) falling branches of the sign of the cross,
- the "peace symbol" can be taken to symbolize that though in His Death,
- Christ was nailed by the Adversary to the cross--that "cursed tree"--
- the symbol of paganism and occult; yet in His Resurrection, Christ
- destroyed the power of the Adversary, as symbolized by breaking the two
- branches of that symbol of paganism and occult. Though the designer of
- the "peace symbol" probabily did not have this symbolism in mind; God,
- in His Providence, has made this to come to pass.
-
- >The pagan and occult origin of the sign of cross was well-known to the
- >early Puritans. In New England, you can still find many historic
- >church buildings dated back to the Puritan days, and in NONE of them
- >can you find the sign of cross.
-
- Regards,
- --
- For Christ and His Kingdom
- -- Publius
- Disclaimer: These opinions are mine, all mine, mine alone.
- --
- Conrad Leviston | Got to find a brightness in the soul,
- mongoose@yoyo. | Not look outside to find out where we are,
- cc.monash.edu.au | Otherwise you won't be satisfied,
- Save the gherkin | 'Til you've made possession of the stars. (K.Wallinger)
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