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Banning Crosses from Public Schools

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Banning Crosses from Public Schools
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RE: Banning Crosses from Public Schools
November 7, 2015 at 7:23 pm
Shit on it.
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RE: Banning Crosses from Public Schools
November 7, 2015 at 7:35 pm
(November 7, 2015 at 6:58 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Wear the cross upside down.


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Sadly, that only turns it into the Petrine Cross.

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RE: Banning Crosses from Public Schools
November 7, 2015 at 7:42 pm
A school in Missouri?  Not even a good idea.  I'm in Missouri, I know . . . 

Instead of getting them to ban crosses, maybe find a way to start discussions on removing the ban on Satanic symbols.
Or get brave and wear an atheist t-shirt.  I like the "atheist atom" ones.   Cafe press has some:
  http://www.cafepress.com/mf/18918537/ath...=125636149

Or start a Pastafarian club!  

Seriously, banning crosses would just make a lot of people mad.  You need some humor and open discussion.  Good luck!
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RE: Banning Crosses from Public Schools
November 7, 2015 at 7:43 pm
Why? What purpose could it possibly serve except as a fleeting sense of satisfaction after a win over 'ZE ENEMY'? What would this little game of tit-for-tat achieve that a sustained, consternated effort to promote understanding between all peoples would not?

For someone who wears 'Logical Outlook' proudly on their Religious Views, it strikes me as a very emotional reaction to a situation. Not trying to be insulting, just asking you to think it through.
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RE: Banning Crosses from Public Schools
November 7, 2015 at 7:49 pm
The cross did come into general usage later than modern jesus shits would have us believe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_cross


Quote:During the first two centuries of Christianity, the cross may have been rare in Christian iconography, as it depicts a purposely painful and gruesome method of public execution and Christians were reluctant to use it.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_cross#cite_note-McGrath321-1][/url]

As far as anyone named "peter" being crucified upside down that seems to come from a discredited piece of shit called Acts of Peter which was so fucked up that it did not make the cut to get into the fucking bible.  Not enough votes on the committee, I guess.
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RE: Banning Crosses from Public Schools
November 7, 2015 at 7:51 pm
(November 7, 2015 at 7:23 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Shit on it.

That's what a classmate of mine did with the picture of our president back in the early 80ies. Got him suspended.
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RE: Banning Crosses from Public Schools
November 7, 2015 at 7:52 pm
The president got suspended??
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RE: Banning Crosses from Public Schools
November 7, 2015 at 7:58 pm
(November 7, 2015 at 7:52 pm)Stimbo Wrote: The president got suspended??

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RE: Banning Crosses from Public Schools
November 7, 2015 at 7:59 pm
(November 7, 2015 at 7:52 pm)Stimbo Wrote: The president got suspended??

Apparently a student pulled some strings.
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RE: Banning Crosses from Public Schools
November 7, 2015 at 8:18 pm
Don't try to get it banned, that will cause to much personal turmoil for you. Especially in MO.

Just fuck with them. Find someone with a decent sewing machine that can embroider patterns. Or do it yourself with cheep t-shirts and a Sharpie. Then start wearing a different religious symbol to school every day. There is a whole shit load to choose from. I'd stay away from the Hindu/Janis ones that are swatstickers (swastika, just like the way a past room mate pronounced it). Knowing the mentality in MO they won't get it.

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