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Religious Symbols as War Memorials
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RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials
September 25, 2012 at 12:45 pm
(September 25, 2012 at 9:06 am)Red Celt Wrote: Ooo... well, now... originally, obelisks had white caps to reflect the sun. They were related to the Aten (the sun god).
...hence why I used the word "overtone". The Christian cross is explicitly linked to Christianity. An obelisk has no such explicit link.

But hey, if some people are offended by the fact that their relatives are getting represented by a symbol which at one point in time (several thousand years ago) was related to a God, they can design a new monument.
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Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by festive1 - September 24, 2012 at 10:50 am
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by kılıç_mehmet - September 24, 2012 at 10:54 am
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by festive1 - September 24, 2012 at 11:03 am
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by kılıç_mehmet - September 24, 2012 at 11:08 am
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Erinome - September 24, 2012 at 6:03 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Tiberius - September 25, 2012 at 8:05 am
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by festive1 - September 24, 2012 at 11:12 am
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Kayenneh - September 24, 2012 at 1:41 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Minimalist - September 24, 2012 at 2:32 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Brian37 - September 24, 2012 at 2:47 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Brian37 - September 24, 2012 at 2:34 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Faith No More - September 24, 2012 at 2:44 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Tino - September 24, 2012 at 4:29 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by festive1 - September 24, 2012 at 4:45 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Darkstar - September 24, 2012 at 4:55 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by festive1 - September 24, 2012 at 5:06 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Polaris - September 25, 2012 at 12:52 am
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by jonb - September 25, 2012 at 7:22 am
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Red Celt - September 25, 2012 at 9:06 am
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Tiberius - September 25, 2012 at 12:45 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Faith No More - September 25, 2012 at 2:41 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by cratehorus - September 25, 2012 at 2:49 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Faith No More - September 25, 2012 at 3:28 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Darkstar - September 25, 2012 at 5:16 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Faith No More - September 25, 2012 at 8:01 pm
RE: Religious Symbols as War Memorials - by Minimalist - September 25, 2012 at 8:05 pm

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