Inverted Cross

[Welsh cake]

It's so cliche - couldn't you come up with a better "fuck Christianity" idea?

This symbol is a suitable candidate to replace both:


Regardless of their theology why do Christians want to associate themselves with symbols of *torture instruments* rather than a good old peace sign? Some of their crosses with Jesus on them are depicted rather graphic and gory when you think about it, blood pouring out and everything. If I tattooed or carried the image of a man inside the Brazen bull around with me some people would think I'm pretty sick-minded. >.>

[The Grand Nudger]

You mean this goat Welsh? Funny story, it's actually a pagan god that christians made up.

[Justtristo]

You mean this goat Welsh? Funny story, it's actually a pagan god that christians made up.

Nice portrait of the prophet Muhammad, those medieval and early modern Europeans had a great sense of humour.

[Minimalist]

Xtians have made lots of shit up about those two but the actual writings are somewhat vague.

Clement of Rome...possibly/probably a later fraud himself... wrote of the two merely:

1Clem 5:4
There was Peter who by reason of unrighteous jealousy endured not one
not one but many labors, and thus having borne his testimony went to
his appointed place of glory.

1Clem 5:5
By reason of jealousy and strife Paul by his example pointed out the
prize of patient endurance. After that he had been seven times in
bonds, had been driven into exile, had been stoned, had preached in
the East and in the West, he won the noble renown which was the
reward of his faith,

1Clem 5:6
having taught righteousness unto the whole world and having reached
the farthest bounds of the West; and when he had borne his testimony
before the rulers, so he departed from the world and went unto the
holy place, having been found a notable pattern of patient endurance.

In this Epistle to the Corinthians...and Corinth seems to have been a particular fascination of early xtian writers... Clement says absofuckinglutely nothing about being crucified upside down....or at all.
In fact, it sounds like the mofo had a heart attack.

[Darwinian]

Make sure you have some frame of reference on the tattoo so that people know it's upside down. For example, you could have the cross being plunged (upside down) into a blood stained bible

[Faith No More]

I've got to agree with summer's sentiment that an upside down cross is cliche. Not only that, it reeks of desperation to appear anti conformist and rebellious. If you really wanted to piss Christians off you should get a crown of thorns tattooed around your head.

[Epimethean]

Maybe a cross in Linda Blair's snatch. That could be fairly telling.

[ElDinero]

Definitely throwing my name in with the 'Why do this?' crowd. Seems a fairly pointless way to mark yourself permanently. Any time someone asks you about it and you explain the meaning, they'll take it that you are just being provocative for no reason, which may or may not be the case. The whole gesture seems to lack a purpose to me.

Why not get a tattoo of something important to you? I dunno, your favourite animal or some shit. If you want to do something that shows where you stand, how about the Darwin fish?

[thebigfudge]

Get the darwin fish. Cliched sure. but at least no one will confuse it. Better yet don't bother and get a cool ass dragon or something and wear an Atheist T-shirt...

[Cinjin]

Make sure you have some frame of reference on the tattoo so that people know it's upside down. For example, you could have the cross being plunged (upside down) into a blood stained bible