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About sums it up. (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2013 OP
love it! noiretextatique Oct 2013 #1
It is kind of like... Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2013 #2
indeed noiretextatique Oct 2013 #5
Satan needs to weigh about 250# more xfundy Oct 2013 #3
A little exrta... Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2013 #4
heh... Ohio Joe Oct 2013 #6
I'm going to need a link proving that republicans once walked upright Snake Plissken Oct 2013 #7
I have been trying to find some. Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2013 #10
3 upside-down stars on logo ErikJ Oct 2013 #8
Could it be.....Satan? :) TeamPooka Oct 2013 #9

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
3. Satan needs to weigh about 250# more
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 06:51 PM
Oct 2013

riding a hoverround, with a sign saying, "git yer gubmint hands off my medicare!"

 

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
8. 3 upside-down stars on logo
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 08:52 PM
Oct 2013

The Satanic Pentagram
In the minds of many , the pentagram is inextricably linked with black magick and Satan worship. The Satanic pentagram is a difficult symbol- it is the newest and least used, but at the same time the best known and most controversial. The Satanic pentacle is almost always presented upside down, or inverted, with a single point facing downward, and it is this pentacle that is presented incorrectly as 'evil.'

The adoption of the pentacle as a Satanic emblem is quite recent, dating only to the latter half of the twentieth century. To the Satanist, this glyph is a representation of "Black magic," symbolizing the triumph of matter and individual desires over religious dogma- earth over an illusory promise of heaven. It is not analogous to the upturned cross (which is a symbol of rebellion against Christian culture), and is not "anti-Wiccan."

In modern Satanic theology, the pentagram is far more likely to represent the individual, or the choice to pursue individual glory or immortality rather than union or absorption with the divine- where some traditions advocate the sublimation of the ego or submission to god, Satanism exalts and glorifies it, deifying the human being. The symbol most commonly associated with Satanic practices is the "Sabbatic goat" or Goat of Mendes pentacle, often confused with Baphomet, a figure from Templar legend, and Pan, the Greek goat God. It rarely has any deeper meaning; an irony when one considers that its association with Satanism has made the pentagram a feared symbol to many, and the subject of countless conspiracy theories.

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