And it came to pass that Peter Lairo wrote:
> Christopher Jahn wrote:
>
>> And it came to pass that Peter Lairo wrote:
>>
>>
>>>UHH, isn't the RED CROSS from the Swiss flag and not from
>>>christianity? I thought the Swiss created the "red croos"
>>>organization - nothing to do with religion.
>>
>> The Swiss may have done so, but they adopted the cross from
>> their faith.
>
>
> Really? Is that documented anywhere?
>
http://www.swissemb.org/info/html/swiss_flag.html
(Thank you, Simon!)
>
>> And EVEN if they did not intend it to reflect Christianity,
>> that would not negate the fact that it IS a symbol of
>> Christianity to most of Islam.
>
>
> Since the "shape" of the Swiss cross is different than that
> of christianity (same-lenth arms & thick versus bottom leg
> longer & thin), and if the Swiss cross is unrelated to
> christianity, then the Islamic world will just have to learn
> the significant difference.
No, they won't. Those who ignore history and the reaction of
various cultures to that history are the ones who must learn to
face reality.
In fact, there is a move to change the emblems of the Red
Cross/Red Crescrent to a more neutral Red Diamond.
--
}:-) Christopher Jahn
{:-( Dionysian Reveler
I must be God. Nobody has any faith in me any more.
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