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Anonymous commented at 2011-05-01 19:39:08 » #716483
If you look at the pic, I think she's actually hanging upside down on the cross, and she's being branded with a right-side up cross, and since it hurts she's flinging her head up to look up at the person branding her. If you look at the pic, it makes sense like that.
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If you look at the pic, I think she's actually hanging upside down on the cross, and she's being branded with a right-side up cross, and since it hurts she's flinging her head up to look up at the person branding her. If you look at the pic, it makes sense like that.
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Anonymous commented at 2014-08-06 22:03:38 » #1581800
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Except in that case, then she has anti-gravity hair. If she was upside down, her hair should be a total mess since it would be moving from eyes to her back from the whiplash.
That said, the whole cross motif doesn't really matter. Depending on what time period/region, the upside cross has different meanings. In some (extreme) cases, its actually considered to be an extreme sign of religious belief the same way people used to/still do whip themselves to mimic the flagellation (whipping) of Christ.
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Except in that case, then she has anti-gravity hair. If she was upside down, her hair should be a total mess since it would be moving from eyes to her back from the whiplash.
That said, the whole cross motif doesn't really matter. Depending on what time period/region, the upside cross has different meanings. In some (extreme) cases, its actually considered to be an extreme sign of religious belief the same way people used to/still do whip themselves to mimic the flagellation (whipping) of Christ.
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Anonymous commented at 2017-08-23 15:01:52 » #2160400
As for why upside down crosses are considered evil now a days? Probably has something to do with the nearly identical "Thor's Hammer" Mjolnir, a pagan symbol of, among other things, strength and masculine virility. While they were ministering to the vikings, a lot of missionaries would sell off the crosses upside-down to the pagans, using the rationalization that a cross is a cross and the Lord's seed would sprout in their hearts, helping them along on the road to conversion.
Whether you believe in it or not, it seems to have worked at least reasonably since a very large majority of the Viking lands eventually did convert to Christianity, even if they did practice it a bit differently.
As for why it's considered evil now? Who knows. Probably the same reason why some people consider "Christmas trees" to be religious while others consider them to be pagan. Symbols are just that, symbols, and their meanings can change both over time or even from region to region and person to person. Give it another hundred years and people might be looking back and wondering why "ancient" humans hated the holy Penis while good religious girls get it tatood on their cheeks aimed at their lips.
... I am exagerating, obviously, but you get the point.
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As for why upside down crosses are considered evil now a days? Probably has something to do with the nearly identical "Thor's Hammer" Mjolnir, a pagan symbol of, among other things, strength and masculine virility. While they were ministering to the vikings, a lot of missionaries would sell off the crosses upside-down to the pagans, using the rationalization that a cross is a cross and the Lord's seed would sprout in their hearts, helping them along on the road to conversion.
Whether you believe in it or not, it seems to have worked at least reasonably since a very large majority of the Viking lands eventually did convert to Christianity, even if they did practice it a bit differently.
As for why it's considered evil now? Who knows. Probably the same reason why some people consider "Christmas trees" to be religious while others consider them to be pagan. Symbols are just that, symbols, and their meanings can change both over time or even from region to region and person to person. Give it another hundred years and people might be looking back and wondering why "ancient" humans hated the holy Penis while good religious girls get it tatood on their cheeks aimed at their lips.
... I am exagerating, obviously, but you get the point.
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