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To: ETL; Salvation

EIL that second pic really cracks me up! So if they are the “Church of Satan” how come they are hanging St. Peter’s cross?


10 posted on 12/10/2015 7:34:30 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

I had idea about any of it, so I looked it up and found this, from, believe it or not, the “Church of Satan” FAQs page.
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http://www.churchofsatan.com/faq-symbols-and-symbolism.php

Do Satanists use inverted crosses?

The reversed cross is often seen by Christians as symbolic of St. Peter since legend states that he was crucified upside down (at his own request) by the Romans and thus it also can serve as symbolic of the office of the pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Literature has long depicted anyone who has embraced Satan and thus rejected Jesus as having embraced the reversed cross as symbolic of that act. Satanists are free to employ any symbols which they feel have resonance, so if such an upside-down cross has personal meaning they could use it.

However, the prime symbol for Satanists is the Sigil of Baphomet.

What is the Sigil of Baphomet?

For information regarding the Sigil of Baphomet, read this essay: The History of the Origin of the Sigil of Baphomet and its Use in the Church of Satan:

http://www.churchofsatan.com/history-sigil-of-baphomet.php


11 posted on 12/10/2015 8:00:41 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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