Christopher Jahn wrote:
>>So the Swiss cross *could* have come from the coins. That
>>would explain the banking ;)
>
> And the cross of the coins STILL came from Christianity. Peter,
> you're making a circular argument.
Really, what source are you basing this on? Or is this some sort of
"assimilation" attempt to make *every* cross represent christianity?
BTW. Just because Ford invented the mass-production car doesn't mean
that every mass-produced car made today is a Ford. The Swiss are rather
...ahem ... "neutral" when it comes to religeon - at a minimum, open
minded and tolerant. The creation of the red cross had as little to do
with Christianity as it could in those days. Why the constant attempt to
associate the red cross with christianity? (assimilation?) ;)
> IF the cross ISN'T from the christian symbol, WHERE is it from?
> Why a cross for first aid?
You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. Oops, that's a different
extremist "group" ;)
Just like not every cross represents christianity, not "in every gook
there is an American waiting to get out" (Apocalypse Now! ?). Things
evolve and take on new meaning. Sometimes, they never had the meaning
that revisionists try to attach to it at a later date.
>>This is unrelatred to ignoring history. On the contrary,
>>history shows that the two "crosses" are virtually
>>unrelated.
> Peter, YOU may choose to ignore the facts, but they are still
> the facts, and the crosses most definitely ARE related.
You must not have read the article. Please quote the references to
christianity that would make your point.
http://www.swissemb.org/info/html/swiss_flag.html
>>>In fact, there is a move to change the emblems of the Red
>>>Cross/Red Crescrent to a more neutral Red Diamond.
>>
>>Wimps. ;)
>
> Realists.
Comply! Resistance is futile!
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Regards,
Peter Lairo
