yes turned upside down it is but turned the outher way it represents the elements and the spirit. if its upside down where it looks like the devil then it is satanic.
2007-02-26 08:15:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They assume it is satanic because they have not bothered to research it. They have been told by their own belief system that it is 'evil' and that overshadows all for them.
2007-02-26 08:19:22 · answer #1 · answered by genaddt 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the pentacle has served turns as a symbol for many different things -- including, at one time, the five wounds of Jesus.
Some different meanings of the pentacle:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_pent.htm
With the point up, the pentacle is used by Wiccans as a symbol which usually indicates the four elements with Spirit ascendant, enclosed wiithin the circle of eternity.
Some branches of Wicca DO use the inverted pentagram as the symbol for Second Degree initiates, but it is not Satanic in this usage either.
2007-02-26 16:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To the Christian thought process, anything which calls on "Magick" or calls on one to worship anything except a patriarchal supernatural being that Abraham spoke to thousands of years ago is to be considered Satanic. Pictures of Satan that were drawn in the Middle Ages resemble the Greek God, Pan. These were used by the Church to convince people that the old ways (Nature-based religions) were evil at the same time the Church was appropriating pagan holidays into their own calendar.
Standard schtuff. Demonize the opposition, translate their holidays into yours, throw in a little Inquisition and Voila! The world is yours.
2007-02-26 16:33:33 · answer #3 · answered by Rev Phred 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because some people don't bother to learn about things. Instead they make assumptions based on ignorance.
2007-02-26 16:19:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
That's how it's portrayed by Hollywood. Lots of people get all their learnin' from the movin' picture shows.
2007-02-26 16:22:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the church taught that it was in an effort to forcibly convert everyone around them.
2007-02-26 16:24:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I guess they think that only their religion or spiritual path can be right. In my opinion, that's the wrong way to think.
2007-02-26 16:19:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because everyone who isn't a member of my specific congregation is Satanic.
2007-02-26 16:18:33 · answer #8 · answered by The Church Lady 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
because their religion and television have told them so. never mind that to pagans it is a symbol of protection.
2007-02-26 16:23:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋