Careful, you are about to learn something

Dear reader, I think I might be about to blow your mind with the following information. Note, this is not satire or social commentary. I was talking with the wife about Christian nutjobs ,and I remember this piece of information. When I was in my early teens, I had a wonderful Christian teacher. For some reason, I was into peaceful exhibitionism. I drew a 'Peace' sign on the chalkboard while she was away.

When she came back, she explained that the peace symbol was very offensive to her as it s origins were a broken and inverted cross.

Well, I didn't believe her... because I was 14 and didn't believe any adults. I forgot about until this week, and so did some research. Turns out, she was right. So, here is the symbol we all know so well.



So, to me the symbol always meant good and nice things. It means 'peace'. It means, cool out, be nice, it's all good, vote Democrat... those sorts of values, right? Well... um... no. Its origin really is a broken and inverted cross, and it's a pretty fucked up story. It was called 'Nero's Cross' in its early days, and featured an upside down dead dude. It was called Nero's Cross because it was adopted by Roman Emperer Nero. You remember the Romans, they are the ones who fed the Christians to the lions. It also came to be used by occult and satanists for whatever weirdo reasons. Check this out:



See, I told you that was some wack stuff. Anyhow, you know I am the last person on the planet to be a Christian apologist... but I thought you should know. If a Christian ever freaks out on your over the peace sign, that is ok... they get to.

This doesn't mean to abandon peace, the sign, the thought, or the deed. In fact, this info is so obscure that you are the only one who knows it. Don't drop the thought of peace for a second, howeverI might suggest abandoning Christianity, but then we'd only be left with Islam. I hate both, and feel strongly that both are pushing us to war for their own agendas. I know y'all don't come to me for learning, but I thought that was something to share. Oh, and Nero wasn't a Muslim... if you are trying to make a connection. No, those guys (the Romans) were the ones who had a god for everything. They had a water god, a wine god, a war god, a weather god, a god god... a god for every occasion.