Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: uflorida!novavax!gowj@gatech.edu (James Gow) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Swastika Message-ID: Date: 17 Apr 91 04:23:06 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lines: 15 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [Back when we were discussing Satanic symbols, Tom Blake mentioned >Back at the time when the war was breaking out in Europe, the "Corn >Palace" in the US covered their facade with a series of "Native >American" symbols. One of them was the swastika. The terrible faux-pas >was pointed out to them and the swastika was removed quite swiftly. (I >learned of this while touring the Corn Palace). --clh] The symbol is a fylfot and the arms go counterclockwise so that the rotation would appear to be clockwise. It represented the sun. The swastikas' arms go clockwise so the rotation appears to go counterclockwise. It is still a pagan symbol but interestingly enough the sun was the object of worship soon to be our Son. linc james