Topic: The Seal of Solomon aka star of David good or for evil
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Thu 10/20/11 10:07 AM
It is much said about this ancient symbol whether it is a symbol of good or evil. What does this star has to do with King David?

s1owhand's photo
Fri 10/21/11 03:53 AM
Edited by s1owhand on Fri 10/21/11 04:20 AM
It is neither good nor bad it is just a symbol most closely associated
with the religion of Judaism. There is a whole Wiki article which
describes it's history here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_David

It has it's own unicode ascii character

You might as well ask if the symbol of the cross is good or evil.
It is just a symbol most closely associated with Christianity but
it has been used in history to symbolize good things like churches
and Christ and bad things like the KKK.

The symbol itself is neither good or bad it is just a symbol.

Same thing for the pentagram. It is closely associated with Satanism
but really it is just a 5-pointed star. ★

You might as well ask if an asterisk *, ampersand & or caret ^
are good or evil.

laugh

They are neither.

laugh

Conrad_73's photo
Fri 10/21/11 05:21 AM
Edited by Conrad_73 on Fri 10/21/11 05:32 AM
It does have an interesting History!
The Jewish Brigade in WWII used it as an Insignia and Shoulder-Patch!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Brigade