[Jewelry making - Article 00625] - Re: [Orchid] Jewelry and "Cultural Property"

[Stephen Walker]

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>     Christians don't seem as proprietary about their symbols as other
>     cultures. 

    That is probably because there are so many sects within Christianity
    that have different attitudes towards the same symbols. Occationally
    I run into Catholics who think it out of line when Protestants use
    Celtic crosses, but this is very rare. There has been a softening in
    the past several decades about all of this. Churches that shunned
    religious jewelry in the past are now much more tolerant. 

    Since I do a lot with Celtic designs, I have had to put up with
    strange ideas from different factions that make up the audience for
    that tradition. The most common controversy has been about the
    supposed pagan roots of the Celtic Cross. Neo-pagans sometimes get in
    a snit about how the Christians stole it from them, as if after 1500
    years of use as a Christian symbol, anyone today ought to feel guilty
    about it. I wrote an essay about this that can be seen at
    http://celtarts.com/pagan.htm 

Stephen Walker
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