sometime ago there was a ufo that looked like a metallic cross. if i find any pics or vids of it i will post it here.
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The blue cross is a symbol used in Western healthcare to denote health insurance.
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Health insurance from invention to innovation: A history of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies
Health insurance didn’t always exist.
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Interesting.sometime ago there was a ufo that looked like a metallic cross. if i find any pics or vids of it i will post it here.
Which was done in recognition of Switzerland's contributions to humanitarian relief. The Red Cross flag is the Swiss flag with the colours reversed.
In Islamic countries, it's a red crescent.
And the Swiss flag? It's the Calvinist cross. John Calvin, a leader of the Protestant Reformation, operated from Basel and Geneve.
There is quite a bit of history and meaning associated with this symbol, TB.
Yes, and every educated person knows that, why did you even have to ask where we've seen it and what it means to us? I've no idea what your point is here. Your usual pattern is to ask a question most of us already know the answer to, then provide your own answer and use it for didactic and witnessing purposes about your religious beliefs without really responding seriously to anybody, but I don't yet see where this one might be going.
To recap, some of the meaning ascribed to the cross symbol in our culture today includes Red Cross relief, blue cross insurance, green cross provision and protection, and military cross valor.
Where else have you encountered this cross symbol and what other meaning is associated with it?
Where else have you encountered this cross symbol and what other meaning is associated with it?
Historically, the cross symbolized the suffering and shame of crucifixion, a practice ascribed first to ancient Phoenicians. How did the meaning of the cross change from historical suffering and shame to relief, insurance, provision, protection and valor in our day?
Excellent PR.
Nice cherry-pick on the Phoenicians, by the way. I'm sure you're going somewhere with this, though it's a rather drawn-out argumentum ad populam.
I might point out that for centuries, Jews viewed the cross with dread, given the conduct of people who marched under it.
Agree, TB. The ancient Hebrew view was a negative one:
“If someone guilty of a capital offense is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole, you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight. Be sure to bury it that same day, because anyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse” (Deuteronomy 21:22-23a, NIV).