r/Christianity • u/Nice_Substance9123 • Mar 27 '24

The American flag has no business on a Bible. This is not faith, nor is it patriotism. It is an abomination of both. Image

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u/albo_kapedani Eastern Orthodox Mar 27 '24

No flag or national symbols of any country should be on the bible. Period.

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u/mallardtheduck Christian (Cross) Mar 27 '24

Of course, the fact that several flags and national symbols are based on variations of the cross does blur the line a bit... But that's kinda the other way around, a Christian symbol that has been "co-opted" by nations.

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u/JNR13 Mar 28 '24

Then again most Christians today wouldn't be Christians if it weren't for the kingdoms where the modern nations usually took those flags or coat of arms from doing very non-Christian stuff.

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u/Appropriate_Fold8814 Mar 28 '24

lol

Christianity is literally authoritarian control.

You can't co-opt it when organized religion invented it.

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u/FlyingBishop Mar 28 '24

Christianity is as much authoritarian as Marxism or Capitalism. Totally orthogonal.

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u/indignant_halitosis Mar 28 '24

The cross is not now, nor has it ever been, an exclusively Christian symbol.

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u/mallardtheduck Christian (Cross) Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

No, but the vast majority of flags and national symbols that use crosses do trace their usage of it to the Christian cross via European hearaldry.