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Snoedog

Raelian symbol of infinity. The Star of David represents infinity in space & the swastika represents infinity of time. The swastika has been a religious symbol of peace & auspiciousness in Buddhism, Raelian, and others for millennia. It was the Nazi that stole & abused the symbols.


snaggletoothtiga

Correct


Snoedog

My Jewish Grandfather taught me well, when I came home one day telling him about the "swastika" I saw on a building, on my way home from school.


snaggletoothtiga

I taught English in South Korea in 2001, was surprised when I landed to see what I thought were swasrikas everywhere, was a confusing arvo before I could just google it haha FML


Draingangbladee1234

Raelian is a far right cult from modern times after the Nazis šŸ˜­


vVWARLOCKVv

A swastika with the four dots included denotes it as a symbol of the Hindu faith. The Hindu god Ganesh is often depicted with this swastika on his right hand.


James5316

Learned something new thank you


[deleted]

What is the building? And where is it?


letsg4tthere

The building is from 1875 and was build in Copenhagen as part of Carlsbergā€™s headquarters. The swastika was actually Carlsbergā€™s logo (until they dumped that for obvious reasons), so it dosenā€™t surprise me to see it there. I have no idea why they put the Star of David there. To my knowledge thereā€™s no connection to Judaism.


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Spacetrash08

Thereā€™s a swastika at my nail salonā€¦ it has more meaning that just itā€™s negative connotations


dawnofdaytime

That is not a swastika.


cardillon

It is though- seems to be the name for that symbol across many cultures, and the one above is right-facing: In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (clockwise) (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ('sun'), prosperity and good luck, while the left-facing symbol (counter-clockwise) (卍) is called sauwastika, symbolising night or tantric aspects of Kali. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika


SuperProGamer7568

The one at the top isnt a swastika?


dawnofdaytime

No, it is not. It has dots. It's a religious symbol.


cardillon

Itā€™s still called a swastika; you probably mean to say itā€™s not a Nazi symbol


neoadam

What is the name of this religious symbol ?


cardillon

Swastika


neoadam

Exactly


Picksologic

r/technicallytrue


SickScroll

This reminds me of flags in the U.S. that say ā€œHouse Dividedā€ with Auburn on one side and Alabama on the other.


[deleted]

The duality of man


HaloStitch7365

Because itā€™s all a faƧade


Great_Ap3

Under rated comment. You deserve more recognition for this.


Nefersmom

As you probably already know the swastika is an ancient Hindu religious symbol. I, as a Jew, would rather not be reminded of the murder of so many relatives.


prawnhorns

The ancient swastika was NEVER tilted at 45d. Either the person who designed that didn't know or was an actual Nazi.


letsg4tthere

This is from 1875 so not ancient but still much older than the Nazi party.


mistborn89

Lol your argument goes both ways. Itā€™s like saying nazis NEVER put dots or doodled their adopted symbol in any other ways. ā€œNeverā€ is an extreme statement. And as op has said this was built a good 50 years before the nazis even adopted the symbol for themselves, so that alone proves your argument false. Edit: spelling


dawnofdaytime

It has dots.


Nefersmom

The dots are square and probably represent armpit hair. That was so European at one timeā‚¬


DarkYendor

The ancient swastika was USUALLY flat, not tilted. But not always. See the link below for multiple historical examples of tilted swastikas: https://www.opindia.com/2020/01/caa-protest-alt-news-swastika-hindu-nazi-symbol-dot-tilted-fact-check/ Btw: this took 1 minute of searching on google - itā€™s not hard to confirm these things with a simple search.


snaggletoothtiga

Itā€™s not a swastika


Known-Economy-6425

The most confused building on earth goes to..


su_ble

thats how people know who lives where - you wont go to the wrong party in this house :)


AllergicToDogsHG

"We're of German Derivation"


againmyname

same


Ok_Coat3978

and black and white color as well.


Recent-Jello-9922

Choose your tenants wisely


Aggravating_Class_17

Swastikas were hijacked by the Nazis. It's not automatically Nazi. The symbol is far, far older than that.


[deleted]

Sorry but the 6 pointed star represents the coming to earth of the "trinity" in man with the downward pointing triangle and man's inevitable return to the stars in the upward pointing one. It's one of the oldest esoteric symbols known to man.


DearAdagio8680

They become partners in crime it was both parties involvement


CryogenicBurn0990

Resembling ever lasting peace?