In the late 50's a guy called Gerald Holtom designed a symbol for a march against nuclear war. It was adopted by the nuclear disarmament movement, became iconic, and nowadays, doesn't just mean anti nuclear (CND is so 80's), it symbolises peace in all shapes and forms - and even symbolises being totally chilled out, grief, you can even find the symbol on highly fashionable items and expensive jewellery. You even see it on the computers in the Build a Bear store
I've been reading a little bit about this symbol though lately, and it seems some Christians have an issue with it
Even though it has been documented exactly how Gerald Holtom came up with the design, and how he later said in an interview how he'd have preferred in hindsight to have it facing the other way because a symbol of peace should be more joyous, some Christians say it represents the Nero Cross (A Roman emperor who cracked down on early Christians). Say it represents an ancient rune meaning despair (Anything angular will look like a rune in all possibility), they say that having it encircled means rejection of Christianity, and even though the symbol of Christian CND (The nuclear disarmament religious wing) was this symbol with a cross and a dove on it, many Christians won't use this symbol, because "this means it's evil" They say the nazis used it, they say it's used by pagans etc etc.
I'm flabbergasted that once again, Christians seem to be finding something wrong with something - or maybe they're right.
What does anyone think? Is the Peace Symbol evil, or is it just a quite attractive and iconic symbol, and certain Christian fundamentalists really once again need to realise it's not all about them and their persecution complex