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religious symbols as fashion This came to me while I was reading the thread about Kabbalah strings being sold at Target:
Of course it's stupid, and probably disrespectful. But it's really no different than wearing a cross, crucifix, pentagram, ankh, scarab, or crystal for fashion. Remember those "power bead" bracelets from a couple of years ago? Those were rip-offs of Buddhist prayer beads. A year or so before that, it was really trendy for girls to wear shirts with silk-screened images of gods from middle eastern religions. Another thing contstantly going in and out of fashion is wearing jewelry fashioned after First Nations' jewelry and religious ornaments. It's stupid, but it'll pass. [This message was edited Thu Jul 29 19:21:39 2004 by meow85] "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: This came to me while I was reading the thread about Kabbalah strings being sold at Target:
Of course it's stupid, and probably disrespectful. But it's really no different than wearing a cross, crucifix, pentagram, ankh, scarab, or crystal for fashion. Remember those "power bead" bracelets from a couple of years ago? Those were rip-offs of Buddhist prayer beads. A year or so before that, it was really trendy for girls to wear shirts with silk-screened images of gods from middle eastern religions. Another thing contstantly going in and out of fashion is wearing jewelry fashioned after First Nations' jewelry and religious ornaments. It's stupid, but it'll pass. [This message was edited Thu Jul 29 19:21:39 2004 by meow85] Right on  | |
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Glad you somewhat agree with what I posted.
But I don't really think it's stupid. As madartista pointed out, it also can bring some info about these religions to people it may never have reached before. It's interesting to me that I was talking to my boss today about this very subject. Apparently on 10,000 Maniacs first major tour they had a backdrop that had a design on it that was distinctly from Muslim religious texts and someone got kind of upset about it. To Natalie Merchant, it was just some pretty imagery she thought was neat and even had it tattooed on herself. I guess I see it many ways. It can weaken the symbol to those who believe, it can pass along knowledge or at least spark an interest to those who may never have been exposed, or it can simply be "pretty". Whatevs. |
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CarrieMpls said: Glad you somewhat agree with what I posted.
But I don't really think it's stupid. As madartista pointed out, it also can bring some info about these religions to people it may never have reached before. It's interesting to me that I was talking to my boss today about this very subject. Apparently on 10,000 Maniacs first major tour they had a backdrop that had a design on it that was distinctly from Muslim religious texts and someone got kind of upset about it. To Natalie Merchant, it was just some pretty imagery she thought was neat and even had it tattooed on herself. I guess I see it many ways. It can weaken the symbol to those who believe, it can pass along knowledge or at least spark an interest to those who may never have been exposed, or it can simply be "pretty". Whatevs. I meant that it's stupid for a religious symbol to become trendy and marketed as an ornament. People who sell these don't exactly have their customers' spiritual well-being in mind, and a good majority of people heading off to Target to buy Kabbalah strings (or "power beads" or crosses) would only do it because it's the trendy new accessory of their favourite star. I do agree with you for the most part though. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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LittleTalkJohnny said: WWJD?
There's another great example right there. Good sentiment, but it was fuckin' retarded that it became the trendy new accessory for a while there. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: LittleTalkJohnny said: WWJD?
There's another great example right there. Good sentiment, but it was fuckin' retarded that it became the trendy new accessory for a while there. We Want Jelly Donuts? mmmmm donuts  | |
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bluesbaby said: meow85 said: There's another great example right there. Good sentiment, but it was fuckin' retarded that it became the trendy new accessory for a while there. We Want Jelly Donuts? mmmmm donuts  "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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