Those darn Fundamentalists, what will they think of next?

[Amy Z]

Scott wrote:
> 
> Anyway I remembered when someone posted a link to a site claiming 
> Harry Potter promoted devil worship and that his scar was really a 
> "satanic S". It had a page of other satanic symbols (which was 
rather 
> hilarious). One of these was a pyramid with an eye on top. It said 
> this was a symbol of the occult. I really laughed out loud at that, 
> because this same picture is used on the $1 bill. Above it is the 
> latin "Annuit Coeptis" (I think) which means "God has smiled on our 
> Undertaking". The eye at the top is not something obscure and 
occult, 
> but a symbol of God, and the ideal that the nation was founded on 
> faith. I'm sure however they don't mind handling money!
> 

I read somewhere that that was a Masonic symbol.  Lots of the Founding 
Fathers types were Masons--Jefferson I know, and a bunch of others 
too.  I also seem to recall that the Masons have been attacked in the 
past for being unChristian, though I have never heard of this in 
modern times, nor have I heard any complaints about this symbol being 
on our money.  Well, shoot.  Now you've got me curious and I have to 
go look it up.

Symbols are pretty fluid things.  I was a bit weirded out when I was 
in India and saw swastikas everywhere (e.g. on the bricks; I even saw 
one intertwined with a six-pointed star!), even though I knew 
perfectly well that they are ancient symbols of great power in India. 
 
Amy