RE: Holy Symbols

[Preston Wiley <quotha@laf.cioe.com>]

> 1)  As has been mentioned before, we should not do something just
> for the sake of doing it.  I feel that the flavor added by using different
> symbols is easily overborne by the confusion that will be introduced
> as a result.  By confusion, I am referring to the fact that everyone,
> especially new players, will now have to keep lists of holy symbols
> on hand so they know what sect they are dealing with at any particular
> time.  Also, let's say that I follow Anubis and don't want to align myself
> with any particular sect, what symbol do I wear?  Hence, we should
> not add this complication _just_ for the sake of added flavor.

Let's use another example. We will go with police officers. They all have
a basic symbol to recognize them by, but they all are slightly different.
In their case, they have the name if the town or state on there badge, but
it lets people know where this police officer is from. We wouldn't have to
come up with a different holy symbol for every sect/region. Each
sect/region might have a slightly different symbol that allows people to
identify where they are from. 

> 2)  Every major religion today has many different sects and sub-sects.
> However, _all_ Christians view the Cross as their symbol, _all_ Jews
> view the Star of David as their symbol, etc.  Please do not try to argue
> that they would have different symbols as a result of internal schism;
> that argument will not fly.  Just look at the Protestants and the Catholics
> in Great Britain; same 'holy symbol' yet much killing of each other despite
> their common deity.  Wright, please feel free to point out other historical
> support for my argument; I know there is quite a bit of it, but I'm not the
> history major here.

All christians do view the cross as their holy symbol, but many have
another symbol to identify their sect. For example, the methodist church
uses a cross with a flame on it. They see the cross as a holy symbol, but
have another holy symbol to identify their sect.

					- Preston