Religion

[Otto Sell]

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From: Narcoleptic Fat Boy & Black Pip <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
To: Discuss.List Pynchon <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Religion


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> Eric Rosenbloom wrote:
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> > Well, the Nazis were really into that Buddhism, too!
> > That's where that swastika came from.
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> > --
> > Eric R
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> Eric, you are a smart guy, look up Swastika in Britanica.
>

But it was the other way round then:
http://users.powernet.co.uk/orion/swas.htm
"The swastika is steeped in mysticism and wonder , dating back thousands of
years and found in many countries around the world . It is a symbol of good
luck prosperity and long life . It has most probably been used around the
world by peoples of different cultures and religions and has even been found
on Jewish temples in Palestine dating back as far as 2000 years ago .
But the big question is , why did the Nazis ever choose the swastika in the
first place and what was the 'real' power behind Nazism ? The answers to
this and more, is so bizarre and so strange that you won't find it in any
school history lesson."