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Does your faith have a flag? Is it used?

CharmingOwl

CharmingOwl

Member
I know Christianity has a flag, but I do not see it used in normal contexts. I tend to see it in more rural areas where the confederate flag is also flown (At least here in Central Florida) and I don't think the average person even knows about the Christian flag even if they go to the church, since the symbol of the cross is more often shown to represent it.

Lavenderism has a flag, and it's just a single color Lavender (Officially). However Lavender on a flag in a bright environment looks white so medium purples tend to be used to depict the flag instead. I personally use it on social media profiles like backgrounds or other contexts where I can. Since it is just purple, nobody looks at it and immediately infers any political or spiritual ideas so it does not cause any unnecessary controversy. In the modern US this is a big plus. It's also easy to DIY is and good for the shrine, feng shui, etc.

Do any of the other faiths of the world have flags? Either officially, unofficially, by different sects, etc.?
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
The 50 stars represent the number
of ways bacon is used in our ceremonies,
eg, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack time.
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Guitar's Cry

Guitar's Cry

Disciple of Pan
I fly two flags.

1. The Earth Flag (the old design with the planet) as a way to show my support for environmental protection and because I believe we need to start working globally as a species.

2. The Jolly Roger because of the democratic, rebellious and oceanic spirit of (the romanticized) pirates and because its freakin' cool.
 
Quintessence

Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
No, though it doesn't surprise me. Consider the historical origins and usages of flags. While it can be traced back a bit earlier, we can probably say the earliest and most impactful usage for flags in Western culture was for heraldry. It symbolized allegiance to a particular house or family, and as a method of identifying you and your group as affiliates, specifically in a military context. That usage served as the foundation fo using flags after the advent of nationalism, where flags represent allegiance or membership to a nation.

It's worth nothing that some national flags include religious symbols, which makes sense if such traditions are foundational to that nation or culture. Paganism was more or less wiped out by force in the West by the time heraldry was a big thing, and certainly by the time nationalism became a thing. There's no "Pagan nation" or "Pagan heraldry" to have such flags for. So... we don't have those for historical reasons. And given the transnational nature of Paganism as a religious movement - and its general aversion to organization in general - I have a hard time envisioning any allegiance flag being adopted. At most we'd just have decorative flags, which doesn't carry the same symbolic weight as some official allegience-signaling flag.
 
Vinayaka

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
JustGeorge said:
If you can find that, I'd like to see it.
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The saffron split one is often used. Individual temples also have their own flags, unique to the temple. The kodimaram (flagpole) is also common in South Indian temples, and yes a flag is hoisted during festivals. Actually, the flag hoisting ceremony is quite the spectacle, and if you ever get the chance to witness one, do it. The one here is something else, and I wouldn't miss it for much.

Dhvajastambha - Wikipedia

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JustGeorge

JustGeorge

Imperfect
Staff member
Premium Member
Vinayaka said:
The saffron split one is often used. Individual temples also have their own flags, unique to the temple. The kodimaram (flagpole) is also common in South Indian temples, and yes a flag is hoisted during festivals. Actually, the flag hoisting ceremony is quite the spectacle, and if you ever get the chance to witness one, do it. The one here is something else, and I wouldn't miss it for much.

Dhvajastambha - Wikipedia

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I think there's been plans to put one up at the temple in Madrid, eventually. There's plans to build a temple in Robbins, Iowa, and I think one is included in those plans, too, if I'm not mistaken.
 
sun rise

sun rise

The world is on fire
Premium Member
Meher Baba's flag background is:

To prevent stray cows and goats from destroying the jasmine saplings, a wire fence was erected on all four sides of the Jhopdi. Later it was proposed that a flag be flown near the Jhopdi and, on April 23rd [1924], a debate ensued about it. The Hindus said the color of the flag should be red, but Ramjoo objected, saying that red reflected only Vedant, and that green was better. Then the Hindus took objection, arguing that green was typically a Mohammedan color. The Parsis and Iranis disapproved of both colors, and to bring about accord, Baba proposed, "The flag should be of SEVEN colors."

Meher Baba then specified the positioning of two colors: "Red should be at the bottom of the flag and sky blue at the top. Arrangement of the other five colors is your decision."

Then he later added: "Besides representing the seven planes of consciousness, these colors also represent SANSKARAS -- impressions. The colors in the flag signify man’s rise from the grossest impressions of lust and anger -- symbolized by red -- to the culmination in the highest state of spirituality and oneness with God -- symbolized by sky blue."
Bhau Kalchuri LORD MEHER, Vol. Two, p. 619

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Vinayaka

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
JustGeorge said:
I think there's been plans to put one up at the temple in Madrid, eventually. There's plans to build a temple in Robbins, Iowa, and I think one is included in those plans, too, if I'm not mistaken.
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Is Robbins closer for you?
 
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