This is a few weeks old, but I was diving through various things and it struck a chord. My lady is Wiccan, I am not Christian myself, nor anything really mainstream (refuses to share with family due to upcoming point).

The point of this is that people are just downright mean based on beliefs. It doesn't matter what they are, if they don't coincide with their beliefs, they become mean. A good example is my Wiccan lady and my mother and stepfather. They alienate and ridicule her because she is Wiccan and therefore, in their minds, she is a devil worshipping cultist.

I proceeded to inform them that she in no way believes in a devil figure, so that idea is irrelevant. They got angry. It really is a beautiful thing to believe in what you want, and do what you want as long as you aren't harming others.

Aaanywho, just trying to catch up on important conversations on the forum since I've been away for a few years. *rubs head embarrassed*

A series of legends and stories/superstitions told surrounding certain objects or symbols over the course of many hundreds or thousands of years has been the main reasons why some things are considered holy in the present day. That is all.