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I have a jewelry box full of charms and pendants that I have worn based on my beliefs. When I was still Catholic, I wore a four-way (for the non-Catholics, its a cross, equal on all sides, with saints and holy images on each of the four ends. Normally the back is engraved with the words "I am a Catholic, please call a priest" for instances when we were mortally injured and in need of Last Rites. Sort of a *grins* "Catholic Alert" pendant, lol) I have triskellions, claddaghs, eternity knots, crones, maidens, earth goddesses.... I am not christian, nor do I associate comfortably with most established faiths that have symbolisms that can be worn. I have, for the last several months, worn either a simple triangle knot (triskelle) or a phoenix pendant, both symbols having deep, personal meaning for me rather than religious.
I don't necessarily have a problem with people wearing symbols of faiths they don't practice... I do have a problem with people wearing those symbols and not having any idea what they stand for, or who get upset when someone misunderstands what they believe in. If a cross has deep personal meaning (like if a grandparent gave it to you, or it belonged to an ancestor or something), then fine. But getting peeved because someone mistakes you for a christian when you're pagan because you're wearing a christian symbol seems a little silly. I think in that case they should be prepared for such misunderstandings, and be prepared to, if not defend, then take the misunderstanding with a grain of salt.
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“When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
~Sinclair Lewis
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