Talk:Religion/@comment-31.23.88.188-20170420164605/@comment-25936766-20170422145014

...Ah, but you're thinking of crucifixion. Crosses actually weren't seen, ever, as symbols of punishment. Except for Christian Crosses, which are associated with Jesus's crucifixion. And even after his death in the cross, non-Christian Crosses were not associated with punishment, but with other things, such as the 4 elements, or the cardinal points.

A "fallen" cross was never seen as a symbol of punishment either. In fact, they were even less likely than normal crosses to be seen as such.

The only kind of crosses to ever be associated with Punishment per se, are the Christian crosses. Other kinds of crosses, were not.