Ok lol=Romagnolo= wrote:There, problem solved
Not christian you know.Elektro wrote:Nice to see there is a cross on the medics bag, I've always wondered why MEC have a moon instead
Not christian you know.
Not really. The red cross (as in the red cross movement) is in fact Switzerland's flag with it's colours reversed. Whether this is true is not completely known as it could also be related to the Christian church. However, the crescent is directly related to Islam.dtacs wrote:
It isn't a cross to indicate Christ, its a cross to indicate medicine. The MEC one was presumably made a crescent moon to be a little different, I guess it just happens to be associated with Islam as well.
Source: http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/docum ... istory.htmDuring the war between Russia and Turkey, the Ottoman Empire declared that it would use the red crescent on a white background in place of the red cross. While respecting the red cross symbol, the Ottoman authorities believed that the red cross was, by its very nature, offensive to Muslim soldiers. The red crescent was temporarily accepted for the duration of this conflict.
dtacs wrote:In PR it isn't to represent Christ at all, unless DICE has a hidden agenda or the vBF2 medic is a devout Christian...
This is the symbol of medical personnel in war since 1863. Whether the symbol is Christian or not is up for discussion as the ICRC states it's the reversed colours of the Swiss flag but there are no old sources claiming that to be true. However the usage of the crescent is as I said before directly related to religion.The introduction of a common distinctive protection symbol for medical personnel in the field, namely a white armlet bearing a red cross.
Red cross: comes from the reversed swiss flag, wich is based on christianity.dtacs wrote:In PR it isn't to represent Christ at all, unless DICE has a hidden agenda or the vBF2 medic is a devout Christian...
