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HarlechMan on scored.co
1 month ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)1 child
The hexagram was actually not widely recognized as "The Star of David" until the late 1800's or early 1900's when Zionism really took form. Before that the menorah was the most common symbol of jews. The "star of david" was more often known as "the seal of Solomon". Although obviously present in jewish mysticism it was far from exclusive and present throughout western occultism. That's a whole rabbit hole though.
1 month ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)1 child
Still not quite correct. There is no Star of David or seal of Solomon, it's actually the star of Remphan mentioned in Acts 7:43. So this means, given all founding fathers were all free masons, that the star likely represents jews and nothing else.
1 month ago1 point(+0/-0/+1Score on mirror)1 child
That's speculative. What is true is that the hexagram in one form or the other was used by various esoteric traditions. I haven't seen a definitive description of the Star of Remphan as it's not described in detail in the passage you mentioned. It's just as likely the jews co-opted it the same way they've co-opted many Western symbols ober time. There's a lot of funny stuff going on with American iconography but leaping to conclusions is not productive. The founders also used the olive leaf, fasces, and other traditional western icons.