Talk:Tau cross

Tau Cross

Exclusively Christian?
Granted the Christians certainly use this symbol, but is it fair to call it a "Christian cross" if so many other cultures have used it? yes —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.229.114.93 (talk) 01:33, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I would like some sourses on this. I want to beleive it, it makes a lot of sense, but I have to get the facts first, I'll do some research to confirm or deny this latro... "The Tau cross was a symbol of the Roman God Mithras and the Greek Attis, and their forerunner Tammuz, the Sumerian solar God, the consort of the Goddess Ishtar." Sanitycult (talk) 11:19, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Hyslop's bad research slipping in?
I edited a misstatement that Tammuz was killed and resurrected every Spring; the rituals related to that occur in the month named after him, which is the summer. I did not edit the claim that the custom of ashes on the forehead stemmed from Tammuz, even though it sounds like the sort of strange claim made by polemicists like Alexander Hislop. Is there any verification of this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.204.183.211 (talk) 12:42, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Rare Crosses
I am not sure what is meant by the following line in the article "These crosses are rare, and only a few are left in the world, the most well known being the cross on Tory Island in County Donegal, Ireland." The Tau cross itself isn't rare. Almost all Franciscan churches have them in one form or the other. Does anyone know what is meant by this? Either this sentence needs to be clarified or removed. Marauder40 (talk) 17:06, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Dispute title of article
I have encountered the tau cross under this name in many, many books, but have never read of this symbol being referenced anywhere as the cross of tau. What's its provenance?

Nuttyskin (talk) 16:37, 17 March 2011 (UTC)