Why is the pentagram seen as evil?

It is only the 'satanic' use that is viewed as harmful...not the symbol itself.

Compare the swastika.

The pentagram is not mentioned in the Bible. It's been used by a lot of people for a lot of different reasons. The pentagram was actually used by Christians and Jews, before their current symbols. Also, Metal and Satanism are not evil. You'll find most people into metal music and into actual Satanism are much nicer than normal people.

A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha or pentangle or, more formally, as a star pentagon) is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes. The word pentagram comes from the Greek word πεντάγραμμον (pentagrammon), a noun form of πεντάγραμμος (pentagrammos) or πεντέγραμμος (pentegrammos), a word meaning roughly "five-lined" or "five lines".

Pentagrams were used symbolically in ancient Greece and Babylonia, and are used today as a symbol of faith by many Wiccans, akin to the use of the cross by Christians and the Star of David by Jews. The pentagram has magical associations, and many people who practice Neopagan faiths wear jewelry incorporating the symbol. Christians once more commonly used the pentagram to represent the five wounds of Jesus,[1][2] and it also has associations within Freemasonry.[3]

The word "pentacle" is sometimes used synonymously with "pentagram", and this usage is borne out by the Oxford English Dictionary, although that work specifies that a circumscription makes the shape more particularly a pentacle.[4] Wiccans and Neo-pagans often make use of this more specific definition for a pentagram enclosed in a circle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagram#Bah.C3.A1.2...

It isn't. It was a symbol of health and Cosmic wholeness to the Pythagorean mystics (5th century BC) who associated the pentagram with the goddess of health and well-being Hygieia—from whom we get the word Hygiene.Their ideas strongly influenced medieval esotericists who turned the name Hygieia into a mnemonic for the 5 elements: hudor (water), gaia (earth), heile, (heat/fire), Hieron (divine ideal) and aer (air). Pentagram-engraved talisman on which the mnemonic HYGEA was written were worn to ward away evil, including evil thought to originate with witches and demons. This practice was said to be common among the general Christian public, who also associated the symbol with the wounds of Christ and the Christmas star.

The pentagram of the Pythagoreans may have been inverted and appears this way in ancient seals .

Ironically, the pentagram, and especially the inverted pentagram has taken on sinister meaning in modern times. For this, we can thank 19th century occultist Eliphas Levi—or at least the interpreters of his work. He associated the inverted pentagram with an esoteric deity called Baphomet—an entity of Levi’s invention, constructed from several sources and firmly based in pseudo-history. Levi associated Baphomet with the Lord of Darkness of both Christian and various non-Christian religions and with the supposed diabolical object of worship of medieval heretics.

Crowley and later occultists such as some adherents of a form of post-modern sorcery called Chaos Magick believed that the Baphomet image represented a Gnostic deity related to man’s connection with earth, primal nature, integration.

Wiccans and Pagans used the pentagram (apex upward) like the Pythagoreans and medieval Christians--as a symbol of earth, health, and blessing.

In the 1960s, Baphomet and the inverted pentagram became the mascot and logo of a new occultist front: Satanists. So this is why people get freaked out about the pentacle--they do not understand its origins and they are freaked out about Satanists and lump together with Wiccans and Pagans. and .

Lack of understanding is the reason.

Also maybe people disagree with what others are doing and relate a symbol to that group and thus what we are scared of is deemed evil.

Symbols like the pentagram, cross , star of David etc can have different meanings to people according to their own level of understanding. These symbols are universal and have been around always. Sacred geometry is the bases of understanding Divinity for some people.

Follow your own heart and do not let others negativity effect you :)))

It is a Pagan/Christian conflict. Long ago.. the Christians came to the countrysides. They saw the Pagans were worshiping multiple Gods. In their religion this was forbidden so they tore down the temples and forced the Pagan inhabitants to rebuild the temples in their own fashion (Christian fashion) the did but also incorporated their own symbolism into the structures (see masons.. definition of it, and then associate to freemasonry). The Pagans felt that if they would be forced to worship here, they should have access to their own beliefs as well.

The Christians took the Pagan symbolism and used it as an example of "evil". Their is a god of hunting, the one that would be honored before a great hunt, to pray for a fruitful endeavor for the village. That god was represented by a goat. The Pagans used this one as the "devil", henceforth the devil often portrayed as a goat-headed creature.. the pentagram, often mistakenly portrayed upside-down, was taken as a representation of this diety. The Christians proclaimed that this symbol was a portrayal of evil and that anyone who bore it was clearly in league with evil creatures and ways of life. So, it was banned and shunned.

In reality, however, the actual pentagram, not the one used by shade-tree devil worshipers, is one point on top, as opposed to the upside-down version. And it's original meaning is based in eternal peace, cooperation and unity. It was never intended to be negative and was corrupted to be so.

The Satanic connection to the pentagram is largely a 19th century invention. It was a time when occult groups were getting some press, and all sorts of bizarre accusations and suspicions were made of them. This was fueled, in part, by the antics of a few particular occultists, who were essentially 19th century shock jocks. (Particularly Aleister Crowley)

In addition, these occult groups had some symbols that looked kind of demonic. The Baphomet pentagram, for example. People preferred to jump to conclusions rather than learn what these images actually meant.

These 19th century occultists are also the ones who ascribed different meanings to point up and point down pentagrams. (Neither of which was inherently "Satanic" but set the groundwork for later Satanists to adopt the point down pentagram)

I'm a 15 yearold... As far as I see I'm not a satan praiser..

But I always draw an Anti Possesion symbol on my arm or elsewhere untill I get 18 I will tatto it on myself just like Sam and Dean (Jared and Jensen) from the tv series supernatural..

Because I believe in evil... the pentagram is in the circle and its shining the vaves around the circles...

it keep shes demons from using they power to posses you.. So for me, I love the pentagram and I always will because it keeps u from satan..

It arose from the demonization of traditional pagan symbols by the Church. The pentagramj was originally a symbol referring to the sacred nature of the female. After the Church warped the message as a symbol of the devil, it stuck with a lot of people.

Another famous demonized symbol is the swastika. It was used as a good luck symbol in the East until Hitler took it and made it the symbol of his regime. Because of that, we now see the swastika as a symbol of evil, similar to the fate of the pentagram.

because people just think that its the satanic one. people look you have to beilive in a christian mythology to beileve in satan.so what that means is that you have to beleive in jesus some how because your going agenst him.so please a pentagram is not an evil thing most are used in wicca and witchcraft and oe paganism.wich all follow a diffrent mythology.and if no one can accept that then what are they going to do? get over it open your mind and your thoughts