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In most countries of the world, the unadorned Crucifix is usually accepted as a universal symbol of Christianity, no matter the denomination.

In Hungary however, usually only Catholic, Orthodox, and Lutheran believers are comfortable with the Crucifix (even the unadorned simple Cross), and Protestants (particularily Calvinists and Unitarians) explicitly reject the Cross and use alternative symbols. Calvinist churches are topped with a Star (representing the Star of Bethlehem), and graves are either adorned with a Chalice, or increasingly nowadays, with non-figurative vine-like patterns similar to Islamic art. It is also traditionally considered to be of bad taste to genuflect and make the Sign of the Cross in front of a Calvinist or Unitarian grave.
Modern Neo-Protestant churches in Hungary similarily reject the Cross as a symbol.

How could this become a worldwide tendency, that the Cross is used as a symbol only for Traditional Christianity?
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