Shiva To Shankar (Shiva To Shankar)

We live in times where people have extreame views. On the one hand, there are scfholars who describe shivas linga literally as phallus, and see alll metaphoric meaning as embarrased aplogy of the uneducated. On the other had, we have puritanical Hindus who want to strip the shiva linga of sexual meaning and sanitize shiva a lore. In both cases, a symbol is reduced to sign.