The Peace Symbol

[Guest LadyC]

it's not the symbol of satan. it's not even the symbol of an upside down broken cross. do a little research on the history of the symbol, and why it was designed as it was by the artist who designed it.

but, despite what the facts are regarding it's inception, people are going to believe what they want about it. nobody likes to change their mind when it comes to long held beliefs, even if their long held beliefs are based on myth. and since many others share that misconception, it's easy to hold onto it.

and so, just like the christmas tree, it is what you make it out to be in your heart.

i love peace signs. in my heart it is not irreverent to God, it's not sacriligious, it's not negative at all. it's simply a reminder of a time in my life when things were simpler.

ps, i love hippie headbands, too, i'm sure someone will associate that with an anti-God movement.

[Guest LadyC]

I have heard that. But I really do not know by researched evidence if this is true or not.

Where did the symbol come from?

it was designed by a guy named Gerald Holtom in 1958.

it was designed orginaly for a protest and was endorsed by the campaign for nuclear disarmament.

From what i know, during that time it was the phase of the hardcore "superspiritual" christians that saw the devil's hand in everything.

anyone remember when they said the smurfs and carebears cartoons were satanic?

exactly!

nebula, the guy that drew it, know what his inspiration was? his own shadow, standing in a position of defeat... legs apart, head down, arms spread out downward with palms facing up. i'll go find some articles for ya later this afternoon if nobody else does. i'm on a tight schedule right now and didn't bookmark them when i did my original research... which i did because i had made a necklace with a peace sign on it, and i wanted to make sure that there wasn't really anything ungodly about it before i posted it for sale.

[nebula]

Thanks, LadyC, but I found that info in the link I posted. After I asked the question, I decided to look.

Or I think I posted it?

But your explanation was a bit more descriptive (I didn't recall his having seen his shadow).

[LeonaS]

Well, if Wikipedia can be trusted -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_symbols#The_peace_sign

Repeated here:

http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/PeaceSymbolArticle.html with the semaphore letters illustrated.

Right! It is semaphore for ND or nuclear disarmament.

Lets not read into it something that is not there. It stands for what it stands for, and has been adopted as the peace sign, as has the peace flag.

It has been used more for the force of good, rather than evil.

That's the way I see it. To quote Dr. Bruno Bettelheim: "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar".

[j102]

Numerology and the occult.

Psalms. [(Ps)y.ch] Psyalms 119, Hebrew Alpa-beta. that's, alphabit to the western charts and graphs and so-called science mind.

V=6. it's double 'V', not double 'U'.

Un. Uno. 1

Twa. twice. 2

Tri. Trice. 3

IV.

Penta.

Sex.

Sev.

Octo.

Nino.

Decca. Decade. Ten.

ect,ect,ect...

Etymology.

symbology 101: "The Subversive Use of Sacred Symbolism in the Media" with Michael Tsarion (Tsarion. a irrifutable Roseicrution deciple, but, it's the best the world wide wicked can provide, in introductory insight beginners 101 course)

WWW Vvv 666.

Submitted for your consiteration. Part One (1) Un.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8875751284579583762#

video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8875751284579583762#

...please, proceed to confound , confuse and complain.

with that line of reasoning then one conclude that everyone that writes words or numbers is by default involved with satanic activities

like i said about the super spiritual people that saw the devil in everything b4

[Guest]

I have heard that. But I really do not know by researched evidence if this is true or not.

Where did the symbol come from?

it was designed by a guy named Gerald Holtom in 1958.

it was designed orginaly for a protest and was endorsed by the campaign for nuclear disarmament.

From what i know, during that time it was the phase of the hardcore "superspiritual" christians that saw the devil's hand in everything.

anyone remember when they said the smurfs and carebears cartoons were satanic?

Satan's hand is in everything of this world. Just because the "peace" symbol was created for one purpose, does not mean that that is what it is a symbol for. Satan is very creative; some people just sit back and laugh. The Scriptures tell us that there will never be peace on Earth until it is returned to it's rightful owner, Jesus Christ. Christians should recognize it for what it is, an upside down cross representative of Peter's death, made light of by Satan, laughing as man displays it as a symbol of "peace."

[Guest LadyC]

parker, no offense, but i think you have things just a little backwards. satan can pervert anything, including symbols. but that doesn't mean that's what its purpose is. satan doesn't own the copyright on that symbol. he just perverts it to bring division and strife among the body of believers.

the peace sign, like the christmas tree, is whatever you make it to be in your heart.

[j102]

hmmm... i wonder if some people forgot their meds and there imagination is running wild

[Guest]

parker, no offense, but i think you have things just a little backwards. satan can pervert anything, including symbols. but that doesn't mean that's what its purpose is. satan doesn't own the copyright on that symbol. he just perverts it to bring division and strife among the body of believers.

the peace sign, like the christmas tree, is whatever you make it to be in your heart.

No offense taken. I'm not trying to cause strife, just trying to get people to look at it in a unique or new way by putting forth an opinion to consider. I'm not twisting any arms here, or throwing around insults as our friend below is.

hmmm... i wonder if some people forgot their meds and there imagination is running wild

And I wonder how mature some people are. I'm not laughing.

[j102]

parker, no offense, but i think you have things just a little backwards. satan can pervert anything, including symbols. but that doesn't mean that's what its purpose is. satan doesn't own the copyright on that symbol. he just perverts it to bring division and strife among the body of believers.

the peace sign, like the christmas tree, is whatever you make it to be in your heart.

No offense taken. I'm not trying to cause strife, just trying to get people to look at it in a unique or new way by putting forth an opinion to consider. I'm not twisting any arms here, or throwing around insults as our friend below is.

hmmm... i wonder if some people forgot their meds and there imagination is running wild

And I wonder how mature some people are. I'm not laughing.

have a sense of humor and dont get offended so easiely like scripture says..... after all i didnt make a hissy fit when someone here said they were praying that i would have a car crash.