Jude 2

Just wondering if anyone has ever heard this before and if so what is your take on it? Our daughter Miranda is 15. She has been through several phases already and I'm sure there are more to come. Within about the last year or so she has started listening to lots of techno style music and gotten really into peace signs and stuff. Not exactly hippy but sort of. She has peace sign earrings, pocket book, tye dyed shirts, necklaces etc. etc.
She and I were looking at some peace symbols online and we came across this web site HERE, and was wondering what some of your thought were? Should I be consered? Is it harmless if her intent is strictly fashion and not really supportive of any creed or philosophy? I don't know enough about it to come to a conclusion yet so I thought I'd ask my good friends here on Jude2!

Thanks

When I was a teen, I was also warned about using the peace sign and all I remember thinking was that it was ridiculous. Neither I nor anyone else I knew ever used or thought of it with Satanic (or hippie for that matter) intent.

You decide?

I remember being told by the religious that the Peace sign was evil because it depicted a cross with the beams broken and fallen down.

This was 1970.

A few years later the same type of people were ranting wild eyed about KISS.

This question can be viewed in many contexts. For me, symbols mean what the person intends for them to mean; for example, there have been several discussions here about this flag:

For many people here that symbol is a proud reminder of their southern heritage; others have used it as a symbol of racial hatred. Which is it? One might argue that it depends upon the intent of the person displaying it.

Another example:
To a German Jew, this symbol...

...the swastika, is a reminder of man's inhumanity to man, and the Nazi extermination of European Jews. On a trip to Korea I saw that symbol all over the place, on building after building, and it was marking a Buddhist pace of worship.


My point is, I seriously doubt if you have any reason to worry that this symbol...

will turn your daughter into a satanist or anything close. She has no intent of it meaning anything except "peace" does she?

My daughter has a jacket with a huge, ornate, sequined Peace Symbol on the back, and I assure you she is a righteous young woman.

This is not the hill you want to die on.

YellowRose wrote:Bad link Brian.

Hmm, not sure what's up. I have tried to get back to the web page and can't .......yet. I will try and repost it.

I would be more cautious of the Techno scene which many times is connected to raves etc. that would concern me the most.

Raves are awful drug infested and criminally run places. They are all through DC and many people lose their life in them, some to never be seen.

Pastor Gary wrote:She has no intent of it meaning anything except "peace" does she?

My daughter has a jacket with a huge, ornate, sequined Peace Symbol on the back, and I assure you she is a righteous young woman.

This is not the hill you want to die on.

No not all. From everything I can see it's just a fashion bug because Miranda is all and all a really good kid. I agree that most of the symbolism that we use has little meaning other than what we attribute to it. (I think thats what your saying) And I don't see anything bad in the way she uses it.

Thanks Pastor Gary

one love wrote:I would be more cautious of the Techno scene which many times is connected to raves etc. that would concern me the most.

Raves are awful drug infested and criminally run places. They are all through DC and many people lose their life in them, some to never be seen.

Yep, and as long as I have anyting to do with it she will never see a rave first hand.

She made some comments about it a few months back, trying to test the waters and see where we stood on it. I talked with her for a long time about what all really goes on there and the dangers that are involved. I think she was pretty reseptive, she even went online herself and read up on rave dangers and people abusing drugs like exsacy and lsd. Preventive measures Kevin!

Gerald Creasy wrote:I remember being told by the religious that the Peace sign was evil because it depicted a cross with the beams broken and fallen down.

This was 1970.

A few years later the same type of people were ranting wild eyed about KISS.

Yea Gerald, thats some of what the link I had was saying. I am only 35 so wasn't even born til '73 so you were learning before I was even born!

Thanks

When I was a kid I read that the Peace sign was satanic in a Chick Tract, so it must be true.

Gerald Creasy wrote:I remember being told by the religious that the Peace sign was evil because it depicted a cross with the beams broken and fallen down.

This was 1970.

A few years later the same type of people were ranting wild eyed about KISS.

I remember hearing both. Probably got the re-rerun of the evil peace sign as I was only 4 in 1970, but got the "rock is evil" first hand. oh well, as my dad says, we are funny creatures.

Gerald Creasy wrote:
A few years later the same type of people were ranting wild eyed about KISS.

Didn't you know that KISS stands for "Knights In Satan's Service". Hotel California is also about Anton Levay. Also, you'd better throw away all your Proctor and Gamble's toothpaste. That company is owned by satanists.

DaJudge wrote:When I was a kid I read that the Peace sign was satanic in a Chick Tract, so it must be true.

Wow, that brought back ridiculous memories.