Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!TRIUMFER!COSMO From: COSMO@TRIUMFER Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia Subject: peace symbol Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 90 22:34:00 GMT Sender: Practical Christian Life Reply-To: Practical Christian Life Lines: 21 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Original_To: JNET%"christia@finhutc" Greetings, Even if the 'peace' symbol was once a symbol used by satanists, does it mean that all the people who've only ever understood it to mean 'peace' are unwittingly serving satan? Does the symbol have power in and of itself? I really doubt it. It's just a stupid symbol, and it can mean anything you want it to. That's what it means for something to be a symbol. Symbol means it represents some concept, but by itself it's not the concept; it's just lines and circles. People used to ascribe magical properties to numbers. Does that mean we are unwittingly casting magic spells every time we balance our checkbooks? I'm sorry, I really don't understand the relevance or hoopla of this discussion on symbols. David