2006-08-29 06:55:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
never heard of that one....
2006-08-29 07:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by Steve M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In times past, one of the clergy would hide in the rafters above the door with a bucket of water to pour on people as they entered. People then started looking up and would point when they saw him and the tradition of pointing up just sort of stuck and carried on.
2006-08-29 14:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by Gallivanting Galactic Gadfly 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some say it originated in the south during slavery. It was a signal that the slave had received permission to leave the church from his master. Just a guess.....
You can go to snopes.com as someone suggested but they say that it is "undetermined" so they don't know where it comes from either.
2006-08-29 13:59:38 · answer #3 · answered by PaganPoetess 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are a black person who goes to a black "holiness" church. There is nothing biblical about that jesture but I guess that it is suppose to symbolize humility in the house of the Lord.
2006-08-29 14:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the action of chavs being thrown out by the vicar!
2006-08-29 14:01:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it your middle finger you hold up? sounds like a good laugh your church
2006-08-29 14:00:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's the finger I'm thinking of, I think that's an atheist custom...
But here's the Snopes version... :)
http://www.snopes.com/religion/finger.asp
2006-08-29 14:00:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Makes it easier to pull your finger.
2006-08-29 14:03:31 · answer #8 · answered by Divine 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never heard of such a custom.
2006-08-29 14:02:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What church do YOU go to? o_O
- 16 yo Pagan
2006-08-29 13:59:06 · answer #10 · answered by Lady Myrkr 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋