Peace means Satan now???

Question

Can someone please explain to me wtf this is about;
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061127/ap_on_re_us/anti_peace_sign

I personally think the wreath is cool. What do you think?

Answer 1

In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.

The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.

Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.

Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.

Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 2

the traditional peace sign some say is a cross that is broken meaning Satan. I however think it is just one more way Satan is trying to fool his way into the lives of people.

Answer 3

There are a lot of folks who think that if you object to the war then their loved one's sacrifice at being in (or worse, killed in) Iraq. We have had this argument in our own extended family - some of the family members have served in this war and some are very much against the war. The ones that serve somehow think that being against it negates what they have contributed.

I think it is odd myself - especially for christians to object to a symbol of peace at Christmas time.

Peace!

Answer 4

I hate homeowner associations.
They've got this huge stick up their *** that just screams for somebody to pull it out.