I think the most sensible choice is for me to acknowledge that although the symbol has negative implications for me, it obviously has a deep, positive meaning for many people. The people who use the symbol have no reason whatsoever to express its negative implications, so it's only logical that the negative things are not their intention.



How in the name of creation can it have a deep positive meaning for Catholics when we haven't ever done it before. That is just bull puckey. It is a very poorly chosen imposed on us gesture. I personally can't remember priests doing it..I just remember them making the sign of the cross in blessing. I have not called anyone Nazis or think that they are thinking along those lines. But what if they decided we would all raise our hands and give the finger because someone thousands of years ago did it. It has a different meaning now. On a scale of one to a thousand giving a congregational finger is a 1 and giving a Nazi salute is 1000. Imagine if you are at a ball game and the other side does that in unison. Are you going to call it a deeply profound blessing? Hardly. In fact I think there are laws against it. Lawyers please check in. mg