The Hand Sign
Maybe you have seen the hand sign or hand signal that has become popular in certain circles. When you go to Google, as I did, you will find dozens or hundreds of websites that give examples of such signs. Some of them are used to communicate with the deaf, but there are also many others.
Notice above that “Love” is the supposed message of the hand sign, according to some people. But we would probably agree that this would be somewhat ambiguous.
Let’s just concentrate on one of these signs at this time. This is the one to which I refer:
As with other signs, there are different interpretations, thus we can’t be dogmatic about the meaning. We think that different people have different purposes in the use of the sign (above). As we said, some would say that it means, “I love you.”
But there is another, more sinister, meaning that we should be aware of. In some circles it means far more than love. It means Satan! It is a satanic sign! Whether President Obama or President Bush are aware of this meaning, we don’t know.
An example of one writer who is convinced that the sign is satanic follows:
“El Diablo” Shows His Horns—The Devil Rides Out!
People that are Christians now, but were Satanists, recognized President Clinton’s signal at his inauguration as a sign of Satan. That seems fairly cut and dried, and it is. Clinton communicated what he wanted to the people to whom he wanted to communicate. The whole affair with him flashing the Satanic hand signal took only a couple of seconds.
It is being flashed everywhere—on TV, in newspapers and magazines, at sporting events, and even at presidential inaugurations. I’m referring, of course, to the sign of El Diablo, the horned devil, also known as the sign of Il Cornuto and as Diabolicus.
It began in the modern era with the followers of satanic cults, the members of the official Church of Satan.
THE HAND SIGNS
1. The thumb over the fingers is the Satanic salute from the satanic Occult.
2. With the thumb under the fingers represent the horned god of witchcraft.
3. With thumb out it means. I love you Satan.
https://jerryandgod.com/satanism-in-washington-d-c-and-galatians-1-no-other-gospel/
Another site holds to the same view:
Why do so many influential people make blatant public displays of the ‘horned hand’ sign–the \m/ hand sign?
- Sign language for “I love you”?
- Members of some gang, throwin’ down their sign?
- Texas Longhorn football fans?
- Or, heavy metal fans, just encouraging us all to “rock on”?
Lol! Wow. . . isn’t it amazing how many of our leaders and celebrities are into it?
https://prof77.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/hand-signs-coincidence-or-conspiracy/
Whether the signer is indicating his allegiance to Satan, to the occult, or to some other sinister element, or whether the signer simply means to communicate his love for another person or persons, we can’t say.
Because of the ambiguity of the symbol, we would suggest that it might be better for the Christian to simply say, “I love you,” and not run the risk of being identified as a Satanist or indicating one’s commitment to the occult. “I love you” is plain and it says the communicates the very message that God wants us to communicate (1 Corinthians 16:14).