Bush saluting Satan?
01-21-2005, 11:01 AM
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Bush saluting Satan?
President Bush's "Hook 'em, 'horns" salute got lost in translation in Norway, where shocked people interpreted his hand gesture during his inauguration as a salute to Satan.
That's what it means in the Nordics when you throw up the right hand with the index and pinky fingers raised, a gesture popular among heavy metal groups and their fans in the region.
"Shock greeting from Bush daughter," a headline in the Norwegian Internet newspaper Nettavisen said above a photograph of Bush's daughter Jenna, smiling and showing the sign.
That's what it means in the Nordics when you throw up the right hand with the index and pinky fingers raised, a gesture popular among heavy metal groups and their fans in the region.
"Shock greeting from Bush daughter," a headline in the Norwegian Internet newspaper Nettavisen said above a photograph of Bush's daughter Jenna, smiling and showing the sign.
01-21-2005, 11:13 AM
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Yep, I remember Beavis and Butthead doing that on MTV.
I think they need to replace that texas salute with the "we're # 1 salute" (middle finger).
I think they need to replace that texas salute with the "we're # 1 salute" (middle finger).
01-21-2005, 11:15 AM
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He does that all the time...he says it's from the longhorns (Texas), but he didn't even go there. Who throws up the sign of a college they lived in the same state as but never went to?!?!?! Bush is a jack a$$. I don't see any Californians throwing up the Trojan V for victory everytime they get applause.
01-21-2005, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by MVWRX
He does that all the time...he says it's from the longhorns (Texas), but he didn't even go there. Who throws up the sign of a college they lived in the same state as but never went to?!?!?! Bush is a jack a$$. I don't see any Californians throwing up the Trojan V for victory everytime they get applause.
01-21-2005, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by HellaDumb
Supposedly the college band was playing while they did the salute.
Ok...then who has the college band of a college he didn't go to play at his inauguration?
01-21-2005, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Oaf
Since Satan is merely a fallen angel of God, praying to Him is a form of Christianity.
Kinda like those that worship the Virgin Mary.
Kinda like those that worship the Virgin Mary.
01-21-2005, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Oaf
Since Satan is merely a fallen angel of God, praying to Him is a form of Christianity.
Kinda like those that worship the Virgin Mary.
Kinda like those that worship the Virgin Mary.
no, that would be more of a form of catholicism, not christianity
there is a difference
01-21-2005, 02:03 PM
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isn't Catholicism a form of Christianity?
There's a difference between Mormanism and Baptism too, but that doesn't mean they're not both Christian.
There's a difference between Mormanism and Baptism too, but that doesn't mean they're not both Christian.
01-21-2005, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by MVWRX
isn't Catholicism a form of Christianity?
There's a difference between Mormanism and Baptism too, but that doesn't mean they're not both Christian.
There's a difference between Mormanism and Baptism too, but that doesn't mean they're not both Christian.
christians don't pray to saints, they pray only to God
there are a lot of differences between mormanism and baptists (its not baptism, baptism is an action)
baptist is a denomination of the protestant church.
mormonism is a cult and is far from being Christian.
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Hmmm...I don't think The Jesus' mom, Mary, is a saint. Is she?
A lot of Catholics pray to her.
Does that make said worshipers not Christians?
A lot of Catholics pray to her.
Does that make said worshipers not Christians?
01-21-2005, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ish
mormonism is a cult and is far from being Christian.
But they say they are a church of Jesus Christ, so in that sense they are Christians
That "latter day saints" bit can get pretty strange though....