Date sent: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:33:39 -0700 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Most of the silly gestures people do and say are based on warding off evil. > Many of these gestures created from the days of the early church still > remain with us today, such as people crossing their fingers as a gesture of > wishful thinking or wishing for good luck. > > Early European Christians around the 17th century believed that if they took > their index finger and crossed it with another believer, making a symbol of > the cross, would be insuring that thing to happen, based on the scripture > whatever two or more agreed upon on earth would be sanctioned in heaven. > Later this simulation of a cross with their fingers would be done by oneself > . > > So now when you see someone cross their index and ring fingers and say > "cross your fingers for good luck", you can let them know that they are > making the sign of the cross and that "pray" is even more effective! > > Cdr Jen > (source based on The Answer Book by B.Beliner and "Christian Answers.net" > > _______ > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! > http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______ To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm or to unsubscribe without web access, send "unsubscribe rrgold" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To post to RangerNet, please join RangerNet first (go to http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm). You can then unsubscribe from RangerNet again if you want to go back to getting RRGold posts only.
