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TexasTowelie

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Fri May 26, 2017, 04:06 AM May 2017

'Hook 'em' or devil's sign? Pastor Joel Osteen caught in online tangle after UT graduation photo

Houston televangelist Joel Osteen took a break from the stream of affirmations he posts on Twitter to share a photo of his son's college graduation Saturday.

"We had a great day celebrating @JonathanOsteen's graduation from the University of Texas at Austin!" he wrote. "So proud of him!"

The photo showed father and son doing the "Hook'em horns" sign, which the university calls "one of the world's most recognizable hand signals."

It is recognizable to many people, indeed, and some of them think of it as the devil's sign.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2017/05/25/pastor-joel-osteens-hand-sign-sons-ut-austingraduation-confused-demonic-signal-twitter

[font color=330099]I'm not a Joel Osteen fan, but the concern trolls need to evaluate the signal within the context of his son graduating from the University of Texas. Congratulations to his son for receiving his degree.[/font]

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