A scroll of mail from "D. Glenn Arthur Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu,
1 Mar 2001 22:52:52 -0500 (EST)
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>Lewis, Gerald wrote:
>> Duhhhh, the creationists started the fish thingy....
>
>You're tarring all Christians with an awfully broad brush there, brother.
>The fish symbol goes _way_ back (possibly all the way back, but I haven't
>double-checked that). "Creationism" wasn't a word or an argument then.
>The groundwork for Darwin's observations had not been laid, so there
>wasn't evolution to contrast creationism with.
The fish as a symbol of Christianity goes back to the Greek writing of
the word phrase 'Iesous Christos Theou Huios Soter', which means
'Jesus Christ God's Son Savior'. In Greek characters this spells
ICHTYS, the Greek word for fish.
This was used in the very early years of the Christian Church (we're
talking the early hundreds AD here). It was sometimes used as a
secret symbol. It may also have been an allusion to the Sermon on the
Mount, when the bible tells us that Jesus fed the multitude with five
loaves and two fishes.
>The tone of other posts until this one was either informative or
>an attempt at touching the topic lightly. Yours crossed the line
>into rude.
hear! hear!
>... though I guess I'd have a little trouble imagining an obnoxious
>Taoist until I meet one someday.
You haven't met my father in law then...
[snip the rest of Glenn's excellent post]
Very well said sir, and a good example of how to have a civilised
debate.
dave
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