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Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
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Date: 
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 08:03:59 GMT
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Also sprach Tim Courtney:
: Its an electronic symbol of the Ischtus (I think?) Fish, Christians put them
: on their cars (at least in the US).  It was a symbol the apostles used in the
: early church, etc.  You see then plain, with Jesus in the middle, and with
: IX0YE too, its some acronym in ancient Greek.

... and atheists with a sense of humor co-opted it, put the word
'Darwin' in the body of the fish, and added little feet.  I have one
stuck to the face of my computer, but have never had the nerve to put
one on my car.  This *is* the Bible Belt.  I knew Ralph Reed when I was
in college.  No kidding.

/ _ _ / _ _  "If a woman has to decide between catching a fly ball and
()(-(//((-/    saving an infant's life, she will save the infant's life
               without even considering if there are men on base." - DB
============= Jim Baker -- Weather Weasel Extraordinaire ==============



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  Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
 
(...) the (...) And I'm a Christian and don't know who Ralph Reed is. See my other recent post on my opinion of the Darwin fish...I don't find it funny at all. -Tim <>< (URL) - Coming Soon! (URL) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
 
(...) On a side note, check out the Darwin Awards Official web site ((URL) A friend of mine e-mails them to me about once a year with the new winners. Some of them are quite honestly very funny -- they hear me laughing 3 or 4 cubes away. :) --Mike. (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
 
(...) ...<snip>... (...) Its an electronic symbol of the Ischtus (I think?) Fish, Christians put them on their cars (at least in the US). It was a symbol the apostles used in the early church, etc. You see then plain, with Jesus in the middle, and (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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