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Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
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Date: 
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 18:14:19 GMT
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Jim Baker writes:
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.

On a side note, check out the Darwin Awards Official web site
(http://www.officialdarwinawards.com/index.html).  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.



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  Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
 
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 (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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