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Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 21 Dec 1998 23:47:23 GMT
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Tim Courtney writes:
> Selçuk Göre writes:
> > What's this thing?..I mean " <>< "
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> 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.
For anyone interested, the Ichthus was a symbol of a fish with the Geek acronym
inside it that meant,
I=Jesus - in greek his first name starts with iota; latin has it as "Iesu"),
X=Christ - last name starts with chi for the hard sound in Christos),
O=God - the character theta for "theos" meaning God(1),
Y=Son - upsilon used for the first letter of the greek word for son "hyios"(1),
E=Saviour - sigma for "soter" meaning savior(1).
Hence, Xmas for Christmas too.
From Tom McDonald
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(1) A roman character equivalent is often used where visibly similar
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| (...) ...<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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