Meaning of the "jesus fish"

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amorphus88

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well, guess what I learned today in Latin...

in the Roman times, Christians were persecuted. thus, a "secret signal" was devised. if you were Christian, and you thought someone else was Christian, you'd walk up to them, say hi, and swing your foot in a semicircle, tracing the ground with your toe in a discreet manner so you make a ( in the dirt. if the other man was a Christian, and he knew what he was doing, he'd do the same thing on his end, and you end up with the fish.

interestingly enough, IXOYE is Greek for fish (ichthys, as in ichthysaurus, the dinosaur that looked like a fish.... sorta) (the O is actually that one that looks like an O with a - through the middle... kinda like this (-) .....)

also, IXOYE is an Acronym...

Iesus
Xristos
Oeos
Yios
Ewtnp

I've given the closest English letter...

what it translates to is:
Jesus
Christ (well, literally, "messiah"/"savior")
God
Son of (as in "Son of God"
Savior

pronounced:
Iesus
Kristos
Theos
Huios
Soter



how interesting....
 
That's right, cause E is Sigma.
Yeah, the whole Fish thing. I remember that.
A friend wrote a note and remembered when she was a Xian...I was like, what's a Xian? "Christian." Stupid Josh.
 
thats pretty cool. Also, Amorph, its a Theta. Anyone who took any math/science knows that, so just stick with that.
 
I love Greek...maybe I should learn to speak it.
Beta, Eta, Theta, Zeta, I believe are all of the -eta's.
What's the Omega function in mathematics again?
 
all I know is omega is for resistance in electronics

OM-ega, "ohms", the guy who did something with electricity, "Mr. Ohm", get it? *poke*
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