Why do Christians have pagan symbols on their churches and cars. The cross and the fish?

Answer 1

THEY ARENT PAGAN SYMBOLS TO ME.. THE FISH REPRESENT THE FISH THAT HE MADE INTO MILLIONS TO FEED THE PEOPLE WITH... AND THE CROSS REPRESENT THE CROSS HE BEARS FOR US... ON CALVARY WHICH HE DIED AND ROSE AGAIN ON THE 3RD DAY...

Answer 2

Many Pagan symbols (like hoildays) have been retro-fitted to also be Christian symbols. This took place years ago when the main Christian church was blending with the Pagan religion. So the symbols mean (at least) two different things. Some of the people do not even know where the symbols are from or have been lied to about them for unknown reasons. But I'm guessing you knew this already.

Answer 3

Because all of Christianity was and is based on Pagan beliefs. Although they will argue that it is not.
Imagine that.

Cross-Christians adopted the cross but it's origins date back long before Jesus Christ was even born. Dated back to Babylon and the worship of the sun-gods Mithra and Tammuz. The cross was not used by Christians until the fourth century after Emperor Constantine (a pagan-sun worshipper) had a vision of the cross in front of the sun.

Fish Symbol- Another pagan symbol adapted into Christianity. The fish was used worldwide as a religious symbol associated with the pagan "Great mother Goddess". It was meant to represent the outline of her vulva. It's linked to the age of Pisces and also has associations with the Hindu deity Vishnu but more so with Dagon the fish-god of the Philistines. The name Dagon is derived from dag which means fish. Dagon is also found in the scriptures (Judges 16:23-24; Samuel 5:2-5).

Did you also know that in European Countries, the face of the "Green Man" (Pagan Deity) is shown in Church's more times then that of Jesus Christ. And in America's oldest Church's and cathedrals he is displayed quite proudly.

Answer 4

Actually the fish is not part of the astrological context. This fish is an acrostic of greek letters, which mean "Jesus, Christ, God's, Son, Savior." One half of the fish of the fish would be drawn by the foot of a Christian in Rome (when it was a death sentence to be a Christian in Rome), and the fish would be completed by another Christian if he was one. The fish is actaully the oldest Christian symbol. The cross came about as the official symbol in the second century CE. You can almost guess where the context of that symbol came from. As you can see, neither are intentionally "stolen" pagan symbols. That just happens to be a coincedence.

Answer 5

Because paganism predates Christianity by about 25,000 years. All of the Christian holidays everyone has come to know were actually based upon pagan celebrations. The Roman Catholic movement decided to "snuff" out paganism and replacing the holidays, symbols, etc. with "christian beliefs" was the result. Pagans were forced to go behind closed doors while the world became patriarchal.

Why is it that there were no women role models or the ones that did exsist had to be "whores" or "possesed"..... think about it.

If you read the bible and then do a litle research....there is much to be learned.

Answer 6

Because they are a confused lot. Their Christmas is a pagan holiday, as well as Easter (spring rites), there are many spill overs that made Christianity easier to swallow by pagans long ago...the traditions hang on. And once again, some of the answers are about as UnChristian as I will find...we have one person saying that "one true church...etc." Actually, if Christians really wanted to get down to it, they would all have to go back to being Catholic, the mother of all Christianity. Me...I will stay right where I am at. And to those who say, Christianity came before Pagans...are you all that ignorant of facts??? amazing.

Answer 7

This is because everything is related to paganism in some way. Pagonism is the religion of worshiping the earth and its living/ nonliving things which includes everything in the world down to a grain of dirt, so no wonder there is a fish, but crosses, they aren't derived from paganism, the christian cross refers to the cross jesus was crucified on, it has nothing to do with paganism.

Answer 8

Pardon moi - but I am a Christian and do not have pagan symbols on my car, person and I don't attend any church that does.

I don't carry crosses in jewelry or other form, I don't carry symbols of fishes nor so called pictures of Jesus. Family and friends and other Christians KEEP SENDING them to me despite knowing how I feel about Idol possession and idol worship.

Idols are nothing, they cant hurt a person, but I refuse to embrace one in any religious context. I do have a so called pagan statue in my house BUT it for me has NO religious effect. Its simply a work of art and nothing more.

If one wants to go overboard he or she could be possessing a pagan object if they so much as pick up a stick of wood to burn it for warmth. But really - how paranoid should one be? LOL

Answer 9

The fish comes from, "You will be fishers of men" early Christians used it to identify each other with out using symbols that might get them in as much trouble as marking a cross in the ground. There are many symbols that have different meanings from group to group.

Answer 10

For the same reason all their holidays are actually Pagan religious dates. A great deal of the western world was Pagan before being converted. It was far easier to have them accept the new religion than totally throw away old traditions.

Why do Christians insist on Christmas trees?

Why do they celebrate Christmas by shopping?

Why do they celebrate Easter by the Pagan tradition of eggs (Spring, fertility) ?

Answer 11

The cross is because Jesus died on the cross for us, and the fish is because it says somewhere in the bible about the fish and it's relationship to God or something. I wish i could remember exactly what that was, sorry. It has nothing to do with the pagans.