Did the NFL model the football on the Vesica Piscis? If not for Euclid, would Christians have a Jesus fish?
2007-03-14 03:59:24 · 10 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It never ceases to amaze me how VERY LITTLE most Christians know about the origins of their own religion and it's symbols....
The Jesus Fish comes from one source: ancient Greek language. Jesus was associated with a fish, due to the stories of the bible, the references to being a fisher of men, etc. The greek word for fish is "ichthys". Each of these letters, in Greek, represents the phrase "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior." (i=jesus, ch=christ, thy=son of god, s= savior.)
Perhaps some christians can learn from an atheist today...
2007-03-14 04:16:17 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The vesica piscis is a symbol made from two circles of the same radius, intersecting in such a way that the center of each circle lies on the circumference of the other. The name literally means the bladder of the fish in Latin. In the Christian tradition, it is a reference to Christ, as in ichthys. It is called a mandorla ("almond") in India and known in the early Mesopotamian, African, and Asian civilizations.
2007-03-14 04:08:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The basic fish symbol existed long before Jesus' time and is inscribed on many pagan temple and other structures.
Originally it was vertical and was a pagan fertility symbol representing the female genitalia.
When Christianity came along the symbol was taken over by the early Christians as a way of displacing earlier pagan beliefs - in much the same way as Christmas replaced a pagan festival, churches were built on old pagan meeting places and so on.
So anyone who uses the fish symbol - on their car, for example - is actually displaying a symbol of the female genitalia.... enough said.
2007-03-14 04:16:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The use & significance of the 'Jesus fish' comes from the well-know bible story wherein Jesus fed the multitude w/a coupla loaves of bread & an endless supply of fish from a bottomless basket. They'd been listening to him preach all day & got hungry.
2007-03-14 04:05:17 · answer #4 · answered by napqueen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the Fish Represent that he was there to be a fisher of men. And also eternal life because in that time and culture the fish was the life giving source of food. So Jesus used a fish to show that he was the life giving bread of God.
2007-03-14 04:08:04 · answer #5 · answered by The Teacher 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No it represents the fact that Jesus Christ is the only way to life and that Christians are "fishers of men." That is what the early Christians believed.
2007-03-14 04:06:22 · answer #6 · answered by JesusFreak 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The fish is representitive of Jesus because he was born at the dawning of the age of Pisces.
Well, that's one theory anyway. The wise men WERE astrologers, y'know......
2007-03-14 04:05:54 · answer #7 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've def. heard the fish reference when talking about punani.
lol, I thought you were serious as I had never heard of a pudenda. Thought I was being a dick!
Thanks google.
2007-03-14 04:01:22 · answer #8 · answered by bastardo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because of posts like yours that Yahoo Answers doesn't function as it should, but as a playground for bored and stupid children. True.
2007-03-14 04:04:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i thought the fish was just cause he fed people fish. lol. can you tell i'm not religious. as for the football, its just more aerodynamic.
2007-03-14 04:03:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋