my new cool symbol is <>~ what do you think it is? What does it mean? I am an Atheist. If that helps.
<^>< how about this one?
how about making up your own?
2007-04-23 05:14:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
red queen!!!!!! maybe ;)
2007-04-23 05:19:51 · update #1
Is your cool new symbol a sperm cell?
2007-04-23 05:17:16 · answer #1 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The "fish symbol" or icthyus was a means of Christians signaling one another about upcoming church services and whether or not it was safe to talk about God in a certain part of town. In other words, if a Christian brother saw a fellow Christian and wanted to talk about a religious topic, he'd draw the top half of the icthyus in the dirt. If it was safe to talk, the other person would draw the other half of the icthyus and the conversation would continue. Since it was a crime under the Roman occupation for Christians to gather in groups of more than three at a time under penalty of death for the purpose of having church, this covert system was necessary for early Christians to be able to communicate, witness and worship.
2007-04-23 13:50:45 · answer #2 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a good time to remind Christians we are to be 'fishers of men' - so many of us seem to act like 'hunters' of men' :-)
Jesus called us to be 'fishers of men' - a fisherman sits by the lake (A Christian needs to be near people). He puts some bait in the water (A Christian needs to let others know what he is all about), and then, a fisherman WAITS - he doesn't pounce, attack, bully, badger... God does the catching, if the person is interested. Our role as 'fishers of men' is to be available, give witness to what we have experienced, try to help others in understanding IF they want to know... and let God do the rest!
2007-04-23 12:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by Laura S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I heard when Christians were being persecuted they wouldn't come right out and say they were christian they would meet face to face and one person would make an arch in the sand in front of them and if the other person made an arch opposite to theirs it created a fish symbol, meaning that they were kosher... well they were ok to talk to
2007-04-23 12:20:41 · answer #4 · answered by Eric W 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Symbols are important for the symbol minded.
2007-04-23 12:24:06 · answer #5 · answered by Orac 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it's not new, it's protestant--back in the day when protestants were persecuted, it became a secret sign, if they met with someone they thought might be a protestant, they'd draw half the symbol in the dirt with their staff, if the other person was a protestant, they'd draw the other half--if I were to make one up, it'd probably be @>;--
2007-04-23 12:19:13 · answer #6 · answered by Matthew Star 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I am a soldier in the Puffin Resistance. Our symbol is:
~^~
(Yours does look like sperm, in a way...)
2007-04-23 12:24:27 · answer #7 · answered by Puffin Soldier 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks like a flagellate to me, and I don't mean the religious kind.
2007-04-23 12:24:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a fish. Jesus liked 'em.
You'll notice fish on some cars that say Jesus in them, and you'll notice fish with feet that say Darwin in them.
2007-04-23 12:18:35 · answer #9 · answered by DougDoug_ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great, now I'm craving a Filet O'Fish.
2007-04-23 12:20:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋