It is widely believed that early Christians used the fish symbol primarily as a secret code to avoid persecution and execution under the Roman Empire. Apparently the word “Fish” in Latin sounds very similar to “Christ”.
Life_Is_A_Mistry on
There were originally just two of those bumper stickers, yet somehow it appears on ~5,000 cars
jaeger_smoke on
The Latin word (noun) for fish is Piscis. Im not sure if this helps.
Edit- Latin for Christ is Christis. I can see what they are getting at.
Bozo4206967 on
Fihh 🥀
Winstonoil on
I thought that meant if you believed in a God you have the equal intelligence of a goldfish.
P_f_M on
Jesus is sitting on a cloud and laugh his ass off.
God asks him “why are you laughing, my son?”.
Jesus replies “dad, do you remember the fisherman club I’ve founded 2000 years ago?”
Dpine1 on
Don’t tell’em it’ll be funnier
MotherBaerd on
I love how the second one is obviously faked. There is no reflection at all
ShiraLillith on
Protestants and their tendencies of playing “the floor is lava” with depicting the cross as a symbol.
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It is widely believed that early Christians used the fish symbol primarily as a secret code to avoid persecution and execution under the Roman Empire. Apparently the word “Fish” in Latin sounds very similar to “Christ”.
There were originally just two of those bumper stickers, yet somehow it appears on ~5,000 cars
The Latin word (noun) for fish is Piscis. Im not sure if this helps.
Edit- Latin for Christ is Christis. I can see what they are getting at.
Fihh 🥀
I thought that meant if you believed in a God you have the equal intelligence of a goldfish.
Jesus is sitting on a cloud and laugh his ass off.
God asks him “why are you laughing, my son?”.
Jesus replies “dad, do you remember the fisherman club I’ve founded 2000 years ago?”
Don’t tell’em it’ll be funnier
I love how the second one is obviously faked. There is no reflection at all
Protestants and their tendencies of playing “the floor is lava” with depicting the cross as a symbol.
At least the branch I belong to
Read quo vadis to get the answer you seek 😉