{"id":2304,"date":"2009-09-19T20:04:45","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T00:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2009-09-19T20:04:45","modified_gmt":"2009-09-20T00:04:45","slug":"sign-and-symbol-and-interpretation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=2304","title":{"rendered":"Sign and Symbol … and Interpretation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Often you will find this image on car bumpers. The people presenting this image have a certain set of ideas which they would like to convey with this image. Recently I’ve been considering, taken on face value this image might mean something very different. \"Darwin<\/p>\n

Examine for a moment the history of the original Icthys symbol. This was historically used as a secret sign\/symbol that Christians, during persecution, could secretly signal their faith to other Christians. The fish was chosen because in Greek the word fish could be an acronym for Jesus Christ. So here is the meaning I might interpret this symbol to mean. Wiki<\/a> tells us:<\/p>\n

The use of the Ichthys symbol by early Christians. Ichthus<\/em> (?????, Greek for fish) can be read as an acrostic<\/a>, a word formed from the first letters of several words. It compiles to “Jesus Christ, God’s son, savior,” in ancient Greek<\/a> “?????? ???????, ???? ????, ?????<\/span>“, I?sous Khristos Theou Huios, S?t?r<\/em>.<\/p>\n