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  2. From: pmw2c@csissun12.ee.Virginia.EDU (Paul Michael Wayner)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.pagan
  4. Subject: Re: Why the Cross?
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan1.040315.16549@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
  6. Date: 1 Jan 93 04:03:15 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec31.050516.9721@news.acns.nwu.edu> <13XNwB4w165w@freeside.com> <2B438D04.22193@news.service.uci.edu>
  8. Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
  9. Reply-To: pmw2c@csissun12.ee.Virginia.EDU (Paul Michael Wayner)
  10. Organization: University of Virginia
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  13.  
  14.  >> In article <1992Dec31.015158.7606@serval.net.wsu.edu> 
  15. |> >>  bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015) writes:
  16. |> >> >In article <29DEC199212214576@jane.uh.edu> 
  17. |> >>  lib1p@jane.uh.edu (Tammy Stark Blandino) writes:
  18. |> >> >>
  19. |> >> >>The early symbol of Xtianity was the fish, like is becomming popular 
  20. |> >> >>today.
  21. |> >> >
  22. |> >> >Why was the fish a symbol?  Anyone have a good idea?  Even a bad
  23. one might
  24. |> >> >be amusing.  :-)
  25.  
  26. Well, one possible explanation is that most (if not all) of the original
  27. apostles
  28. were fishermen, and Jesus said to them (paraphrasing)
  29.     
  30.     Follow me and I shall make you fishers of men's souls
  31.  
  32.                         Paul Wayner
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