Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: muttiah@cs.purdue.edu (Ranjan Samuel Muttiah) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: David Hume and the Fish Message-ID: Date: 22 Jul 89 22:26:07 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Department of Computer Science, Purdue University Lines: 16 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu What were David Hume's arguments against miracles and the age of the Bible ? Why did the Greeks call Jesus Ichtus (sp ?) (fish)? [ichthus is an acrostic in Greek. It is the initial letters of Ieous Christos, Theou Uios, Soter (more or less -- I don't guarantee that I got the spelling right). Ch and th are single letters in Greek (chi and theta). This is Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. I don't know that anyone actually called Jesus that, in the sense of being used as a name or title. However certainly the fish was used as a Christian symbol from the early days. Someone else will have to answer about Hume. I looked through the only Hume I have -- Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion -- and found no direct answer to your questions, though I could probably make some pretty good guesses... --clh]