Hi Jordan

I especially love the black spinner ring band as well as your wallet. 🙂

Thanks for sharing.

Blessings,

Ann Maree

Thats an interesting question.

I DONT think theres a hanky code for that (joke – sorry).

It used to be that wearing white sox with black shoes was a signal you were gay (or so I was told when I did it once more because I was lazy) and drawing the fish in the sand was a sign you were christian,

but these days I dont even wear a watch except for special occasions – the only jewellelry I wear is my partner ring – which is a very understated plain gold band – with a single diamond in it… and usually the diamond isnt even visible (its turned in)

Ive always liked the ideas of wrist bands but never actually worn them.

Jordan

Have you seen the car sticker of the fish symbol ? That means it's a Koine Greek play on words that spell out fish (in greek)

From wikipedia

ΙΧΘΥΣ (Ichthys) is an acronym for "Ίησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ", (Iēsous Christos, Theou Yios, Sōtēr), which translates into English as "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior".

Iota (i) is the first letter of Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς), Greek for "Jesus".

Chi (ch) is the first letter of Christos (Χριστός), Greek for "anointed".

Theta (th) is the first letter of Theou (Θεοῦ), Greek for "God's", the genitive case of Θεóς, Theos, Greek for "God".

Ypsilon (y) is the first letter of (h)yios[3] (Υἱός), Greek for "Son".

Sigma (s) is the first letter of sōtēr (Σωτήρ), Greek for "Savior".

and then

The early church

According to tradition, ancient Christians, during their persecution by the Roman Empire in the first few centuries after Christ, used the fish symbol to mark meeting places and tombs, or to distinguish friends from foes:

…when a Christian met a stranger in the road, the Christian sometimes drew one arc of the simple fish outline in the dirt. If the stranger drew the other arc, both believers knew they were in good company. Current bumper-sticker and business-card uses of the fish hearken back to this practice. The symbol is still used today to show that the bearer is a practicing Christian.

—Christianity Today, Elesha Coffman, "Ask the Editors", [7]

There ARE other theories so read the article in wikipedia – and remember that wikipedia is NOT the font of all wisdom but merely a starting point to knowledge !

Here is the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthys

Actually the stickers used to be VERY trendy (as did learning the original launguaes the bible was written in) but not so much now – maybe Im showing my age ! 🙂

Hi Jordon

I would do some market research about using the fish – it became quite a "Cliche" and may have a negative connotation for some people.

You may find the circle which is more subtle will achieve the same ends without the "overuse"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ephesus_IchthysCrop.jpg

Of course – this would depend on your target market. (e.g. if your market was Hillsong regulars – I think the fish MIGHT be fine – but if it was more general – I would do the research first)

What do people on the Forum think – when you see the Fish STICKER on a car – is your reaction positive or negative these days ???

Thanks everyone 😀

I did some research on the fish and it doesn't seem too well known, so it may be something others don't recognize or relate to these days either (I myself didn't know about it until now) so I don't think I'll use it 🙁 I did a lot of research on latin and greek words with their english derivatives though, and that has helped me a lot.

I am writing a trilogy of books and was going to name this unique dream world 'Elementa' but found this word 'Aequus' which means 'level' or 'equal'. I wanted this place to basically mean 'freedom' or 'equality', where people can be themselves, so I renamed this land to Aequus, thanks to the research I would not have done if it weren't for you guys! So thanks! ^_^