In the gospel of John, Jesus miraculously helps his disciples land a large catch of fish. (John 21:11) This supernatural feat was also performed by Pythagoras in a legend recorded by Porphyry. Pythagorus miraculously predicted the exact number of fish that would be caught, but the story does not record what this number was. In the gospel account, Jesus makes no such prediction, but we are told that the catch numbers exactly 153 fish. What is the signifigance of this?
It is likely that the number of fish that Pythagorus predicted would be caught was precisely 153. The Pythagoreans were well renowned for their knowledge of mathematics and regarded 153 as a sacred number. It is used in a mathematical ratio that Archimedes called "the measure of fish" to produce the mystical number of the vesica piscis or "sign of the fish"--the intersection of two circles which yields a fish-like shape. This was an ancient Pythagorean symbol that was used by early christians to represent their faith. The fact that this mystical fish symbol can be produced from the number of fish that were caught in the account of Jesus' miracle strongly suggests it has been adapted from the original miracle of Pythagorus and that this miracle story encoded a sacred geometrical formula.
You can find this symbol on the back of a christian's car. I wonder if they realize that they are promoting paganism???
WOW.... that's pretty cool. Never knew this shit Tracy! Great post. I would like to share this! <3
ReplyDeleteTracey were you an elder or something?
ReplyDelete(she said while giving rediculously too much credit to undereducated JW elders)
How did you even think to do research on this? Im curious?
As I think you prolly know, so called christians do all kinds of stuff that has its origins in Paganism...wedding rings...also I remember when I was in college I learned a lot about celtic symbols, traditions and songs etc..all of which nearly killed my mom cz she loves those celtic singers on TV.
Pretty cool...I swear this small blog has everything from christianity,Greek mythology and the origins of mathematics....dammm color me impressed kid