backward fish symbol?

[Vasileios]

I have no problem accepting that Christ did have a sense of humour. But what I cannot accept is Christ being a son who grabs his mother and she going "oh, put me down" or whatever it was and that kind of nonsense.

Our paradigm for the outward behaviour should be the saints. I have no problem imagining the saints smiling or having a kind hearted laugh, in fact I have seen and heard such from living saints and it took nothing away from that unique fragrance of holiness that characterizes the space you share with them.

So, taking this to the absolute, which is Christ and the holiest person ever lived, the Theotokos, I believe their private moments togather would be nothing like playing around. I feel it is a very false assumption to say that if they did not kid around then somehow they are less human.

Just my point of view. I have not discussed this with my spiritual father to be honest but I do think that the Christ I was seeing in that film was trying to hard to "feel" human and in the process lost the otherwordly element (if it ever had it in the first place) that distinguishes holiness from the rest of the world.

 

[Vasileios]

great link from monachos fuerein! I instinctively almost went to add reputation to waldemar for his post...

 

[Michael G]

There is a saying among those who raise Goldfish:

If they were big enough, they would try to eat YOU !


As Eenie and Meanie gain size, I believe this is not an apocryphal saying.

Last time I kept goldfish they were food for my oscar. I had to stop feeding the oscar goldfish for food and start feeding him pellets because he outgrew the size of my 30 gallon tank in a year.

 

[paleodoxy]

That reminds me...When I was 4, I had a goldfish named Oscar (after Sesame Street), and killed it after feeding it too much.

 

[Oblio]

To be technically correct, fish are not killed by feeding them too much, but rather from the buildup of toxins (chiefly ammonia and nitrites) from decaying leftover food and fish poop. Goldfish have no stomachs per say and if overfed (if they continue to eat) they just poop more. When overfed (or when too many fish are added at once) the beneficial bacteria in the tank filters and gravel cannot deal with the increased bioload and toxins concentration rises to lethal levels.

[/fish geek]

 

[fuerein]

To be technically correct, fish are not killed by feeding them too much, but rather from the buildup of toxins (chiefly ammonia and nitrites) from decaying leftover food and fish poop. Goldfish have no stomachs per say and if overfed (if they continue to eat) they just poop more. When overfed (or when too many fish are added at once) the beneficial bacteria in the tank filters and gravel cannot deal with the increased bioload and toxins concentration rises to lethal levels.

[/fish geek]

See, this is why I don't keep fish... Fishtanks confuse me, I think they're beautiful when done right but I always end up killing the fish under my care.

 

[MariaRegina]

Last time I kept goldfish they were food for my oscar. I had to stop feeding the oscar goldfish for food and start feeding him pellets because he outgrew the size of my 30 gallon tank in a year.

What kind of fish was Oscar?

Fresh water or salt water?

Do you have any saved pictures of him?

Hey, maybe we could use him as foru.ms mascot.

 

[Michael G]

What kind of fish was Oscar?

Fresh water or salt water?

Do you have any saved pictures of him?

Hey, maybe we could use him as foru.ms mascot.

Oscar is an OSCAR. They are fresh water chiclids which are carnivorous in nature. They make very quick work of goldfish, even if you put 100 in the tank. Which is why they grew from being an inch long to 9 inches long in a year. Thus I had to stop feeding them goldfish, because they were outgrowing their home. That and I had at that time a very liberal girlfriend who was very offended at the idea of my having carnivorous fish as pets. I had an albino oscar as well as a tiger oscar, but the albino died about 2 months ago when I went to Cleveland for the weekend and the power went out in my house and thus the pumps on the filter were not working that weekend. The first picture is an albino oscar, the second is a tiger oscar. These are NOT pictures of my oscar(s) but from the internet.