Unless you have friends among fish there will still be no air to breathe

Well, it's about that time again. Might as well get this part of the sentence out of the way...

You know what I hate?

Yes, it's another bumper sticker. It seems like I should spend my whole life on the road for how many opinions I have of bumper stickers. But I think a lot of other people share my dislike for this one.

Ichthys - You know what that is? It's THIS STUPID FISH.

Now if you want to flaunt your idea about Darwinism or whatever, fine. Put some stupid legs on it and everyone can clearly see that you don't believe in a Creator. Congratulations. 

BUT DON'T PUT A CROSS IN IT'S EYES AND CALL IT A CHRISTIAN SYMBOL. I HIGHLY DOUBT THE APOSTLES WENT AROUND WITH LITTLE FISHES EMBROIDERED ON THEIR GARMENTS. SOMETHING (THE SCRIPTURES?) TELLS ME THAT JESUS DIDN'T APPOINT A FISH AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HONORABLY REPRESENT HIM AFTER HIS DEATH. 

Fish, Praying Hands Drenched in Blood, 40 million variations of the Cross - it all amounts to the same thing; "a form of godly devotion" that serves no other purpose but to silently announce whatever 'Christian' faith you've found convenient. 

I'm glad the Society doesn't promote any symbol for our organization. If anything, they discourage the use of any of our symbols so as not to confuse people. I think we all want to put the Watchtower symbol on everything because we are so grateful to Jehovah's organization. When you really think about it, though, it's much better not to advertise the Kingdom that way.

By the way, according to The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, fish frequently appear in ancient pagan symbolism, often apart from water scenes. “In such cases,” notes this reference work, “it would seem to have symbolic significance, possibly to represent deity, power, fecundity (FERTILITY), etc.” (-Awake!)

Big surprise there...