>>20406332pythagoras is the basis for the fish story. he did the same thing with an unspecified number of fish. the number 153 was used because archimedes called it the measure of the fish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/153_(number)>The number 153 is associated with the geometric shape known as the Vesica Piscis or Mandorla. Archimedes, in his Measurement of a Circle, referred to this ratio (153/265), as constituting the "measure of the fish"both the oto and the unitarians use that symbol, and it is in many pieces of art.
mainline christianity is the exoteric version, and gnosticism is the esoteric, or inner teaching. pre vatican 2 it was church doctrine that anyone who sought salvation in the law of moses was cursed.
again, in this version God gave us a bunch of horrible horrible laws that were too hard to follow so jesus came to liberate us from them. it's fucking dumb. but it's what paul clearly says. it is the gnosis of jc's resurrection that saves one from God. even pastor anderson will tell you you can't outsin God's grace, you can do whatever you want in life, and as long as you believe in jc then you are saved. sure, you might get temporal punishment (the reasons for masons behaving themselves, like bank robbers making sure all the taillights are working on the getaway car) but you still go to heaven if you machine gun a bus full of kids. then they retort with the no true scotsman and say anyone who does that wasn't REALLY saved.
