Jesus Fish vs. Darwin Fish in the US
America Isn’t Shy About Displaying Christian Faith on Cars
During a recent cross country trip from Arizona to New York, we took note of every ‘religious fish’ car magnet we saw and about where in the country we saw it. Somewhat expectedly, it went something like this:
We saw most of these on others highway cars traveling in our direction. As a side note, we also saw quite a few “It’s a child, not a choice” bumper stickers on 18-wheelers, and a large number of Indiana motorists opted for the “In God We Trust” license plate. Well, at least we didn’t see signs this bad!
But enough of that! On to the Jesus vs. Darwin fish count!
Jesus Fish
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Darwin Fish
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| Total: 10 | Total: 2 |
We’re not drawing any conclusions. This is a truly random, unverifiable, unbalanced, unscientific, bad, whatever-you-want-to-call-it experiment.
Comment and draw your own conclusion as you see fit.
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Do you have a Darwin fish on your car? What do you think about public displays of atheism?
Written by James on June 20th, 2008Hi James. I currently do not have a Darwin fish on my car. I am not sure how I feel about public displays of atheism, though I try not to be confrontational when it comes to this subject.
Written by Ted Goas on June 20th, 2008I think the important question to ask many atheists is why they do not have Darwin fish or more blatantly atheist symbols on their cars. I expect many will answer as I do - I don’t want my car vandalized by rabid Christians. Now how many Christians avoid putting Jesus stuff on their car for the same reason? And what does this tell us?
Written by vjack on June 20th, 2008Neither do I. For whatever reason, it just isn’t something I feel like I need to promote on the back of my car.
Written by James on June 20th, 2008No, I don’t have a Darwin fish on my car. And I never had any Christian crap on when I was a believer either. As a practical matter, I hate defacing my car with junk. As a personal matter, my atheism is not something that I need to proclaim to any who may cross my path for a moment on the highway, nor was my religious faith when I held it.
These are my preferences. Others, Christians and atheists alike, disagree with me and have stuff all over their cars. So what? They’re all free to plaster their cars with whatever junk they like. I’d rather see it on their cars than find it hanging on my doorknobs, or being pushed into my hands at the mall.
Written by the chaplain on June 22nd, 2008I have the FSM on my car. Religion is most useful for the parody factor. Nobody has keyed my car yet probably because most people probably have no idea what it means.
Written by Ed on June 27th, 2008When my mom had a bumper sticker which read “The Moral Majority is Neither” on her Ford Fairmont station wagon, the tires were slashed multiple times. One of the times, the Sheriff’s Deputy who took the report suggested, after looking at the bumper sticker, that she had invited the act by trying to offend the real Americans. A shouting match ensued. This is why I do not have atheist or evolution symbols on my car — I don’t want my insurance rates to go up.
Written by (((Billy))) The Atheist on July 8th, 2008Have you noticed that these brave and noble Christians seem to strike only when there is no one around to see their acts of faith? Tires are slashed, Darwin stickers defaced, nasty notes…….Why is it that these brave souls will never confront me directly?
Written by Rudy Quiroga on July 28th, 2008