Posted by
Dave on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:22:57 PM
I was on my way home from work the other day when I got behind a new red Honda Civic driven by a 30-something male. He was hovering right around the speed limit, 25 mph, so I had ample time to study the back of his car. There really wasn't much there, except for one of those fabulous little sign-of-the-fish symbols with legs and "DARWIN" inscribed in the middle.
This guy could be an idiot and simply think it's a neat and/or cool emblem to display on the back of his shiny new car. But my guess is that he doesn't like the Christian faith, understands that this is a Christian symbol, and takes joy in a lame attempt at putting down those who believe that we were created by a higher being, God.
The "sign of the fish" isn't any sort of aggressive symbol or attack on any belief. It's often used by Christians who would like others driving behind them to know that they are Christians. Personally, I don't have one on my car because I think people driving behind me would see it, see how I drive, and probably curse God. Seeing how I am a Christian, I prefer not to encourage people to curse God. Maybe I should put a picture of Muhammad. . . only kidding. No riots please!
But I digress. I would bet money that this guy in my neighborhood has never read any of Darwin's writings. Even if he has, and he considers himself a Darwinist, what does that have to do with my religion's "sign of the fish"? So basically, this guy is trying to slap me in the face because I'm a Christian.
You can call it what you want, but I call it bigotry. Actually, as you can see from my title, I really call it "Ignorant Bigoted Darwinists".
Ya'll come back now, ya hear!