And gibbering. It just ain’t right without some gibbering.
See, this is why I really am sick and tired of these contentious bumper stickers. They just create ill-will, on both sides. They are irritating. I’ll stick with my Yosemite bumper stickers, thank you.
One that irritates me:
See, how do they know what I do and do not know? Maybe I’m one of those mice in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, who is running an experiment on all you humans. No one should be so confident that they know what I do and do not know.
Yeesh. Irritating bumper stickers. On both sides. Trust me. Yosemite bumper stickers are so much nicer.
The one I always hated was the refrigerator magnet “God said it - I believe it - that ends it.” My Grandmother never understood what I meant when I said that the first three words were redundant. (And no, substituting the word Goddess doesn’t help matters.)
I always thought that the little fish that said “Gefilte” was cute. I’ve never seen “Cthulu”. What’s it shaped like?
If I ever made one, it would be two un-footed fish - one named “Belief” eating one named “Truth”. Although religious persons may feel singled out by that, it actually applies to everyone, as a reminder.
This is the completely correct explanation. However, I find that a lot of people interpret this as “evolved from” in the sense that there was a linear progression from amphibians to humans. For whatever reason, this seems to make evolution easier for some people to understand.
It is also wrong, which is where I think the bumper sticker folks are getting this. They seem to think that evolution implies various species magically changing into other “higher” species throughout geologic time. Thus, the bumper sticker. So they’re not only getting evolutionary principles wrong, they’re also misinterpreting fairy tales, since fairy tales were never meant to be taken literally and are in fact just secular parables.
sigh I don’t even know where to begin correcting these people. Y’think we should start riding around in vans and passing out scientific journals to unsuspecting pedestrians?
LOL, I want just once to hear a devout Christian refer to the “pimping of bitches and hoes.” Perhaps 2000 years in the future, when the world’s religions are based on the scriptures of Dr. Dre, we can incorporate that into the ritual. “For the Doctor said unto his disciples, ‘Bitches are naught but but hoes and tricks, so lick thou upon these nuts as you sucketh the dick.’ In honor of our saviour, let the ceremonial ‘Pimping of bitches and hoes’ commence!”
Are you sure it wasn’t just a misspelling? It was in Arkansas afterall… 
Rex: I take it you don’t read the webcomic Sinfest, then?
I actually saw one that I liked while driving in North Carolina:
“TEN PERCENT: If it’s good enough for Jesus Christ, it’s good enough for the government.”
(For non-Bible readers: the ten percent refers to the biblical instruction to give a tithe to your church, thus, by implication, kicking a 10 percent out to Jesus)
The best ‘fish’ is the one that has the phrase 'N Chips inside of it.
Ahem. Today’s reading is from the Acts of the Apostles, chapter four, beginning at the thirty-first verse.
Communism. It’s not only a political philosophy, it’s our Christian duty.
Yours for the canonization of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin,
Steve Wright 
There is no god but Dre, and Snoop Dogg is his prophet!
Dr. Jizz-ay (Beeyotch!)
"Prolonged exposure to the son may prevent burning.
It should have been a capital “S”, as in Son.
Making fun of creationist bumper stickers makes the baby Jesus cry. Then he gets mad and smites your ass. 
A little ditty I adapted for my sig, lo these many years ago.
The problem is, as seen in this thread, there are those who are not creationists who still get phylogenetics wrong. I think much of this has to do with the way evolution is taught (when it is taught) - “old” ideas are still kicking around in ancient textbooks, and those are what people continue to learn. Thus, we still find, even among people who accept evolution, the idea that life has transformed through various stages like “goo” to “fish” to “amphibian” to “reptile” to “mammal” (to “monkey” to “man”). With birds somewhere in there, I guess. The whole “chain” winds up being decidely mammalio-centric.
While the science and theories of evolution have advanced in the 150-odd years since Darwin, the teaching of evolution hasn’t so much. Part of this may have to do with creationist agendas, but I think the majority has to do with the fact that historical sciences tend to beffudle many folks, and those who strive to teach evolution at less than a college level frequently muck it up. Simplifications, in this case, do little to further understanding of the underlying principles. That, and associated sciences (such as phylogenetics and systematics) are frequently ignored completely. The result is that many students frequently wind up with a partial view of evolution, and that partial view may not always make sense.
I think it is this “unclear” version of evolution which many creationists choose as their strawman to attack with their pithy bumper stickers and church signs. They do not attack the actual theories because they have no idea what the real, current theories are. And if they did know, they would realize just how silly those same bumper stickers and church signs are.
I do! I do! Yay, blasphemy! 
Esprix
Basically like a fish with a bunch of tentacles.
My favorite bumper sticker:
You’re bound to get a few honks, followed by embarressed throat clearing.
Darwin’s Finch: Back when I was teaching evolution to undergraduates, I found part of the problem was our seemingly natural inclination to view evolution as “improvement over time”, rather than simply “change over time,” with humans naturally as the predestined pinnacle (try telling that to a trillion cockroaches). Someone (sorry, can’t remember her name) even wrote her dissertation on “evolution as narrative.”
I generally used the “shady bush” analogy, rather than the “linear change” analogy.
I was at work recently and because of the Easter holiday, got to listen to the ladies discussing the two known atheist/agnostics (they weren’t sure which) on the unit. They eventually agreed that the two under discussion had poor childhoods and uncaring mothers (that must be it!). They reiterated amongst themselves the importance of getting children to church while young to avoid the problem of non-belief. These ladies can be really scary sometimes.
I’m in the closet, so to speak, these days because of past 'hauntings’by Xians. I just really don’t want to be bothered with them anymore.
Sorry I’m a little late getting this in but I just saw it today on my way back from lunch. It strays away a little from the evolution theme, but I think it fits in well with the general concept of stupid bumper-stickers:
:rolleyes: Huh? This is so wrong on so many levels I don’t where to start. (And I’m a pro-lifer!)