That is just beautiful, and it best exemplifies why I stopped doing the Christian bumper sticker thing 6 years ago. Partly it came just from growing up, but also it was partly due to the fact that I knew I made mistakes driving that would likely infuriate other drivers. I know because I’ve experienced it–nothing like being cut off by some super-aggressive “WWJD” asshole.
I saw this painted on teh side of a van, complete with Scooby smiling alongside it.
I’m a Christian, at least, I am by name. I have grown increasingly turned off by church (after all, here it is Sunday morning and I’m here), and I find myself tired of most Christians. The intolerance, aggression, arrogance, and simple-mindedness of the loudest few just make me want to hurl.
But here’s the thing…intolerance breeds intolerance. Thanks to these sanctimonious nimrods, we now have large groups of people willing to dismiss, mock, spit on, and otherwise smear Christians. It bums me out to see threads like this for two reasons…one, that there are so many Christians out there being lame (although so many are well-intended, if ignorant); two, there are so many people quick to judge the entirety of the group based on the actions of the few. (It’s a large and vocal few, granted.)
I agree with the statement made earlier–it’s amazing Christianity has survived not its opposition, but its supporters.
That said, a bumper sticker a friend of mine has that I both like and say, “oooh, that hurts” to is: You don’t pray in my school, and I won’t think in your church. It wouldn’t sting if there weren’t truth in it! What do you do when you believe in God and love science? Avoid most churches, apparently.
So…here I am.