# Mean-Spirited Christian Bumper Sticker **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 21, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848 "2002-11-21T01:54:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/21 "2002-11-21T15:30:19Z")
Lucwarm wrote: > [@](#): > > Wouldn’t a simple “Jesus” fish do the trick just fine?!? Yeah, but admit it. That would piss you off too, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/22 "2002-11-21T15:39:40Z")
I’ve never see this Darwin-fish eating a Jesus-fish sticker, only Jesus-fish eating Darwin-fish. Can anyone link to a pic? ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/23 "2002-11-21T15:44:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*All those pissing Calvin stickers piss me off. It’s a copyrighted image, guys, and Watterson gets nothing for it. \*\* That’s what I love about the kneeling Calvin stickers…not only is it stealing, but (since Calvin never went to church, as far as the comic strip shows) it’s also bearing false witness. breaking two commandments at once…at least it’s economical. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/24 "2002-11-21T16:19:35Z")
Oh, wait, here’s one: [Science-fish eating ICT(h)US-fish](http://www.EvolveFISH.com/fish/media/S-Science2Fish.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/25 "2002-11-21T16:21:24Z")
“Looks good on you, though.” — Rodney Dangerfield (_Caddyshack_) ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/26 "2002-11-21T17:20:50Z")
Has no one here seen the Chtulu fish with the tentacles and all? That’s my favorite! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/27 "2002-11-21T17:44:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ben \* > \*\* > Of course, you could also have the other Calvin, peeing on the Pope… \*\* Ooh, ooh, get me one! I love highbrow bumperstickers that only a few people get. I’m currently working on a bumper sticker that uses alpha particles. I’ll market it as a replacement to the Jesus fish. ---
**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/28 "2002-11-22T02:25:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*Lucwarm wrote: > > Yeah, but admit it. That would piss you off too, wouldn’t it? \*\* Not at all, but what really amuses me is when I see a car with all kinds of religious bumper stickers (“My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter”; “One day at a time”, etc.) being driven really aggressively. I imagine that in those situations, the car has been lent to someone, but I really don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/29 "2002-11-22T03:01:43Z")
> [@](#): > > I imagine that in those situations, the car has been lent to someone, but I really don’t know. Nah. They’re just driving as if they _know_ they’re not going to hell. ---
**Author:** ![Fornit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@Fornit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fornit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/30 "2002-11-22T03:11:37Z")
[how 'bout this one?](http://www.petew.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/31 "2002-11-22T03:50:30Z")
The best one I saw, it may have been a homemade sticker, as I have not seen it twice, was a fish with legs. The legs were up, implying a dead fish. Inside the Fish was “Monsanto.” ---
**Author:** ![Gaijin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@Gaijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaijin)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/32 "2002-11-22T05:21:14Z")
That “Commercialism” fish idea is brilliant. Are there any “custom fish” makers that I could contact for the job? I’d gladly shell out the bread, even though it’d be much wiser to invest it in the automobile I’ll be putting it on. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/33 "2002-11-22T14:51:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Road Rash \* > \*\*The best one I saw, it may have been a homemade sticker, as I have not seen it twice, was a fish with legs. The legs were up, implying a dead fish. Inside the Fish was “Monsanto.” \*\* Now that I don’t get. Please enlighten. ---
**Author:** ![swingchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@swingchick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swingchick)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/34 "2002-11-22T21:43:54Z")
Do you really need a quasi-violent image to make your point bub? Wouldn’t a simple “Jesus” fish do the trick just fine?!? Look how many people you have talking about it? Would you have thought twice about just a Jesus fish. Looks like he did make his point. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/35 "2002-11-22T21:55:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Now that I don’t get. Monsanto ( the chemical company) has a widespread reputation as being environmentally unfriendly–hence the dead fish. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/36 "2002-11-22T22:34:04Z")
The “fish wars” don’t bug me in the slightest as I prefer to be amused by this type of thing. But then I’m a Christian with a molecular biology degree, so I’m not sure I’m either side’s target audience. My favorite isn’t the fish though, it is the unbelievably self righteous “In case of Rapture, this car will be unoccupied” sticker. I love that one. Every time I see it on a parked car I have to restrain the urge to yell “Repent! Repent, for the Apocalypse is nigh and the end times are upon us!.. oh wait… False alarm, people! The driver of the lime green Chevy Nova was just in Starbucks for a minute. Never mind!” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848/37 "2002-11-22T22:51:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lucwarm \* > \*\*Every time I go to White Plains, I see this one car with the following bumper sticker: > > It depicts a big “Jesus” fish, and a little “Darwin” fish, and the Jesus fish is eating the Darwin fish. > > Do you really need a quasi-violent image to make your point bub? > > Wouldn’t a simple “Jesus” fish do the trick just fine?!? > > Are ya gonna go out and demonstrate in front of somebody’s science class?!? (Maybe wearing a monkey costume?) \*\* Mean-spirited? THIS? Look, I’ve seen all sorts of things Christians of one stripe or another have done that you might call “mean,” but the on going bumper sticker/car logo wars between Christians and Darwinists doesn’t strike me as mean. On the contrary, I think the give and take between the two sides has been pretty clever and entertaining. In fact, I’m only sorry that real debates between the two sides are rarely as light-hearted. I continue to look forward to the next wave of fish from both sides. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-spirited-christian-bumper-sticker/137848.md?page=1)