They claim to be Christian.
Some of them are going to be mighty disappointed whenever the one they think will save them comes and informs them that tight-ass conservative pricks don’t get to go to Heaven.
And they will, of course, claim that the actual rapture hasn’t happened yet.
Those little Jesus fishies don’t bug me. I mean, they don’t do much of anything one way or the other for me. However, free expression on the autos of others gives me something to look at and speculate on whenever I’m stuck in a traffic jam.
The one that I love . . .In case or Rapture, can I have your car?
Gee, good thing you didn’t drive behind me, or you’d have ended up a gay Scottish two-stepping Unitarian Universalist SCAdian who likes Disney, for indeed I have a rainbow flag, pink triangle, rainbow cowboy boot, Scottish flag, UU flaming chalice and SCA sticker on the back of my car, plus a Mickey Mouse on my antenna (not to mention the pink triangle and rainbow beads hanging from my rear view mirror and the rainbow license plate on the front of my car).
On second thought, maybe it would have been better… 
Esprix
I don’t really care what people put on their cars (although some of those stickers are good for laughs), but I’ve had this strange urge for a long time to buy these leeetle legs-with-feet (maybe ‘L’ would do) and sneak into church parking lots on Sundays and stick 'em on the bottom of any fishy I find. How long it would take 'em to notice that something had changed? 
Regarding the Darwin Fish - hey, it irks me a bit, because I assume that it was designed for the main purpose of mocking (or alluding to) the Christian Fish. It irritates me, just as the “Got Jesus?” t-shirts irritate me. Get original, folks!
Also, the Darwin Fish has what seems to be an obvious attempt to “tweak” the Christian Fish, something many Christians take seriously. So that irritates me - but certainly not enough to warrant ripping it off someone’s car! If I were inclined to rip stickers off of cars, the “In Case of Rapture, this car will be unoccupied” stickers would be first to go.
It’s sad that we have to worry about how people are going to react to our bumper stickers, for fear that they’ll deface our car. But that’s the world we live in. That’s part of the reason why I am pretty careful about what I put on my car.
hajario: It REALLY sucked that someone messed up your car like that. No excuse for it. But I have to say, even though I am a reasonable person (at least I think I am!) that the Darwin fish irritates me a little bit. I don’t see it as being “all in good fun” (but of course I don’t think it’s that bad.) Even if you think something is “harmless”, not everyone is going to react that way to it. Alas, that’s the risk we take these days!
“In case of Rapture, this car will be unoccupied”…
…and the way you drive, that will be safer for all of us.
You want to plaster your car with symbols religious, political or whatever, go ahead. I’m the last one to argue against free speech. (And frankly, when they first came out, I thought the Darwin fish were a pretty funny response to the Christian fish, although that and the rest of the “turns of fish” are getting pretty old.)
But don’t tell me that this is an effective way for Christians to witness. It’s about as useless as the nut jobs in rainbow wigs at sporting events, hoisting John 3:16 signs.
Same goes for the lame attempts at humor used by co-opting advertising slogans, ala, Got Jesus? I don’t buy milk because of that campaign; I ain’t buying any Jesus because of advertising.
You want to witness to me, live a life of compassion, community and thought.
I’ll notice and respect that more than anything I see on the back of a Buick.
I had a Darwin fish on my car for about a year and recently removed it, because I found myself with a whole bunch of friends who I didn’t want to offend. Hey, they KNOW I’m an agnostic heathen, I don’t need to be a rude one. Living in the South like I do, I see about a zillion of the fish, and I’ve probably seen just about every variant out there. That being said, nobody ever bothered my Darwin fish, though I spoke to a couple of other people who said they’d had them stolen. This could possibly be because of my perfectly legit handicap parking pass – after all, who would want to steal from a disabled person? Heh heh. (That being said, the next older woman who calls me “dearie” or “sweetie” is going to get whacked upside the head with the heaviest object within reach, but that’s another issue.)
The sticker I’ve seen a few times that truly scares the crap out of me is “Truth Not Tolerance.” Brrrrrr. But I wouldn’t remove it from somebody’s car, as much as I’d LIKE to. If they want to expose such blatant stupidity to the world, who am I to argue?
My “Darwin” just lets people know where I stand. Offense is not intended.
That reminds me of an incident a few months ago when I was still riding with my psycho fundy carpool lady from hell. She pointed out a bumpersticker that said “Celebrate Perversity.” I thought it was funny at first, like it was saying, “Hey, baby, come back to my place and we’ll celebrate perversity, wink wink, nudge nudge.” But then carpool lady pointed out that, no, it was indeed mocking the “celebrate diversity” slogan and calling people perverts. In a bad way. Then she went off on a diatribe about how she’s not going to celebrate anything the lord calls an abomination, blah blah blah, ad nauseum.
How can my mind be so dirty and so naïve at the same time?
Well, nothing other than the fact that they’re not not not listening to the words of Christ Christ Christ re: showing how Christian you are just to show it off.
I really fail to see how it could be much clearer than that.
[PORN*STAR] A couple of my co-workers have those
Originally posted by yosemitebabe
Same with the Christian Fish. They’re just happy happy happy to be Christian. Nothing more need to be read into it than that.
um…they do know he was Jewish, don’t they?
personal fave
Jesus is coming, and boy is he pissed!
I sort of like the number of Fish Emblems available. whether the Buddah fish or the Gefilte fish, they are fun.
I like the plain (no words) fish with feet, just because it makes me wonder how many people notice them.
-Doug
Well, speaking as someone who doesn’t (and probably never will) have any Christian-related stickers on my car, I’m not sure I agree. I don’t see these Christian-fish bumper sticker people praying sanctimonioously out in public, or doing their alms in public. They just have a simple symbol on their car.
The Christian Fish is pretty simple, and plain. It could be merely an expression of faith, an identifying thing. Just like people wear small crosses around their necks, and churches have crosses on their buildings. Or are you trying to imply that anyone who wears any Christian symbol on their person, their house, church building, or their car is someone going against scripture as well?
The “In case of rapture” bumper stickers, however, are an entirely different kettle of fish. “Bragging” certainly would describe their tone.
And as far as a Darwin Fish simply being a declaration of belief, sure, it does that. But it often is seen as simultaniously mocking the “original” symbol, the Christian Fish. The connection will be made immediately by most people.
One can actually find a symbol or statement of belief without mocking someone else’s symbol in the process. I’m not saying that anyone must or should do this. Only be aware that when you choose such a symbol, you are giving the impression to many people that you are supporting one thing, while simultaniously mocking something else. Sorry - whether you mean it to or not, whether you like it or not, it’s just going to give that impression to many people.
I’m going to go way out on a limb here, but was the OP sarcastic?
The Christian fish doesn’t bother me, it’s low key by itself. I do get annoyed when a car has several stickers along the lines of “No Jesus, No Peace, Know Jesus, Know Peace”, “Jesus Saves!”, “In Case of Rapture…”, etc. But I reserve my true ire for two vehicles I have seen recently here in the Bay Area. Both of these vehicles (one van, one pickup) had every available space, including windows, crammed with fire and brimstone such as “GOD HATES SIN”, “REPENT SINNERS”, “JESUS IS THE ONE TRUE WAY”. Not only are the words offensive, but the presentation is rather garish also. Each phrase is in a different font and color. Do they really think they are going to convert anyone with this crap?
doesn’t everyone?
Why not try some bumper stickers:
“Sex on television can’t hurt you… unless you fall off.”
“The sex was so good that even the neighbors had a cigarette.”
“My kid had sex with your honor student.”
etc…
Words kick ass!
I saw a ballsy sticker the other day–made me laugh: “Jesus loves you… everyone else thinks you’re an asshole!”
Funny to see something like that in the Bible Belt region.
Anyway, years ago, I used to have a “Darwin” fish on my car too. Like which has happened to others in this thread, some mofo ripped it off. Grrr.
I never got anything but compliments on having the nerve to drive around here with a Darwin fish on my car. I just decided I’d had enough, and it wasn’t that funny anymore. Plus, I didn’t want to either really piss off certain people, or worse, give them even more cause than they already have to witness to me. I too viewed it as a simple declaration of principles, along the same lines as the Jesus fish. I still get happy when I see somebody else who has one.