The Darwin Fish

RedHelix · 04-Apr-2008, 11:37 AM #1

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...5893988.column

Alright: So who thinks the darwin fish is bigoted?

poochee · 04-Apr-2008, 02:38 PM #2

No, but it is not the fish of my choice.

Interesting, I see more Christian Fish than Darwin Fish.

Reminds me, I have been meaning to buy one!

Maybe not! I might get rear ended by a Darwin person.

Just kidding!

Fyzbo · 04-Apr-2008, 03:16 PM #3

I don't think it is bigoted at all. I also doubt that there are more Darwin fish then Jesus fish.

What I want to know is why people feel the need to proclaim their religion on the back of their cars?

**LANMaster** · 04-Apr-2008, 03:31 PM #4

Behead all those who drive with the Darwin fish!

j/k (illustrating the absurdity)

To answer your question, yes, it is a bogotted emblem. But thankfully, people are free to be bigotted idiots in my country. They are often seen for what they are.

This is no different than placing a bomb on Mohammad's head in a cartoon.
Imagine making the cartoon a bumper sticker, and selling them internationally.

It is the identical form of bigotry.

**LANMaster** · 03:46 PM

These are some of the examples of the Darwin fish emblem;

The emblem is a take off on this emblem that originated with the early Christian church (not sure how early the earliest carvings were made);

Since most of the Apostles were fishermen, and Jesus said to Peter, "Follow me and I will make you Fishers of men", Christianity came to use the symbol to denote a Christian.
It also denoted Christ's feeding of the multitudes from just a few loaves and a couple of small fishes.
Romans used to draw the Jesus fish in the dirt with a stick or a finger as a way to tip off fellow Christians that they weren't alone.

Am I offended? Naaaah, no big deal. I have a very big God.

He can deal with those who insult Him without my help.

Besides, Some Christians have upped the ante on this emblematic battle, so to speak;

Fyzbo · 04-Apr-2008, 03:54 PM #6

Gotta love the insanity.

Fyzbo · 04-Apr-2008, 04:00 PM #7

The darwin fish confuses me. I see atheists use it, but it seems to have more to do with the debate between evolution and creationism then it does between theists and atheists.

SlackAli · 04-Apr-2008, 04:04 PM #8

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Originally Posted by LANMaster

Behead all those who drive with the Darwin fish!

As long as I can force off the road everybody who has a "Baby on Board" sign in their back window.

RedHelix · 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fyzbo

The darwin fish confuses me. I see atheists use it, but it seems to have more to do with the debate between evolution and creationism then it does between theists and atheists.

It's comical, like any other form of contrasting symbolism. It's like this t-shirt I used to have with the Playstation2 controller in white silohuette with red background on the left and blue on the right, like the NBA logo. It was a funny shirt! It's neither an insult to Sony nor an insult to the NBA - it's just contrasting imagery.

Leave it to the christians to be offended when people poke fun at them, though.