[Eg_cruz]

Originally Posted by blueash

Mrs Blueash came out of the Southern Trace Publix to find two older men at her golf cart. On the rear plastic curtain we have an Evolve sticker similar to the one below. These two older white men verbally attacked her claiming that this was offensive to their Christianity as it defiled a Christian symbol. She told them to leave her alone and go away. They called her an "ignorant c*nt" and eventually allowed her to leave. They had ripped the feet off the fish.

No the store does not have video. No she did not take a photo of these excellent Christians.

The hate in this country is beyond sad
As a US citizen you should be able to stickers on your car / cart without being harassed.
I get when the sticker are truly offensive with bad language in crude pictures is a different story. A little sticker about her believes. Those two so call Sunday Christians (sin all week and ask forgiveness on Sunday) maybe need to go to church on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays

[jbrown132]

Originally Posted by Boomer

And there you have it, the predictable comment of those who either have lost the ability to recognize truth or just don’t want to hear it or are equipped to respond only with tedious snark rather than enter into an actual conversation. Too much of it these days in TV and everywhere else, too.

blueash has been around here forever. He writes well thought out posts for us, usually on important topics. His posts come from his ability to apply critical thinking skills. His credibility is impeccable.

His wife’s experience comes as no surprise to me. (I am trying to imagine what I would have done in her place. I know it would have not been pretty and it would have been LOUD. I am a nice lady, but. . .)

The tone of TV has changed tremendously during the past several years and that ugly tone is getting louder every day as angry, old, white guys feel empowered to strut and shout, foaming rabid and often traveling in packs.

I have no doubt in my mind that had that been a big man, or any man, returning to the cart, there would have been no confrontation.

Ah yes, life in the current day Villages.

Boomer

PS: Anybody read the book “Christ in Crisis: Why We Need To Reclaim Jesus”?

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[Lindsyburnsy]

Not believing in science is doing a lot of harm to the world. If you believe in God, then you know he created man and some went on to become artists, geologists, doctors and scientists. You can believe in science and still be a Christian. BTW, scientists created that blood pressure pill that you take.

[Eg_cruz]

Originally Posted by PennBF

Of course the person had the right to brag that she was against some religions, specifically Christians. In doing so she should not be surprised there are consequences when you insult a person's religion. The fish in the original artist representation has a serious meaning to many Christians and is displayed on cars, etc. To mock it's meaning is an act which of course offends many practicing Christians. Do I agree the actions taken by a couple of persons who objected was appropriate of course not. Do I think the person who did this knew he/she were going to offend many people. Of course I do. The real shame in my opinion was the person purposely insulting many who believe in the biblical story of the fish and for what purpose were he/she doing that.?

WOW........smh
She should expect consequences wow just wow
Haters going to hate

[terenceanne]

Arguing, fighting and killing over religion has been going on thousands of years - no sign of it ending any time soon.

[Kerry Azz]

I Guess I’m from a different type of family, 2 men? And in a parking lot that would never have happened with me there. No man would pull a stunt like that and get away with it!

[FromNY]

Wonder if they would speak to their wives, daughtets,,other females like that. And defacing personal property??? That would have been a call to the Sheriff.

[JanetMM]

Originally Posted by John41

Mocking a religion isn’t appropriate behavior. It is not only rude but potentially dangerous as you found out.

I don’t think that is mocking. Some Christians DO believe in evolution. God-directed evolution. The EVOLVE fish actually is / can be a Christian symbol. Judge not, lest ye be judged.

[diva1]

Whatever happened to MYOB? Would have worked well here, and pretty much everywhere.

[Fairtoall]

Originally Posted by blueash

Mrs Blueash came out of the Southern Trace Publix to find two older men at her golf cart. On the rear plastic curtain we have an Evolve sticker similar to the one below. These two older white men verbally attacked her claiming that this was offensive to their Christianity as it defiled a Christian symbol. She told them to leave her alone and go away. They called her an "ignorant c*nt" and eventually allowed her to leave. They had ripped the feet off the fish.

No the store does not have video. No she did not take a photo of these excellent Christians.

I think you are asking for trouble by putting anything you believe on your shirt or car. There are always a few idiots out there that are just looking for confrontation for the self aggrandizement of it which never fits the definition of what they claim to be. They just love the confrontation and somehow they find each other and stupidly support one another. Unless you like confrontation yourself by reminding people that they are wrong; don't do it. Yeah I know about freedom of speech. They just reminded you of theirs. More killings over religion in the history of this world than anything else.

[Villagesgal]

Carry a whistle in your cart. If confronted and or intimidated by anyone who will not back off and leave you alone, blow the whistle as loud as you can and continuously to get the attention of others to help you. If nothing else, this should make the aggressors leave. I have done this and it works. So sorry this happened to you.

[jwittig@live.com]

Not sure what the point is here. If it's to try and show that all Christians are hypocrites based on the actions of these two men then I think that's pretty small minded. Anyone can call themselves a Christian and there are many hypocrites in Christianity as there are in all walks of life.

"Do not judge and you will not be judged" are the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:1. I think we can all take a lesson from that.

[Greg L]

IMO we have 2 more generations to go before the "humanists" such as myself are finally in the majority.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Darwin's Theory of Evolution is in direct conflict with Christian belief of creationism.

If you believe that God is capable of all things and that we are not capable of understanding what God can understand, then the two ideas are not necessarily in conflict.

We know that God sometimes put things into words so that we can understand them. Some of The Bible stories are not meant to be taken literally. Sometimes there is conflicting information in The Bible. In some cases it is because at one time that is all that men were able to understand. Later we as we became more intelligent, things might be explained differently.

With God, nothing is impossible. Even those things that seem to be impossible to us.

[kendi]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Since when have 'Christians' claimed a fish as a symbol?
What is the problem with the word evolve to 'Christians'?

The Christian Fish, also called the Jesus Fish or Ichthys, was a secret symbol (due to persecutions) of early Christianity. The Ichthys or fish symbol was used by early Christians to identify themselves as followers of Jesus Christ and to express their affinity to Christianity. And it is still used today in many churches. Some have it carved into the alter.