Here in Southern California there is a notorious 'Not of this World' sticker Christians put on the back of their car. Some stickers span across the entire back window. I not only find the quote (which originates from scripture) to be offensive but also their pride in putting forth such a label. Personally I would like to put something on my car but I don't want it to be an 'atheist' label, more so a quote to make people think. Do you guys have anything on your car?
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Yeah, those NOTW stickers are popular in my state too. It is a little off-putting. I bought an FSM magnet for my car, but most of the time I leave it off because I'm worried I might get keyed in this extremely conservative area.
The invisible pink unicorn symbol would be pretty subtle though...
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I would not like to put stickers on a car since I prefer clean looking.
Only those stickers that are required to be displayed and also maybe a sticker that can be useful like "baby on board". :P
I just thought what if there's a sticker which says "atheist on board", how will other people react while seeing a car with this sticker passes by in a country where most of the population are Catholics? What will they think about the driver or the owner of the car? Will they judge him and keep distance to his car while on the road?
Not making this up - I once saw a car with a bumper sticker that said, "This car covered by the blood of Jesus".
Naturally, the smartass in me wanted to say, "Well why didn't you swerve sooner?" But it reminds me of hymns about fountains of blood to wash away our sins, or "Power in the blood" ... ugh. That primitive blood sacrifice theme is just horrific.
The morbid side of religion is usually the most ridiculously outspoken. That is probably the worst bumper sticker you could put on your car unless you were Ned Flanders.
Was this anywhere near Springfeild?
I remember a movie I once watch, I can't remember the title but it's about a girl who luckily survive after tremendous terror and rewarded with a bottle with blood of Jesus. She can use it as a shield so that devils can't follow her anywhere she go. Her companions were killed by the devils while she managed to survive because of her clean heart. It was a terrifying movie and it clearly says how powerful that particular blood is.
I think I actually saw that one and maybe a few thousand renditions of it but no definitely that one. The bottle was clear glass and crossed shaped with circular center and her friends were killed by their own actions she spared because she was a virgin, right?
I don't allow myself any stickers on my car, but I think next year I will get it wrapped so maybe I will but the flying spaghetti monster on the hood! :)
How have I not seen this sticker yet? I live near Los Angeles and drive for a living. I guess I just don't notice them or my truck is much higher than the army of Priuses we have here.
I don't think I've seen this bumper sticker yesterday, but I will keep a look out for it.
I think a Flying Spaghetti Monster hood decal would be awesome though!
I don't know what so offensive about this.
John 18:36
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
It is meant to convey to Christians that their home is the Kingdom of God and their lives here are short and temporary compared to the eternal lives they will have in their true home the Kingdom of God. Ridiculous faith filled babble maybe, but offensive I don't think this to be the case. It does not target anyone to offend them and further reading will reveal that the servants (his followers) should spend their lives trying to bring more people into this Kingdom of God. Annoying perhaps but offensive? Nah.
NOTW is now a Christian apparel company and the logo is now popular among Christians. I don't take anymore offense to this as I would with people having gay pride stickers or their national flags. Its just a way to express themselves and their beliefs. Sure people can be annoying about it but if someone wants to quote scripture on their own property that is their prerogative not mine and I am not going to interfere as I would not want them to interfere when it came time for me to express myself.
This is my first post to your forum, so thanks for having me! I see this sticker here in the "bible belt" quite often among others. I wouldn't put a decal on my truck about atheists because I'm almost certain that a thumper would try to make me pay. I have a fake gold necklace from another atheist site with a simple letter A surrounded by an atom. I wear it proudly! When someone asks me what it means, I ask them what do THEY think it means. Most smile and move on. Before you stick an atheist type decal on your car make sure that co-workers, neighbors and the like won't dust off their bibles and come after you. It can make your life grumpy!
Cool, welcome to the forums, like the name by the way!
Yeah true, whenever someone decides to express their views they run the risk of others with differing views making their life at the very least a little more bumpy.
Welcome to the forum!
I've actually seen such a necklace around here, but I had no idea what it meant. I figured it was some kind of science club thing, since I hang out with a whole bunch of geeks. Awesome geeks, but geeky enough to wear gold chains with their club symbol on them.
I stumbled on this blog looking for a new NOTW sticker had to replace my windshield and I wasn't gonna say anything when I read some of this stuff then I thought of the scripture that's very clear
" Acts 4:29New International Version (NIV) 29 Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness." We are to be bold in our walk with the Lord what you folks may find offensive or prideful we are just doing what the Lord says and being bold with our belief Maybe ask yourself why would you be offensive about something someone else does or says, and as atheist and gay people for that matter I do feel bad for you, The reality is there is a God the Bible is true, All we have to do is take a look around the world and see what's been going on just in the last 50 years, homosexuality is becoming a disease around the world, children are killing children in schools, priests ( that's catholic for those who don't know) are raping babies not mention these terrorists cutting off women's noses who they're raping, using babies to blow up people and many more atrocities going on in our world, it seems what all of you have missed is, all of these things I speak about hav been prophesied in the Bible about 2,000 years ago !!
April 1st- April fools day or better known as national atheist day, the enemy " Satan " loves people like you he knows he has your soul and that you will burn in hell for eternity
Deuteronomy 29:4 ESV
But to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.
So yes I feel bad for you and if I'm wrong by chance, I have nothing to lose, Can you say the same ?
I was born and raised in San Francisco, I watch the gay thing grow in the70's I finally had to move because I was done with so called man grabbing my rear end or my crotch Thinking it was ok, Though I never have had any issue with what people are into, and I DO NOT hate the sinner But have a big issue with the sin , Between the drugs, drinking, all the woman I sleep with and wife I cheated on and many things I did when I was in the world and I used to be a worldly person...Thank God I am no longer in that world ( NOTW Not Of This World) ) and I have never been happier
People our world in in a bad place, Open your eyes and at the very least save your self, I was one of you till the Lord opened my eyes to the truth,
" 2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. "
Anyway, that's my 2 cents because I do care, I was one of you most of my life !!
This is a short movie link I like to share with folks At the very least you will lose a few minutes in your life watching it .. Just click the link, download the move, Its about the science of things around , What have you to lose ?
http://www.adrive.com/public/9kbHNk/2_The%20Case%20For%20A%20Creator.avi
Spam?
"So yes I feel bad for you and if I'm wrong by chance, I have nothing to lose, Can you say the same ?"
Yep we agree you have nothing else to loose, you already lost your mind.
"I stumbled on this blog looking for a new NOTW sticker had to replace my windshield and I wasn't gonna say anything when I read some of this stuff then I thought of the scripture that's very clear."
Interesting you would call this a blog, more so that you would think your religions scripture would carry any weight here...
"Acts 4:29New International Version (NIV) 29 Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness." We are to be bold in our walk with the Lord what you folks may find offensive or prideful we are just doing what the Lord says and being bold with our belief"
Being offensive and/or stupid isn't being bold, nice try though.
"Maybe ask yourself why would you be offensive about something someone else does or says, and as atheist and gay people for that matter I do feel bad for you."
I feel bad for you, too. You seem to be under the impression that atheists and gays have something wrong with them. They don't. Your religion poisons you so badly you are blind to basic knowledge.
"The reality is there is a God the Bible is true."
Reality and truth are demonstrable, so this claim is not only a patent falsehood, it doesn't even merit discussion.
"All we have to do is take a look around the world and see what's been going on just in the last 50 years, homosexuality is becoming a disease around the world, children are killing children in schools, priests ( that's catholic for those who don't know) are raping babies not mention these terrorists cutting off women's noses who they're raping, using babies to blow up people and many more atrocities going on in our world, it seems what all of you have missed is, all of these things I speak about hav been prophesied in the Bible about 2,000 years ago !!"
Homosexuals have always existed, they are just able to be more public about it now.
There have always been school shootings, since the induction of public schools, they are just subject to mass media now.
Priests and terrorists have been raping women for centuries, we are just now trying to address and stop it.
Using small children and infants in traps is NOT a new invention, it was even used in the crusades.
The bible saying that things happening during its time, would continue to happen, is no more prophesy than me saying that the Earth will continue orbiting the sun.
"April 1st- April fools day or better known as national atheist day, the enemy " Satan " loves people like you he knows he has your soul and that you will burn in hell for eternity"
The origins of the supposed Atheist Day can be traced back to a spoof story that was published on the internet in 2003. Atheist Day was originally about a fictional case of an Atheist who had decided to sue the government. The reason for the fictional lawsuit was a simple one—unlike all the major religions, there was no day for Atheists, to which the judge said that April 1st (i.e. April Fool’s Day) was their holiday. While this case was just a hoax and lie, just another extremely lame Christian invention, the story spread quickly and was actually accepted as fact because the religious are infinitely gullible. Too bad they can't stop using old falsehoods to spread the demonstrably untrue.
"But to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear."
In that case, it isn't the atheists fault or responsibility that he doesn't believe, but your gods. If accurate, we don't believe because your god doesn't want us to, so step off our ass and obey your god properly.
"If I'm wrong by chance, I have nothing to lose, Can you say the same ?"
Nothing to lose? Your religion isn't the only one with eternal torment for unbelief, so if you picked wrong, you are no less screwed than an atheist. Meanwhile, we don't really lose anything, because the outcome would be the same no matter if any religion is right or not.
"I was born and raised in San Francisco, I watch the gay thing grow in the70's I finally had to move because I was done with so called man grabbing my rear end or my crotch Thinking it was ok"
There are these things, we call them laws, and you should think about using them.
"Though I never have had any issue with what people are into, and I DO NOT hate the sinner But have a big issue with the sin"
Then you are a busybody, and need to mind your own fucking business. Policing other peoples sex lives is NOT your job, quit trying to apply for it.
"Between the drugs, drinking, all the woman I sleep with and wife I cheated on and many things I did when I was in the world and I used to be a worldly person...Thank God I am no longer in that world ( NOTW Not Of This World) ) and I have never been happier"
Wow, sounds like you need to worry about yourself and leave the rest of us alone, you hypocritical asshole. A single person having consensual gay sex is infinitely more moral than you cheating on your wife, you really should go to hell.
"People our world in in a bad place"
Indeed, and it is almost COMPLETELY due to assholes like you.
"Open your eyes and at the very least save your self, I was one of you till the Lord opened my eyes to the truth"
But..but..."to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear."
How can one open their eyes to something they are purposely being blinded to by god?
"In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."
See? How can someone see something if the god of your religion, himself, is purposely preventing them from seeing it?
"Anyway, that's my 2 cents because I do care, I was one of you most of my life !!"
I doubt it, you were probably never an atheist, and if you were it wasn't because of a careful consideration of the evidence.
"This is a short movie link I like to share with folks At the very least you will lose a few minutes in your life watching it .. Just click the link, download the move, Its about the science of things around , What have you to lose ?"
The few minutes of my life you mentioned earlier. Why would I watch a video that won't bother even presenting a new argument?
I find bumper stickers fun to read and enjoy snarking at the dumber and/or less comprehensible ones. "Not of this world" is one I haven't seen yet in Arizona, but I'm sure they're around. You should get one of those, and put a sticker of an alien or Bigfoot or something on it. Or get one of these: http://www.normalbobsmith.com/store/bumpersticker.html
I haven't seen this one at all but, if I was still living in the states and saw one I'd immediately want one with the same font and appearance that read "Then Go Back Where You Came From".
It's really annoying how atheists have to put down everyone else's beliefs down because they don't believe in it. How can something that means absolutely nothing to you can offend you. I'm very tolerant of everyone's beliefs or how they live there life, why can't you be the same. I don't push my beliefs on anyone but atheists have to make sure they tell us how stupid our beliefs are. We are not in high school anymore so grow up and get over yourselves.
@ Neothe
Umm, you are aware that you are replying to a three year old thread?
Billions of people around the world have an ideology that advocates eternal torture for not following their particular ideology. That is childish and deeply offensive.
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"It's really annoying how atheists have to put down everyone else's beliefs..."
And it is really annoying to have "In God We Trust"; Bishops in the Upper House (UK), faith schools; child genital mutilation; religious courts; and other nonsense thrust upon people against the US and UK constitutions. Religionists never take responsibility for their own actions. And it is one thing to be 'annoying', but to be openly prejudiced is another. Only 58% of USAmericans would vote for a non-believer POTUS...
https://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/25/living/atheist-president-gallup/index...
Atheism isn't 'a belief', it is rejection of the claim that there's a god. All beliefs should be challenged, not defended or held sacred.
And I don't call myself "atheist", I just accept the label theology applies to non-believers. Apparently, I'm an apostate too. What a load of cobblers!
(And OldManShouts has a point - probably better to have started a new thread)
@Neothe ....
"It's really annoying how atheists have to put down everyone else's beliefs down because they don't believe in it."
Oddly enough...... your view has already been addressed ......
“I'll tell you what you did with Atheists for about 1500 years.
You outlawed them from the universities or any teaching careers, besmirched their reputations, banned or burned their books or their writings of any kind, drove them into exile, humiliated them, seized their properties, arrested them for blasphemy.
You dehumanised them with beatings and exquisite torture, gouged out their eyes, slit their tongues, stretched, crushed, or broke their limbs, tore off their breasts if they were women, crushed their scrotums if they were men, imprisoned them, stabbed them, disembowelled them, hanged them, burnt them alive.
And you have nerve enough to complain to me that I laugh at you.”
― Madalyn Murray O'Hair
As a Christian I am just curious how this sticker has become offensive to you? I can understand if you do not share the same belief as us but we are told that, "But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ," (Philippians 3:20) and believe this wholeheartedly. I am sorry if this offends you but I am curious to how because it doesn't have much to do with anyone outside of Christianity.
@ Missionary girl
Would you find it offensive if I put a huge sticker on my car that read, "There is no god" or "jesus was a fruad"?
I bet I would be continually harassed by christians and police. In fact, I know I would.
BTW PROVE YOUR FUCKING GOD!
wow i think this thread is the oldest and still kicking upward...
5 years old thread huh??
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