Someone ripped off my darwin fish!!! Options

[cHinaman727]

I'm so damn pissed right now. Just came home and when we pulled in behind my car I noticed it was missing the damn darwin fish I've had on there forever!!! Someone felt it was their place to violate my damn personal belongings. I don't give a damn what your beliefs are. MY property is MY property.

sorry for the rant.

[Havok1997GT]

I had a Creature of the Night Sticker that i bought in Austin when Rita or what ever that Hurricane was that was coming to hit Houston a while back, i put it on my car and not 2 days later someone had scratched it off, i was waiting to put that sticker on a car i was going to keep for a long time, i was pissed.

[shaunrichard]

That's pretty ballsy to take something off a car like that. And particularly intolerant. I have had a number of thought-provoking, intriguing, and downright offensive articles on my vehicles, including a French flag (right around the time Congress held its all-important vote to call french fries freedom fries), an "N-Chips" fish, and a "Middle Class White Guys for Barack Obama" bumper sticker without anyone taking them off or otherwise defacing my vehicle. And I live in Virginia, two hours from the capital of the old South!

[chucho]

I'm so damn pissed right now. Just came home and when we pulled in behind my car I noticed it was missing the damn darwin fish I've had on there forever!!! Someone felt it was their place to violate my damn personal belongings. I don't give a damn what your beliefs are. MY property is MY property.

sorry for the rant.

I claimed it I did it.

I did put an mexician banner on the front of my friends saturn once. Also put a WHIPPED banner on my friends 280z

[playr158]

haha darwin looses again :rofl:

[FreddyTheOthaMea...]

werd chinaman. i thought it would be cool to debadge my car cept for a darwin symbol on the front and back where the toyota symbol was but i was worried about someone doing something stupid like that... gotta love the ignorant eh?

[Supersprynt]

haha darwin looses again :rofl:

[cHinaman727]

Technically, I lost in this, not darwin. Leave him alone! Haha I think the great thing is, I don't make open statements about religion to anyone. A Darwin fish does not mean I don't believe in God or a higher being, it means that I believe in evolution. It is possible to believe in both.

I don't want this to turn into a religious argument so can we get a mod to close this if it starts? Thanks!

[playr158]

believing in two contradictory theories ftw!



sorry had to give a good reason to close!?

[cHinaman727]

I just said it was a possibility

[bloodrain]

I have a Darwin fish as well, its awesome, the really strict Christians get extremly pissed tho. They say its poking fun at the Jesus (since mine has legs on it)

[D-Man]

Sorry all, but what is a darwin fish?

[creis]

darwin fish emblem

People should relax about others belifes (sp ), everyone can belive in whatever they want. lowsy car vandals ftl

[D-Man]

wait...

Darwin = Theory of Evolution

I thought that the Fish = Jesus? Well that's what someone told me once. IDK crap about religion so i took her word on it.

What does the regular fish mean?

Darwin Fish = Theory of Evolution also?

This post has been edited by D-Man: Jul 3, 2008 - 8:51 AM

[playr158]

wait...

Darwin = Theory of Evolution

I thought that the Fish = Jesus? Well that's what someone told me once. IDK crap about religion so i took her word on it.

What does the regular fish mean?

Darwin Fish = Theory of Evolution also?

yes the fish symbol originally started out as a christian symbol (not specifically jesus, but christianity as a whole) on the backs of cars ect.
Somebody came up with the idea of mocking them by taking the fish and writing darwin in the middle and adding legs (legs = evolution of fish into walking, this is symbolism)

so yes chrisitians take offense to it because it was designed to mock them

This post has been edited by playr158: Jul 3, 2008 - 9:00 AM

[cHinaman727]

Its all fun and games till someone messes with my car

[playr158]

or mocks your religion...

[cHinaman727]

free speech ftw!

[ETNRIDER]

My mom probably did it!

But in all honesty you are sort of asking for someone to say or do something, I am all for free speech but still. It’s kind of like the rebel flag around here (Tennessee) some people could really just be supporting the history of this nation or making other statements. Your in Texas so I am sure you understand. Either way it ruffles a lot of feathers.

This is why I choose to keep my car sticker free! I am a Christian but I will never put a fish on my car simply because I know that I do not represent my beliefs they way I should all the time. Some people look at these symbols way to much!

Sorry for you car getting messed with THAT IS WRONG!

I saw a guy about get shoot last week for walking up and sitting on another mans motorcycle. People these days..


What does FTW mean?

This post has been edited by ETNRIDER: Jul 3, 2008 - 9:17 AM

[D-Man]

Reg Fish = Christianity

Darwin Fish = Theory of Evolution

Jesus = Santa Clause, Tooth Fairy, Easter bunny, (ect.)

Christian's stole your Darwin fish, to hinder the Theory of Evolution, so that they could spread Christianity easier, And yet one of the commandments says to not steal.

I understand completely now guys. Thanks.

What was that motivational poster i saw about Christianity?

The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever after you die if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree... Makes perfect sense.

So; now that your Darwin fish has been stolen; Will you be buying another one? Or will you be buying a Car Alarm first?

This post has been edited by D-Man: Jul 3, 2008 - 9:13 AM

[playr158]

you can't say a christian stole his fish...cause you don't know

blanket statments = ignorance.

messing up a car = bad

free speech = can be good, but if you open your mouth be ready to open your ears.

[D-Man]

Okay playr. But lets not spam up this thread. you can PM me if you'd like.

But what are you gunna do about it chinaman? Do you have an alarm installed? Is there a shock sensor in place? I imagine that to pull it off they'd have to joshel the car a bit.

This post has been edited by D-Man: Jul 3, 2008 - 9:21 AM

[ETNRIDER]

Would an alarm even help something like this?

Maybe get a protected by Glock sticker...that always helps.

[D-Man]

yeah, a shock sensor should. Because the car would have to shake when they were prying it off, the shock sensor would pick up the motion and BEEP-BEEP-BEEP...

Get a metal Darwin Fish; and electrify it. or run another shock sensor to the fish it self and wait for them to come back.

This post has been edited by D-Man: Jul 3, 2008 - 9:27 AM

[ETNRIDER]

yeah, a shock sensor should. Because the car would have to shake when they were prying it off, the shock sensor would pick up the motion and BEEP-BEEP-BEEP...

Get a metal Darwin Fish; and electrify it. or run another shock sensor to the fish it self and wait for them to come back.

The wind may set it off with the sensor.

My vote is for the electric fish that way it works for both sides!!

[D-Man]

The wind? No way dude, It'd have to move the car; and if the fish is properly adhised to the car, then it'd require a bit of muscle to get it off. That'd set off the shock sensor. But the electric fish is deff FTW

[Consynx]

I don't want this to be a battle of religion. I am hoping that this is a fact that everyone can agree on. "there are people in the world that do bad things, that do not rationally make sense to the upper intelligent beings, based on their beliefs (a religion)."


Waiting for the world's intelligence to evolve. . .

This post has been edited by Consynx: Jul 3, 2008 - 11:47 AM

[cHinaman727]

I'm selling my celica so I don't know if I want to put some stickers on the paint of a brand new car yet... still thinking about it. Maybe lew will make me a window sticker?

[Supersprynt]

yes the fish symbol originally started out as a christian symbol (not specifically jesus, but christianity as a whole) on the backs of cars ect.
Somebody came up with the idea of mocking them by taking the fish and writing darwin in the middle and adding legs (legs = evolution of fish into walking, this is symbolism)

You really have no idea what your talking about. It's not even a fish, it's a greek symbol that happens to look like a fish, and represents an acronym.

[DEATH]

I'm so damn pissed right now. Just came home and when we pulled in behind my car I noticed it was missing the damn darwin fish I've had on there forever!!! Someone felt it was their place to violate my damn personal belongings. I don't give a damn what your beliefs are. MY property is MY property.

sorry for the rant.

It was I said the fly.

[97Celica]

I actually walked out of high school once to see some A-holes trying to break into my Celica...I was so pissed that I attacked them...there was 5 vs me and I was so mad that I ended up beating the crap out of them to the point where one of them slashed my tires,the other ran and got the car and they all drove off. Vandals FTL ... men are NOT all created equal... some are LACKING BRAIN CELLS! That being said, I believe in equality and education... once we all realize we are all human and all deserve life and restructure we can peacefully coexist with our neighbors.



Look at it this way....at least they didn't change it to a rainbow

[DEATH]

I'm so damn pissed right now. Just came home and when we pulled in behind my car I noticed it was missing the damn darwin fish I've had on there forever!!! Someone felt it was their place to violate my damn personal belongings. I don't give a damn what your beliefs are. MY property is MY property.

sorry for the rant.

It was I said the fly.

No really - it was me.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 5, 2008 - 9:53 AM

[tonytutino]

yeah i had a custom black toyota emblem on the back of my car and it got ripped off too. its lame man

no respect, no respect at all.

[shaunrichard]

I'm so damn pissed right now. Just came home and when we pulled in behind my car I noticed it was missing the damn darwin fish I've had on there forever!!! Someone felt it was their place to violate my damn personal belongings. I don't give a damn what your beliefs are. MY property is MY property.

sorry for the rant.

It was I said the fly.

No really - it was me.

So, why'd you do it?

[chucho]

yes the fish symbol originally started out as a christian symbol (not specifically jesus, but christianity as a whole) on the backs of cars ect.
Somebody came up with the idea of mocking them by taking the fish and writing darwin in the middle and adding legs (legs = evolution of fish into walking, this is symbolism)

You really have no idea what your talking about. It's not even a fish, it's a greek symbol that happens to look like a fish, and represents an acronym.

Is a greek symbol and has been used by christians for centuries as a symbol. So whats the difference if he thinks it a fish or the greek symbol? You can look it up very easily and see that its believed to be used since 1 AD.

You know ppl have it on the back of their car for religious purposes. And you also know that the darwin ichthy was done to mock this. Why do you have to try to bring someone down because he said fish and not the correct name or didnt realize it was a greek symbol? He was right about the darwin fish. If someone just had a Darwin sticker on their car its not attacking christianity but whenever they take something that people use as a symbol then change it to memick it then that is mockery.

[aflacattack]

well i was typing out this big long wall of text to explain the different meanings of the ichthys and the adaptation of it to fit how darwin was a believer and all this.
but really, it just started to remind me to much of biblical theology and Christianity in America classes... I went to a Christian college(i withdrew cause the school sucked!)
if anyone wants to read it, or know anything about biblical theology and how many hours of sleep i caught up on in that class, just send me a PM.
and as a note, the statements i make about things like this in no way reflect my views on Christianity or Darwinism, just gathered facts and knowledge. (edit: unless i state otherwise)

What i really want to say is, i cant stand people who do this! Damaging or removing personal property because they have a contradictory view.
A church in my town had every window broken(including stained glass) and tagged with things that were Antichrist.
I mean the thing that bothers me the most is people that try so hard to make people believe in what they do but do nothing
to learn about what other people believe in or think about the beliefs they are trying to push on them.
I listened to a lady talk about noah's ark for almost 2 hours and then made counter statements that disproved almost everything she said in less then 15 minutes
and she accused me of being a denouncer of Christ. We didnt even talk about Christ!!! I hate close minded people, i do everything i can to understand
what other people think and how they look at things, i love doing it, its a great way to learn about things and learn how someone else thinks.
And i always encourage other people to do the same! Wow this is still turning into a wall of text! ugh!
Anyways dude, i'm sorry that happened to you! thats just not right! your views are yours and no one should do anything to denounce them!
If you ever find out who did this i will help you put Darwin fish all over there car! >.> I mean i would never! I mean i never had before! lol

oh and by the way, ichthys(ichthus) did not start out as a Christian symbol, it was modified for use by Christians just as Darwinists modified it for use by them!

meh i dont feel like checking for spelling or grammar errors, so feel free to grammar/spelling police me!

This post has been edited by aflacattack: Jul 9, 2008 - 2:38 AM

[Supersprynt]

yes the fish symbol originally started out as a christian symbol (not specifically jesus, but christianity as a whole) on the backs of cars ect.
Somebody came up with the idea of mocking them by taking the fish and writing darwin in the middle and adding legs (legs = evolution of fish into walking, this is symbolism)

You really have no idea what your talking about. It's not even a fish, it's a greek symbol that happens to look like a fish, and represents an acronym.

Is a greek symbol and has been used by christians for centuries as a symbol. So whats the difference if he thinks it a fish or the greek symbol? You can look it up very easily and see that its believed to be used since 1 AD.

You know ppl have it on the back of their car for religious purposes. And you also know that the darwin ichthy was done to mock this. Why do you have to try to bring someone down because he said fish and not the correct name or didnt realize it was a greek symbol? He was right about the darwin fish. If someone just had a Darwin sticker on their car its not attacking christianity but whenever they take something that people use as a symbol then change it to memick it then that is mockery.

You're right, I approached this incorrectly. I was merely stating that it didn't "start out" as a Christian symbol, but as a Greek one.

[playr158]

yes the fish symbol originally started out as a christian symbol (not specifically jesus, but christianity as a whole) on the backs of cars ect.
Somebody came up with the idea of mocking them by taking the fish and writing darwin in the middle and adding legs (legs = evolution of fish into walking, this is symbolism)

You really have no idea what your talking about. It's not even a fish, it's a greek symbol that happens to look like a fish, and represents an acronym.

Is a greek symbol and has been used by christians for centuries as a symbol. So whats the difference if he thinks it a fish or the greek symbol? You can look it up very easily and see that its believed to be used since 1 AD.

You know ppl have it on the back of their car for religious purposes. And you also know that the darwin ichthy was done to mock this. Why do you have to try to bring someone down because he said fish and not the correct name or didnt realize it was a greek symbol? He was right about the darwin fish. If someone just had a Darwin sticker on their car its not attacking christianity but whenever they take something that people use as a symbol then change it to memick it then that is mockery.

You're right, I approached this incorrectly. I was merely stating that it didn't "start out" as a Christian symbol, but as a Greek one.

I wasn't refering to the actual beginings of the "fish" symbol, but more as refering to the start of it as a symbol used as a car decal. I was unclear.

[D-Man]

Okay with the fish. Sorry i asked I'll just wiki it up or something...

Matt, WHY did you rip-off the Darwin Fish? You're not exactly the "Rebel Christian with a Cause" kinda guy I'm going to go ahead and assume it had NOTHING to do with the Darwin fish itself, and assume you were just fcuking with China-Man, Yeah?

[/Religious Debate]

[chucho]

Okay with the fish. Sorry i asked I'll just wiki it up or something...

Matt, WHY did you rip-off the Darwin Fish? You're not exactly the "Rebel Christian with a Cause" kinda guy I'm going to go ahead and assume it had NOTHING to do with the Darwin fish itself, and assume you were just fcuking with China-Man, Yeah?

[/Religious Debate]

It's cause he likes a clean celica. He ripped my GT logo off my car He said nothing needs to distract those body lines. j/k

[D-Man]

Okay with the fish. Sorry i asked I'll just wiki it up or something...

Matt, WHY did you rip-off the Darwin Fish? You're not exactly the "Rebel Christian with a Cause" kinda guy I'm going to go ahead and assume it had NOTHING to do with the Darwin fish itself, and assume you were just fcuking with China-Man, Yeah?

[/Religious Debate]

It's cause he likes a clean celica. He ripped my GT logo off my car He said nothing needs to distract those body lines. j/k

Knowing him, i wouldn't doubt it.

This post has been edited by D-Man: Jul 9, 2008 - 10:15 AM

[DEATH]

Really it's because I have a retardedly large collection of decals removed from various Toyotas and Celicas in particular [Some of you can attest to this] and because Chinaman said the emblem would go with him when he sold the car so I felt I had to prove him wrong.
Indeed he was wrong, he has not yet sold the car and his emblem is now mine.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 9, 2008 - 1:33 PM

[chucho]

Really it's because I have a retardedly large collection of decals removed from various Toyotas and Celicas in particular [Some of you can attest to this] and because Chinaman said the emblem would go with him when he sold the car so I felt I had to prove him wrong.
Indeed he was wrong, he has not yet sold the car and his emblem is now mine.

yes indeed! LOL

I'm ready for a junkyard run...its been forever. I'm sure you can find a lot of emblems there.

This post has been edited by chucho: Jul 9, 2008 - 1:40 PM

[D-Man]

If i come out and find my car missing stuff.... Matt, i'll be coming for you...

Oh never mind, i'm going to give em all to you after i do some shaving anyway

This post has been edited by D-Man: Jul 9, 2008 - 1:45 PM

[DEATH]

Really it's because I have a retardedly large collection of decals removed from various Toyotas and Celicas in particular [Some of you can attest to this] and because Chinaman said the emblem would go with him when he sold the car so I felt I had to prove him wrong.
Indeed he was wrong, he has not yet sold the car and his emblem is now mine.

yes indeed! LOL

I'm ready for a junkyard run...its been forever. I'm sure you can find a lot of emblems there.

Def. I've found some of my best ones there like my limited edition gold MKI Supra badge complete with Celica Dragon [I still say it's a swan but W/e]

Yo - How's NO? I haven't been back since the flood but I think I'm about ready. I have family near the quarter and I'm feeling the need to get wasted for 3 days straight
Don't care to see it if it's still fcuked up tho. I'll wait.

[GriffGirl]

I used to have a Gefilte fish (pronounce: guh-fil-tuh for those of you west of the Appalachians who have no idea what gefilte fish is) on the back of my '87 Pathfinder. Click the link if you don't know what it is, then you'll appreciate why it's particularly funny.

[playr158]

I used to have a Gefilte fish (pronounce: guh-fil-tuh for those of you west of the Appalachians who have no idea what gefilte fish is) on the back of my '87 Pathfinder. Click the link if you don't know what it is, then you'll appreciate why it's particularly funny.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4W4DVubs9Z0

[Supersprynt]

Is that what Chris Tucker orders on the in Rush Hour 2?

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: Jul 9, 2008 - 3:19 PM

[GriffGirl]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4W4DVubs9Z0

LMFAO!!!

[manphibian]

This has gone way off.

If you wanna chat, use MSN.

Cheers.

[D-Man]

So chinaman, are you gunna buy a new darwin-fish? or will you go take it back from matt?