|
|
Article: FRESH FISH.
- Article from:
- Skeptic (Altadena, CA)
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
TRAWLING FOR THE TRUTH BEHIND THE BUMPER BATTLE KNOWN AS THE "FISH WARS"
IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS THE FISH.
Christian motorists felt it was good. The fish was fruitful and multiplied, and iterations developed: "Jesus' the Greek "Ichthus," a fish with a cross inside.
Then in the early 1990s came a fish, with feet, that said "Darwin." The Christians shot back with a bumper sticker depicting the Darwin being swallowed by a larger "Jesus" or "Truth" fish. Others shot back with a reversed version of the bumper sticker.
That wasn't strong enough for some. Nona Williams is a co-proprietor of Ring of Fire (www.rof.com), a Darwin fish ...