Woman totally flipping out... LOL!

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 18 Feb 2008, 22:18

Ofcourse I know. I just kid.

Darwin's fish is the Fish that created the universe, thus the earth. So Darwin's Fish is superiour to God. That's a FACT!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Feb 2008, 22:18

All I can say is it's not a Brad thing

p.s - I don't have a Scooby doo what you meant.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 18 Feb 2008, 22:23

Scooby Doo... that's a CGI dog, right ?
In that case, I don't have a scooby doo either.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 18 Feb 2008, 22:29

I dont even WANT a fucking Scooby Doo.

the68monkey · Post by **the68monkey** » 18 Feb 2008, 22:33

*sigh* Joke's lost on you folks, but I'll explain it anyway.

Years ago, it used to be the thing for devout Christians to put this symbol on the back of their cars:

It's a very old symbol of the Christian faith.

About 15 years ago, a new symbol started cropping up on the back of a lot of cars:

It was in response to the ignorant creationist stance many fundamentalists accepted.

(btw, I never had a crack habit, never walked the streets, and never had a Darwin fish on my car.)

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 18 Feb 2008, 22:44

Isn't the cross the symbol of Christian faith? Where did the fish come from? Did they find out that Jesus was hung actually and figured that a gallow wouldn't look so nice on a necklace?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Feb 2008, 22:56

Yi-Long wrote:I dont even WANT a fucking Scooby Doo.

Is that supposed to make any sense?

tom2681 wrote:Scooby Doo... that's a CGI dog, right ?

Firstly there's no space before the question mark STOP doing it

, you don't put a space before a full stop do you?

Secondly CGI??? Certainly not.

the68monkey wrote:About 15 years ago, a new symbol started cropping up on the back of a lot of cars

* sigh * would that be "American" cars?

the68monkey · Post by **the68monkey** » 18 Feb 2008, 23:17

thelostdragon wrote:Isn't the cross the symbol of Christian faith? Where did the fish come from? Did they find out that Jesus was hung actually and figured that a gallow wouldn't look so nice on a necklace?

I'd have to look it up, but iirc, it was a way of identifying other Christians during times when they were being persecuted. A Christian would make an arc in the dirt. If the person they were talking to was also a Christian, they'd make a corresponding arc that would create the fish symbol.

Edit: Here's THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE, Wikipedia, on the Holy Mackerel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_fish

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 18 Feb 2008, 23:52

bradavon wrote:
tom2681 wrote:Scooby Doo... that's a CGI dog, right ?
Secondly CGI??? Certainly not.

Well, not originally, but they made two movies with a CGI Scooby Doo.

@68monkey:
Thanks.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 19 Feb 2008, 12:06

Never heard of "Darwin's Fish". Now I know.

There still teach creationism is some states don't they?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 19 Feb 2008, 22:38

Really? Brad shudders.

I do my best to block the Scooby Doo movies out of my mind

the68monkey · Post by **the68monkey** » 20 Feb 2008, 01:16

Markgway wrote:There still teach creationism is some states don't they?

Maybe at a private religious school, but not in the public school systems. Every once in a while, you hear about some midwestern state like Kansas trying to push the teaching of "intelligent design," but it usually fails. Public education is at least one area to which separation of church and state is adhered.

Oh, and one more thing about the Holy Mackerel. . .
After reading that Wikipedia entry, it looks like it's not an American thing at all! Looks like the fish symbol was revived in the '60s and '70s by the Aussies, not the Americans. Interesting trivia.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Feb 2008, 01:35

That reminds me there was a documentary on a while ago about a private school in England that still taught creationism. Actually it may have been a public school I forget.