On my way home tonight I ended up behind a Chevy with a “bumper sticker” in the rear window… Actually, “bumper sticker” isn’t the best way to describe it; it was a corrugated cardboard yard sign held in place with blue painters’ tape. It was smack dab in the middle of his rear window - there was no way for him to see out around it.

This is all odd enough by itself, but what really caught my eye was what the sign said. The sign said, “Jesus Is Lord Not Allah”

I sat and blinked a few times, wondering if I had misread his vehicular missive to the world. It distincly said “Jesus Is Lord Not Allah” - my eyes were not deceiving me.

It’s exactly this sort of religious intolerance that keeps everyone at each others’ throats over petty, stupid differences.

Someone I know is fond of pointing out, “But that just shows the bad side of christianity - they don’t speak for the majority of us.” Well I have to say - shame on all the christians who’ve had this thought, let alone those who would actually put a sign like this on their vehicle or applaude someone who would.

I know it’s not just christians who are intolerant, but it’s rather in fashion right now given the current radically religious conserativism that’s sweeping the country.

However, people wonder why religions are perceived badly? I think it just takes one glance at a statement like this to show us - vividly - why.