Think about how your driving should reflect your belief system if you plan to advertise your beliefs on your vehicle. If you apply symbols of anarchy to your car, then I won’t be surprised when you drive with little regard for the law (and I will avoid you like the plague, as well as be prepared to call the cops on you if necessary). When you have a “Baby on Board” thingy, please at least drive the speed limit, stay in your lane (and look before changing lanes), and do not talk on your cell phone or smoke a cigarette while driving. Otherwise I get very concerned for the well being of your offspring. But most of all, if you are showing the world that you are a follower of Christ with Christian symbols, etc. please abide by the traffic laws and don’t be rude to other drivers.
Today, as I was safely driving the speed limit, because it’s the law and because I have 2 children entrusted to me, I was disgruntled to look in my rear view mirror to find a large truck tailgating me for several miles despite the fact that there were other lanes to be had. Much to my chagrin, there was a tag on the front of the vehicle saying in pretty letters “Jesus”. Excuse me, but how dare you, Mr. Truck, not only endanger the lives of 3 law-abiding people (2 of them children) in a tiny Honda civic, but proclaim that you also believe in the Heavenly Bridegroom who died for our salvation.
I’m not saying I’m a saint on the road. In fact, traffic laws are the hardest rules for me to keep, and the words the proceed from my mouth as a result of others’ driving decisions are not always (or ever) something I’m proud of. Road rage, anyone? But in my defense, I am a model citizen when my son is in the car, mostly for his physical protection and so that he will never know that his own mother can speak the tongue of sailors. And for those times when I am a traffic sinner, may no one pass judgement on my devotion to the Great Redeemer, for I have purposefully never put a fish or some other such symbol upon my car to invite doubt or comments such as “And you call yourself a Christian”, etc.
Just a thought. Thank you, and good night. 
John Langdon said,
October 12, 2011 at 12:09 am
I have similar feelings about religious symbology in advertizing. I believe I heard something about taking the lord’s name in vain. It makes me trust businesses less to know that their faith has so little value to them that they would use it as an advertizing gimmick.