catzmeow
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Interesting article by a believer about the Jesus Fish and other "witnessing tools."
Witnessing tools and resentment | slacktivist
Witnessing tools and resentment | slacktivist
Mainly, though, car-fish arent really intended for witnessing. Theyre not witnessing tools, they are tribal symbols. The Jesus-fish on a car is not an invitation, but a declaration of tribal allegiance. Its a signal that the driver of this car is an Us rather than a Them. And that Us-Them symbolism has far more to do with conflict than with any attempt at conversion.
This is true as well of many of the other things we tell ourselves are witnessing tools. One one level, they may be intended as conversation-starters, but on another level theyre also intended as conversation-stoppers as attempts to win some implied argument. Theyre not really designed for evangelism. Theyre just the graffiti and propaganda of the culture wars.