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From: maggie@apollo.uucp (Margaret Daniel)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: Driving Habits
Message-ID: <304df716.33cd@apollo.uucp>
Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 16:42:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 24 16:42:18 1986
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> Is it only my experience or have others found the same thing
> that I have:
>
> It seems to me that Christians (or just some who pretend to be)
> can't drive very well. Very often the car that pulls out in 
> front of me and causes me to slam on my brakes, will have a 
> sticker proudly proclaiming something like "God is my co-pilot" 
> or "Born again Christian at the wheel".

Is this for real? 

First of all, what you describe sounds like what happens at least 
every 30 seconds on any roadway in Massachusetts, and I *know* that
every one of those folks aren't Christian... :-)

Secondly, I'm a Christian who's been driving for 17 years without
a single violation or any major accident. Not only do I think of
myself as a good driver, but the states in which I've lived must
think so, too (why else would they issue me those great safety
citations every year?). Furthermore (and I know you'll be *really*
disappointed by this), I don't have a single bumper sticker of
*any* sort on my car! But then, I don't think it's the clever
proclamations of bumper stickers and the like that demonstrate 
one's faith anyway. It takes a great deal *more* than that to show
the world who or what you believe in.

I suggest that the person who made this original observation 
must have had a bad day. Nobody seriously makes generalizations 
like this... I just hope they don't do it again (groan).
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