Wanted: Stories of non-Xtians trying to publically express their religious

views in response to Xtians "pushing" their views down their throats with public displays of their faith.

I have a heart and wings in the back window of every car I own (see my avatar). Don't know that this is what you want.

are fighting back against "Xtians "pushing" their views down your throat" - or is it.
your sticker on your car a push back against those pushing views down your throat?

By the way, I like the idea that the heart is both earthly and heavenly, and when filled with the divine spirit, it soars heavenward - with the wings a symbol of its rising.

There is a very real danger of another "Xtian" also embracing Sufism. :-)

I remember Kabir's poem, which says that the fish laughs when people ask if it is thirsty. There are so many fish symboled cars around here, I felt the need to let it be known, in a subtle manner, that others were around....

Lots of nice Christian folk I know are also Sufis....you can be both....and yes, I think you have the symbology down...:)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/AR2006060101889.html

In a nutshell, the memorial will put a cross, a star or a crescent for the religion of your choice. But if your religious symbol happens to be a pentacle then you're screwed.

VA form 40-1330
optional items which may be inscribed at Government expense may include an authorized emblem reflective of one's belief.

and Section 11: "Desired Religious Emblem" gives the applicant five options:

No symbol.
1. Latin Cross - Christian; generic.
2. Wheel of Righteousness - Buddhist.
3. Star of David - Jewish.
Other:

Shown on the back of the form for "other" are:
4. Presbyterian cross.
5. Russian Orthodox cross.
6. Lutheran cross.
7. Episcopal cross.
8. Flaming chalice: Unitarian Universalist.
9. United Methodist Church cross.
10. Aaronic Order Church.
11. Latter-day Saints: Angel Moroni with horn.
12. Native American Church of America: Teepee with three feathers.
13. Serbian Orthodox: cross.
14. Greek Cross: similar to the Red Cross.
15. Baha'i: 9 pointed star.
16. Atheist: A stylized symbol of an atom with the letter A in the center.
17. Islam: A crescent and star.
18. Hindu symbol.
19. Konko-Kyo faith.
20. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now called the Community of Christ: A child between a lion and lamb.
21. Sufism reoriented symbol.
22. Tenrikyo church symbol.
23. Seicho-no-ie symbol.
24. The Church of World Messianity symbol.
25. United Church of Religious Science symbol.
26. Christian Reformed Church: Cross and triangle.
27. United Moravian Church: Lamb carrying flag.
28. Eckankar: Stylized letters "EK"
29: Christian church - generic: A cup.
30: Christian & Missionary Alliance: a cross, chalice, crown and pitcher
31: United Church of Christ: a crown, cross and world symbol
32: Humanism: a stylized image of a human.
33: Presbyterian Church, USA: A flaming cross
34: Ixumo Taishakyo Mission of Hawaii: A hexagon surrounding a symbol
35: Soks Gakkai International - USA: A complex symbol
36: Sikh: The Khanda symbol; three swords and a rink
Listed separately because of copyright restrictions: United Church of Christ.
Christian Science: cross and crown.
Islam: Five pointed star. 4

But missing are sysmbols for these folks -estimated size of group from 90's shown:
Agnostic: 991,000
Pagan: 140,000
Wiccan: 134,000
Spiritualist: 116,000
New Age: 68,000
Church of Scientology: 55,000
Humanist: 49,000
Deity: 49,000
Taoism: 40,000
Druid: 33,000
Santeria: 22,000
Rastafarian: 11,000
Ethical Culture: 4,000

for which I received a grant from the college that I teach at. It's called "Confessions of A God Damned Atheist: And Thoughts about the Christian Right." It's part comedic, part tragic and part political. It went over very well (if I may say so) but then I performed it in front of a bunch of progressive artist types in Portland, Oregon. I plan to perform it again. Let me know if you want more.

department.

lol!

grammarians say it's ok to end a sentence with a preposition. Perhaps, I should have hyphenated part-comedic, etc. I admit that.

It went over very well (if I may say so) but then I performed it in front of a bunch of progressive artist types in Portland, Oregon.

The fact is that most Americans hold negative views of anybody outside the Judeo-Christian model.

Yes, you can be an artist or hair stylist and profess your Paganism, Buddhism, Atheism, etc. But, if you want to make it as a politican or move up the ranks of corporate America...you better be inside the mainstream of relgious beliefs.

Sad commentary on the world's most 'advanced' civilization....

This isn't exactly public, but at work I have a sticker on my computer monitor that says, "Goddess Blessed," and I have a magnet on my binder bin with an American flag and three pentacles underneath it. I'm open minded, so on top of my monitor I have a little statue of a monk, a gargoyle, an angel, a teddybear, and a zebra. I find it interesting that mine is one of the few computers in our department that hasn't been infected by a virus, and I credit that to my gargoyle. I'm in an office with four desks, no cubicles, and I test applicants, so I'm pretty visible.

There are a lot of people here at work that have really cheesy pictures of Jesus and Bible verses and crap all around their cubicles, especially after 9/11, so I brought in a few items to make my office a little more "me." Not that I have anything against Jesus, but there was just too much "America is a Christian country" stuff for me to stomach.

:-)

http://www.pluralism.org/news/index.php?xref=Call+to+Prayer&sort=DESC



(These articels are about one city that has issues with this but other cities have confronted this issue as well.)