This sticker is truly stupid.

What does this really mean?

First of all, the symbols together are nonsensical. How does "peace" coexist with a religion? How do men and women coexist with a religion?

To be fair, the definition of coexist from Merriam-Webster:

1 : to exist together or at the same time

2 : to live in peace with each other especially as a matter of policy

Going with definition number two, it can be a policy that religions live peacefully with each other. I get that. Being a Mormon, I think that principle is great.

But what do people who slap this on their car in Southern California expect? In Southern California Muslims, Christians, Taoists, Jews, and so forth coexist with each other pretty well. Once in awhile you have a kook, but kook rarely focus their efforts under a principle of non-coexistence — they usually are just kooky and act that way. In fact, in most of the world, these groups coexist (keep in mind, even in the world of Islam, they kill each other as much as they kill anybody).

Men amazingly coexist with women. what? ( Who would have thought given this history and the 6 billion people on this earth that coexistence between men and women was a problem?)

Peace also coexists with … what ?

And men coexist well with Judaism (?!?), and women coexist great with peace (?!?), and … what ?

As the what ’s point out, this saying is just dumb. The meaning is schizophrenic and non-sensical once you get past the smug nodding your head yes and agreeing without thinking. Moreover, this communicates nothing useful or productive in the context of the audience to whom it is offered. Drivers who put this sticker on their cars just have to advertise (smugly, I might add) to the rest of the world that they are for getting alone with everybody.

(Except, of course, Christians. Because, what this sticker really means and to whom it is directed are Christians, who should respect every other group there.).

P.S. the sticker conspicuously doesn’t refer to secularists, who deride and attack religious beliefs at every opportunity. Just saying.

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