Would you buy an "I Believe" car license plate?

Posted by pball4f on June 20, 2008 at 12:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I think a more interesting question would be are you for or against the issuing of I believe license plates to those that want to purchase them. What good does the question would you purchase one do. I personally would not purchase one but would support their existence if someone did want to purchase one. I would find it much more interesting to find out if there are others out there like me, and this question does nothing to answer that.

Posted by bigdumbchimp on June 20, 2008 at 12:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I too support the plates. It's a service for those of us who think rationally to be able to identify who to avoid on the roadways.

Posted by cmarkland on June 20, 2008 at 1:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The new plates would a real attraction for car thieves,for
with plates like this the Police would be most respectful!

So you have been warned-

Maybe In God We Trust --

BUT ALL OTHERS PAY CASH

Posted by goosecreek_guy on June 20, 2008 at 1:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I, too, think the question should be different. I support the plates, but wouldn't buy them myself.

Posted by GBurns on June 20, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If people want to purchase these plates as a means for the State to make money I am all for it, however the State would also have to come up with designs for other religeous groups such as people of Jewish and Muslim faiths (that'll irk many hypocritical Christians into cancelling the whole program). If only one religeous group were offered these plates than it would have the appearence of the State endorsing one religeon, which is something it can not do. And if the State indicates it will only produce these plates for people of the Christian faith then they are indeed endorsing one religeon over another and who ever is suing would have a valid case.

Keep the plates but offer a variety for all major religeous groups. After all the USC folks wouldn't like it if the State only offered Clemson tags.

Posted by Pols101 on June 20, 2008 at 1:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'll buy it and sell it on Ebay. It is going to be rare. It'll be illegal as soon as the court can shut McMaster the magnificent down. It'll take as long as the dummy try to fight it in the Federal Court. It should make it passed Virginia.

Posted by charleston_grown on June 20, 2008 at 1:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

would people protest to a license plate depicting some religous symbol of the Muslim religion??? if one can do it, all can do it.

Posted by bigdumbchimp on June 20, 2008 at 2:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I think any plates that people use to self identify themselves as followers of irrational beliefs are A.OK with me. Be they Christian, Moslim, or any other.

Posted by Lou_FCD on June 20, 2008 at 2:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'd consider moving a bit south to get one with the Flying Spaghetti Monster on it.

"I too support the plates. It's a service for those of us who think rationally to be able to identify who to avoid on the roadways."
--Posted by bigdumbchimp on June 20, 2008 at 12:40 p.m.

Agreed, and they should be much easier to spot than those little fish. I think North Carolina should follow suit, and I'm going suggest that they be mandatory here.

Posted by hardatwork on June 20, 2008 at 5:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I support the plates. I support any design plates. Garden Clubs of SC came up with a plate years back and I purchased one. I would love to have a "I Believe" tag, because I BELIEVE.

Posted by tressaadabo on June 20, 2008 at 5:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It amazes me how many atheists are out there. They used to be too coward to speak but now after crying about being offended they have convinced government officials that they have been slighted. This makes a mockery of our democratic society because it means minorities rule.

It's really funny how they get all angry when they hear about God or see religion out in the open. Then they try to recompensate by trying to make jokes about we Christians and our God. They want to try to upset us but all they do is open up doors for us to pray for them that they come to know the TRUTH. Man could never save himself if he could, he would not die yet he must.

Yes we Christians are irrational just like the physical laws of this world. Creation is irrational, show me a man who can pick up a lump of dirt and make a human? When we die we all decompose and end up back as soil. When we get out of the tub there's dirt no matter how clean we are.

Man can only create with preexisting materials.

The world was created by an explosion theory is bogus. Light a stick of dynamite and the only thing you'll have created is a mess! You'll never create anything neat and orderly by an explosion. That's the stupidest thing I have ever heard. The complex inner working of the body, and things of this world created by an explosion? That blows evolution out of the water. Everything was created in the form it already has. No one can completely explain evolution and there is no proof to explain it.

I wish they would offer those here in N.C. I'll be the first to buy one. I'm all for it if any other religion wants them. Even though we all don't believe the same thing atleast we believe in something.

Psalm 14:1-The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”

Posted by Brant on June 20, 2008 at 5:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm with gburns. The plates are a tacit endorsement of the Established State Religion and is a slap in the face to those of us who do not practice it. I'm tired of these "christians" telling us how great they are and how great their religion is and that they still pray and still celebrate Christmas and whatnot. It's nothing but a religious cult, imho, that promotes hypocricy, intolerance, hatred, ignorance and promotes discrimination on a level that would make the Nazis proud.
They make a big deal of this "What would jesus do" thing of theirs. I have a better way of putting it: "Why Would jesus Discriminate?"
Those of us who don't practice their religion will forever be thought of as third-class people, and that, quite frankly, hoovers!!!

Posted by southerngirl45 on June 20, 2008 at 9:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"IBELIEVE", so yes I would buy one, and not be embaresed to ride down the road in the car that God allows me to have.To each his own on this one! That's my coment. Period!

Posted by charlestonnative1963 on June 20, 2008 at 10:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I don't have a problem with others having them, but if you want to show your Christian spirit maybe you should save the money and perhaps feed the poor visit those in prison,feed my sheep, These are the things that most modern day Christians seem to forget about. IF you have to avertise your faith you must not be showing it in the ways that count. After all Jesus said, My sheep know my voice. They dont hae to advertise it

Posted by bigdumbchimp on June 20, 2008 at 11:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thank you Tressaadabo for demonstrating the breadth of your ignorance by repeating many common creationist canards. You cemented your self with the other liars for Christ.

Good Job!

Posted by peachie on June 21, 2008 at 12:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I can't believe the results on this poll. His word states if you are ashamed to own me I will be ashamed of you. Everyday we wake up we have a chance to reprsent an witness christ and you mean to tell me this many people refuse to do what he has asked???? But we are quick to recieve his blessings or call upon him in the time of trouble, distress,or when a close person is about to die. I am ashamed . But God will still bless that is just the kind of God we serve. But know he will get his glory with or without your support.

Posted by buff_o_rilla on June 21, 2008 at 11:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I hope they make a spanish version of all plates so the illegal aliens dont feel left out!!!

Posted by bigdumbchimp on June 22, 2008 at 12:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Peachie, not everyone believes. Some of us use our brains for reason.

Posted by willbillbedamned on June 22, 2008 at 5:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I wish they had a bubble that said "Hell No' instead of "no thank you"

Posted by ForPnC on June 23, 2008 at 3:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I want a bumper sticker that says "HOW WOULD JESUS DRIVE" on everyone's cars that believe.

Posted by besttm on June 24, 2008 at 8:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I wouldn't buy one, but then again, I wouldn't buy any personalized liscense plate. But that doesn't mean that someone else shouldn't buy one. I'm not sure how people can find this offensive, but then again there are those people that have nothing better to do than make a mountain out of a molehill.

Posted by asktunes on June 24, 2008 at 4:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

bigdumbchimp, I love you.

There's SUPPOSED to be seperation of church & state in this country, though the lines have been blurred for sometime. If someone can purchase, from their state dmv (which is, last time I checked, NOT a church) a Christian themed license plate, then I want the chance to foist my dogma on others in traffic too. That, being agnosticism. I want a license plate that reads "I BELIEVE... in taking personal responsibility for my actions."

Long live FSM!

Posted by SolaFide on June 25, 2008 at 7:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Displaying a license plate such as "I Believe" on one's car does not make them a Christian. For those citizens who get nervous or uneasy in matters such as this, maybe it is time to realize the Holy Spirit is working inside you to help you understand the truth and that you need a Savior. Works or other manmade plans will not save us; only by repenting of our sin, asking for forgiveness, and accepting God's grace will we be saved. I'm betting my eternal life that I'm right for the end times are coming soon.

Posted by localdad on June 25, 2008 at 9:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I think South carolina ahould have only one plate design. If you wnat to advertise support of a lighthouse, turtles, religion or whatever, you should support that cause by purchasing bumper stickers. I believe it would save our State money going to one plate design. Let organizations sell bumper stickers to raise money. The SCDMV should not be a fundraiser organization.

Posted by Newt on June 25, 2008 at 10:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I want a FSM plate with noodels cradling the numbers.

Posted by 5thGenerationLocal on June 25, 2008 at 12:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

For those that are against the plate, simply put in a request for a plate that says "I don't believe."

Problem solved.

Posted by grandmammy on June 25, 2008 at 6:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

What about a plate which states only.." I Believe"..with NO symbol...
Let people guess what you believe in ??

Posted by neumoses on June 26, 2008 at 5:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Now here in lies the beauty of the article, if you can get 400 orders of any plate design you wish, you can go ahead and set it up. or am I the only one that read that?

Now an good point was made, in that we are supposed to be able to be noticed by our love walk not our cars, and t-shirts, however should we feel the need the to advertise our faith, why is the need being denied? We allow schools to display themselves, along with conservationist, and veterans, and other various organizations. And yeah it would be easy to find four hundred people in any given state to purchase this plate.

In all honesty, know I wouldn't buy the plate. Not because anyone here has made a compelling argument, but rather because I don't like the design.

Oh and bigdumchimp, if you endorse the act of thinking for one's self as much as you truly claim, then when you get th opportunity read "Evidence That Demands a Verdict." And when you do so, do it without any presuppositions, so as to gain clarity prior to passing judgment on the material.

Posted by ronnies on June 26, 2008 at 8:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"I'm with gburns. The plates are a tacit endorsement of the Established State Religion and is a slap in the face to those of us who do not practice it. I'm tired of these "christians" telling us how great they are and how great their religion is and that they still pray and still celebrate Christmas and whatnot. It's nothing but a religious cult, imho, that promotes hypocricy, intolerance, hatred, ignorance and promotes discrimination on a level that would make the Nazis proud.
They make a big deal of this "What would jesus do" thing of theirs. I have a better way of putting it: "Why Would jesus Discriminate?"
Those of us who don't practice their religion will forever be thought of as third-class people, and that, quite frankly, hoovers!!!"

I am interested to know where Brant has attended church that they only met people who told them how much greater than Brant they were...or where they attended church that they saw hypocrisy, intolerance, hatred, ignorance and discrimination?? I just started going to church on a regular basis last October and I do believe. However I can say honestly that all of the times that I have attended church in my life I have never personally seen anything that could be viewed as intolerance or hatred. True Christians do not preach those values as Brant has stated...that goes against everything that the Bible teaches. I am not saying that there are not any churches out there that are true to every word, just that as a whole Christians are not who Brant portrays them to be. The only hypocrisy and ignorance is with those who make claims that the "others" are hypocritical, ignorant and intolerable. And I haven't met a Christian who thought of anyone as a third class citizen for not going to church. I don't like being thought of as a religious nut for being a Christian, and it is not a cult. And by the way...Jesus does not discriminate. And if you think he does, I am interested to hear why??

Posted by urvoucher on June 27, 2008 at 9:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I support the plates but I would not spend extra on them. I would not spend extra on any plate.

Posted by charlestonbill on June 27, 2008 at 4:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If you want to pay extra for the plate, go ahead. I also believe, but the standard plates cost enough for me. I don't need to try to proove anything by displaying a stamped piece of metal. My extra money goes to improve the quality of life of those around me.

Posted by JRob on June 28, 2008 at 1:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Do you really think God cares? If it makes you feel better, then go ahead.

Posted by hgefc2002 on June 28, 2008 at 9:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"i believe" in many things.

Posted by Peacock on July 7, 2008 at 4:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I support the rights of those brave enough to sport one and then actually DRIVE around with it displayed on these hellacious highways...

Posted by Peacock on July 7, 2008 at 10:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

P.S. McCain could mess up a soup sandwich.

Posted by Peacock on July 7, 2008 at 10:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I believe that.