atheistdave

Last Saturday at the local drag strip, a fellow racer returned for the first time this season. I don't know his name, but my son and I call him the preacher. A nice enough old guy, but a bible thumper never the less. He has a fish with a cross on the back of his race car and also has a jesus is lord sticker. In response to his car and many others sporting religious items, I have a couple of evolve fish and two bumper stickers. One about not praying in school and the other about politics and religion.

So far this year a few have read the stickers, but never has anyone said anything. The preacher said something. He had read them once in the staging lanes, but did not say anything. I was a short distance away when I saw him read, then shake his head. Later, back in our pit, he came by and read them again while I was away, but didn't say anything to my son who was there. Sure enough, when I returned, he came to see me. He told me that he did not like those stickers and god was the best thing that ever happened to him. I told him how I felt and we had a short discussion. He told me I needed to use all of the bible and not just parts of it to understand it, I responded with, I did use the whole bible and that's when it really contradicted it's self. The conversation dwindled after that. I did mange to counter everything he said with a resonable response. Considering the heat and humidity, I did pretty good.

Later, when they called up our class for first round, I found myself paired up to race the preacher. Talk about pressure! Last year he had done well and said something about god helping him drive well. I knew what I might hear if I lost that round to him, so I was a little nervous. I guess the pressure was worse for him as he left the line too soon and lost due to a foul start, giving me the automatic win. I saw him later and offered my condolences for his loss, as any true racer would rather win or lose actually racing, than win or lose by a foul start. We shook hands with me offering better luck next time and him wishing me good luck the rest of the night. He never said another thing about religion.

It was a small personal victory for the good guys.

Dave

edited because I have fat fingers at times.

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Scotty

Shaking someones faith with horsepower.

-Scott

I ate Pascal's Wafer

Good job, Dave! Sometimes those little small victories are the good ones.

Scott, HAHA!! I'll have to remember that one.

-Nick