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Atheists set to launch ads on London buses
British atheists have really stepped up their game recently, and have raised enough money to launch ads on London buses. The campaign, due to start in January, will be centered on the lines seen in mockup above: "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life." Probably? Way to hedge your bets there. The posters are the work of a group called the British Humanist Association. Prominent atheist professor Richard Dawkins fans the flames by saying the ads "will make people think—and thinking is anathema to religion." Some in the religious community have taken the bait. The Methodist Church, for example, has responded with a fiery pronouncement that ... um, actually thanks the BHA for encouraging discussion of God, with one reverend quipping that the campaign "will be a good thing if it gets people to engage with the deepest questions of life." Huh. Way to make the atheists look like jerks, guys. |
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October 22, 2008 in Atheism, Controversy, Europe, Kiefaber | Permalink |
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In C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, he makes a case that people too glibly dismiss the concept of God without thinking, that careful thought is as likely to lead some away from confident atheism into doubt as the other way around.
It's refreshing to see the church have that response.
Posted by: Chuck | Oct 22, 2008 10:24:50 AM
I'll say this, God has way better ads than these guys, What a hideous color scheme.
Posted by: Jeremy | Oct 22, 2008 1:12:02 PM
I saw a bumper sticker that said, "If you're going to live life as if God doesn't exist, you had better be right."
Posted by: Dylan Bennett | Oct 22, 2008 2:36:38 PM
Totally, Jeremy. God is, like, super, super rich and has way better stump men. Admitted.
Now, can we get on with our lives?
Posted by: Jeremy Greenfield | Oct 22, 2008 2:43:35 PM
Can you imagine this rolling through the bible belt in the States. There would be a righteous riot!
Posted by: KissMyBlackAds | Oct 22, 2008 10:13:34 PM
interesting, shame I dont live in London to see it.
Posted by: Rob | Oct 23, 2008 4:49:53 AM
Jeremy, but which god should I bet on? After all, many of the gods appear incredibly jealous of the worship other gods get, so bet on the wrong one and you could be in bigger doodoo than if you opted for none.
Pascal's wager is as dumb now as when he first posited it.
Posted by: Jcymru | Oct 25, 2008 8:29:03 PM
The BHA did not start this campaign - it started as a spontaneous response to a piece in the Guardian by Ariane Sherine attacking [unopposed] religious bus ads. That said, once the campaign got going the BHA helped administer it.
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