Atheist advertising campaign

[AgentM]

LONDON (AFP) - London's iconic red buses could be plastered with the slogan "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life," in an atheist advertising campaign responding to a set of Christian ads.

Comedy writer Ariane Sherine, 28, objected to the Christian adverts on some London buses, which carried an Internet address warning that people who rejected God were condemned to spend eternity in "torment in hell".

She sought five-pound (7.80-dollar, 6.25-euro) donations towards a "reassuring" counter-advertisement -- and received the backing of the British Humanist Association (BHA) and atheist campaigner Professor Richard Dawkins.

The campaign has already smashed its 5,500-pound target and the slogan is planned to hit the side of several London buses in January.

"We see so many posters advertising salvation through Jesus or threatening us with eternal damnation, that I feel sure that a bus advert like this will be welcomed as a breath of fresh air," said BHA chief executive Hanne Stinson.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britain_religion_road_offbeat
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Well if Christians can do it there's no reason the rest of us shouldn't too! :)

[roderic]

Comedy writer Ariane Sherine, 28, objected to the Christian adverts on some London buses, which carried an Internet address warning that people who rejected God were condemned to spend eternity in "torment in hell".She needs to be more tolerant and understanding - Christians are required by their religion to proselytize and inform the rest of us of the consequences of rejecting the faith.

[AgentM]

She needs to be more tolerant and understanding - Christians are required by their religion to proselytize and inform the rest of us of the consequences of rejecting the faith.

Not all Christians follow that apparent requirement though. It's usually the more Evangelical ones and people like JW's who get really into that. I don't see the United Church or Anglicans for example, posting advertising campaigns condemning us to hell.

[roderic]

Not all Christians follow that apparent requirement though.
Thank goodness for that.

[eugene40]

That is why I love it over here. You could never get away with that over in the US. But really, even though I completely agree with the slogan. It seems a bit crass to me. Like I have said time and again, I don't care if people believe or not believe. Just keep it to yourself and realize that no everyone believes the same thing you do. And for crying out loud stop trying to make it into law.

[dittohead not!]

That is why I love it over here. You could never get away with that over in the US. But really, even though I completely agree with the slogan. It seems a bit crass to me. Like I have said time and again, I don't care if people believe or not believe. Just keep it to yourself and realize that no everyone believes the same thing you do. And for crying out loud stop trying to make it into law.

Why couldn't they get away with it in the US? We still do have our freedom of speech, and it does apply equally to rational and irrational people. Of course, there would be a huge protest on the part of evangelicals, but so what?

Why does it have to be black and white? If I believe that there is a god, but don't believe that he plans to torture non believers for eternity, does that make me a heathen or an atheist?

[AgentM]

That is why I love it over here. You could never get away with that over in the US. But really, even though I completely agree with the slogan. It seems a bit crass to me.

I agree, it is a bit crass. But really it's just crassness responding to crassness.

Like I have said time and again, I don't care if people believe or not believe. Just keep it to yourself and realize that no everyone believes the same thing you do. And for crying out loud stop trying to make it into law.

I wholeheartedly agree! That is basically my view as well! Religion is a personal matter and should be kept that way.