Atheist Bus Campaign

[Darwinian]

After the success of the campaign I was just thinking what other types of slogans you might like to see on the side of busses and on t-shirts.

I've come up with this..

"There's probably no Jehovah
So go ahead and have that blood transfusion."

[Giff]

Nice

But why "probably"? Is it just because to be more diplomatic?

Anyhow Jehovas witnesses is quite.... strange.

[Darwinian]

Because you can't argue with 'probably'...

[Giff]

So you are comprimising just to avoid arguments? Why?

[Darwinian]

For the same reason the Atheist Bus Campaign used the word probably.

[leo-rcc]

It's not so much a compromise but accepting that you can't prove a negative. In advertising you can make really odd claims but when called upon them you have to be able to substantiate that claim or you might get sued over them. Probably no <fill in mythical character here> is much easier to substantiate than definitely no <fill in mythical character here>.

[Giff]

ok, undertand it's probably best to have the slogan as it is.

[leo-rcc]

There's probably no Allah so have your Ham Sandwich.

[Giff]

maybe something about Jahve too perhaps?

[Darwinian]

And as atheists we know the importance of evidence as we are always banging on about it to theists. So, if we make a definite claim then we need to be able to back it up.