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advertising atheism on the sides of buses...good idea?
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#21
RE: advertising atheism on the sides of buses...good idea?
January 17, 2009 at 11:48 pm (This post was last modified: January 17, 2009 at 11:49 pm by True Unbeliever.)
I think these ads just balance the scales. My hope is that the young and/or the disallusioned see this and appreciate that there is a strong alternative view shared by many.
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#22
RE: advertising atheism on the sides of buses...good idea?
January 18, 2009 at 10:22 am
(January 17, 2009 at 9:53 pm)LukeMC Wrote:
Bus driver Wrote:There'd be no way buses would be able to drive around with an anti-Muslim message like that on the side. There would be uproar.
No God = No Allah... or am I missing something?
The "something" is that in the uk, christians feel that other religions, usually muslim, get preferential treatment/more respect.
They ignore the possibility that atheists have got it right.
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#23
RE: advertising atheism on the sides of buses...good idea?
January 18, 2009 at 10:41 am
And no matter what the sign said they would all think we were specifically targeting them and being unfair. It's part of their defence mechanisim, if they aren't the ones in charge of law they whine to those who are everytime the slightest thing is said against them, or even gets close to doing so.
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#24
RE: advertising atheism on the sides of buses...good idea?
January 18, 2009 at 10:50 am (This post was last modified: January 18, 2009 at 10:50 am by LukeMC.)
(January 18, 2009 at 10:22 am)bozo Wrote:
(January 17, 2009 at 9:53 pm)LukeMC Wrote:
Bus driver Wrote:There'd be no way buses would be able to drive around with an anti-Muslim message like that on the side. There would be uproar.
No God = No Allah... or am I missing something?
The "something" is that in the uk, christians feel that other religions, usually muslim, get preferential treatment/more respect.
They ignore the possibility that atheists have got it right.

I know of one guy who has strong opinions on the treatment of muslims here in the UK Tongue

But yeah, if the bus said "There is probably no Allah. Stop beating your wives" there would be an absolute uproar...
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RE: advertising atheism on the sides of buses...good idea?
January 19, 2009 at 2:31 am
Quote:But yeah, if the bus said "There is probably no Allah. Stop beating your wives" there would be an absolute uproar...

What about "There is probably no Allah. Start shaving your legs"?
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#26
RE: advertising atheism on the sides of buses...good idea?
January 19, 2009 at 2:27 pm
For those of you who don't know, Ronald Heather is the Christian bus driver who refused to drive a bus with the 'There's Probably No God' message on the side.

This may, or may not, be his C.V. Wink Shades

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RE: advertising atheism on the sides of buses...good idea?
January 19, 2009 at 3:12 pm
(January 19, 2009 at 2:27 pm)Darwinian Wrote: For those of you who don't know, Ronald Heather is the Christian bus driver who refused to drive a bus with the 'There's Probably No God' message on the side.

This may, or may not, be his C.V. Wink Shades

[Image: ron-heather-cv.jpg]

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January 29, 2009 at 4:55 pm
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#29
RE: advertising atheism on the sides of buses...good idea?
January 31, 2009 at 9:03 am
I know Richard Dawkins complained that they chose the word "probably" instead of just saying "There are no God" but then perhaps people would find it to be more aggressive and be negative about it.
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#30
RE: advertising atheism on the sides of buses...good idea?
January 31, 2009 at 6:19 pm
He didn't want "There are no God"

He wanted "There almost certainly is no God".

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