Atheist ads to adorn New York subway stations

[Óttar]

Why do atheists insist on shoving religion down our throats ?

Regards,
Eóin.

This coming from a Catholic?

[Murphy]

This coming from a Catholic?

I am highlighting the atheistic hypocrisy.

Regards,
Eóin.

[Óttar]

I am highlighting the atheistic hypocrisy.

Regards,
Eóin.

Yeah, and I'm highlighting Catholic hypocrisy. Catholics (and the Protestants after them) have been shoving their religion down people's throats for 1,600+ years. Atheists haven't been able to speak up until now.

[Beorn]

Atheists haven't been able to speak up until now.

And may God have mercy upon us all.

[Doer]

Can you elaborate?

It's mainly been about the idea of religion and the media. Religion, to most people, seems like the kind of quiet thing you aren't supposed to see advertisements for on TV or big billboards, but those who have been evangelizing via big media really haven't been thought about much prior to the atheist ads.

Is a belief or a way of life really in the same category as products and services?

In this country, it is. BigMac. Jesus. Lawnmowers.

[Anthropos]

It's mainly been about the idea of religion and the media. Religion, to most people, seems like the kind of quiet thing you aren't supposed to see advertisements for on TV or big billboards, but those who have been evangelizing via big media really haven't been thought about much prior to the atheist ads.

Is a belief or a way of life really in the same category as products and services?

In this country, it is. BigMac. Jesus. Lawnmowers.

It is not like that here in Sweden. People are medialised, modern-minded etc, but it still just isn't like that. Our 'Church of Sweden' - which I don't see as a real Christian church anymore, but that's a topic for other threads - used bus advertisements some years ago. Evenso, Christians of all denominations and atheists alike often thought that those advertisements were misplaced.

I still don't get why you like it.

[Doer]

I still don't get why you like it.

Because it's more intelligent than talking about the Yankees' game.

[RoyBatty]

#Loki
Weren't there some ads on the buses in London a while back?



Edit: I found the bus campaign.
http://www.atheistbus.org.uk/bus-photos/
Not the best campaign. But it's there.

Indeed, something's up. I see no reason why these "humanist" twats need to spam us with their atheist bs. They're as bad as the Jehovah witnesses who come knocking on your door.

[Cato]

Rabble-rousers of this sort, any sort, atheist or Christian, need a boot in the backside. Perhaps my views are a bit too tyrannical, but I wouldn't care at all if all of the atheist blowards in the world and their esteemed Christian counterparts were buried and their books burned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning...ng_of_scholars

To paraphrase someone that I read once (I seem to recall that it was a dime novel):

"Those who torment the people do not deserve to live."

Stop tormenting the people with atheist and Christian bilge and let them live their lives however they see fit. Let them be atheists or Christians, but stop shoving your beliefs down their throats!

(Not directed at anyone on the forum, just in general. I don't like any group that pimps its beliefs to the public.)

[Cato]

A latent grumble.

Why don't people, Christian or atheist/secular humanist, allow people to choose for themselves in regards to what to believe? Don't both cults burble on about the precious value of freedom of choice and intellect? I own atheist books and Christian books and no one can accuse me of favoring one over the other. I create my own values in the world; I beed no Bibles or scientific dogmas to guide me. Perhaps it's my latent heathen tendencies, but I highly scorn people who need to rely on the dogmas of others to live their own lives. All they are are the slaves of Jesus or Dawkins when they can't articulate for themselves what to believe. To use another paraphrases:

"I live for myself and only for myself."

Yeah. That's what matters, an egocentric view of the world. Engage in solipsism for once, don't feel bad about being arrogant, and laugh at the people who need a readymade belief system in order to live. You know what's right and what's wrong don't you? Tell these dogmatic pretenders to stick it. Make your own rules up and live according to your own terms. God or no-God can take a back seat for once.