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All those atheist bus ads and billboards have been going up for just over a year since the British one took the country by storm. (Edit: The British one wasn’t the first atheist billboard to ever go up, but it was the one that got the most publicity and started the worldwide trend.)
Why not compile them all?
If you see one that I ...
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... national group, United Coalition of Reason, has purchased ad space on 10 buses in Portland. Similar ads will also be appearing on transit vehicles in New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston, and on billboards in Chicago, ... day based on reason and critical thought rather than religious dogma.
Hat tip to the Friendly Atheist
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The organisers of the extremely popular Atheist Bus ads launched the second part to their campaign today.
While the first ad campaign stated: ‘There’s probably no god. So stop worrying and enjoy your life’.
The new one states: ‘Please don’t label me. Let me grow up and choose for myself’.
On Guardian CIF Ariane ...
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... too far by posting signs in various cities?
* Should FFRF be able to post these billboards near a church, temple or mosque?
Atheist Bus is an organization that specializes in bus ads. Other privately funded organizations have also displayed their views through bus ads.
* Do you morally or financially support actions of this nature?
* Is Christmas an ...
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... . Many Christians are outraged by such ads. I have had mixed feelings about previous bus ads and billboards being promoted by various secular and humanist groups.
I have to say, though, this one is clearly not an anti-Christian or pro-atheist message.
I like it. Okay? So go ahead... Beat me over the head with a Bible.
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Just reading the Guardian this morning I saw that the Atheist Bus campaign is moving to its second -- and apparently final -- phase. You remember the campaign, of course, where buses were festooned with large ads declaring 'There's probably no God. No stop worrying and enjoy your life.' I know, that slogan could do ...
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The American Humanist Association has put ads on buses in Washington, DC which take the now familiar Christmas culture wars (from "Jesus, ... "Santa Claus is coming to town," it's not quite as snappy as the work of the Atheist Bus Campaign in Britain on which it's based (and which communicates a different set of values: not the moral high ground, but a grounded humanist hedonism ...
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... mean spirited, "Happy Holidays.")
In Des Moines, Iowa, an atheist ad campaign that merely said "Don’t believe in God? You are not alone" was deemed to be ... state Chet Culver was "disturbed" by the ads, the poor baby.
One bus driver in Des Moines even refused to drive a bus that carried the ad, saying that the message was against her Christian faith. That is truly ...
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... I should get up earlier or stop buying things online.
I don't think I mentioned on here, at the beginning of the week I won a charity auction for one of the atheist bus ads. Original bus panels like these ones:
It turned up the other day. It's...kind of...bus-sized. Heh. It's in two parts which currently appear to be devouring my other sofa. I'm ...
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Do businesses hate their employees? Yes.
Marine reservist beats Greek Orthodox priest with tire iron because he thinks he's a terrorist. The beard and caftan will do it every time.
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Atheist bus ads and billboards: a compilation
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... it. This year the American Humanist Association is putting up bus ads in selected cities that say, "No god? No ... Jesus and Jews have the prophets, non-believers have Bill Maher. There are no atheist Christmas carols, no pagan displays of largesse like Santa ... quot;happy holidays." So the evidence suggests that, despite the ACLU, atheist groups, and a politically correct media, Christmas is ...
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... the Freedom From Religion Foundation's recent bus ads really rub me the wrong way. Not just because they're confrontational -- ... past 10 years or so. I imagine FFRF's ads and the New Atheist movement are backlash phenomena -- reactions to ... his governing style. But there is such a thing as overcompensation, and I find the bus ads juvenile and irritating. Yes, their bold contrarianism is ...
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... it. This year the American Humanist Association is putting up bus ads in selected cities that say: “No God? No ... a second front. It is celebrating Christmas in Las Vegas with ads that say: “Yes, Virginia, there is no God.”
Nice.
The ... “Happy Holidays.” So the evidence suggests that despite the ACLU, atheist groups and a politically correct media, Christmas is actually ...
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... -secretly sort-of thrilled to see their shitty bus ad get vandalized. Just like with jag-off atheist radio host guy, I ... a hard time with the belief thing, which is what's behind the ads, said Dan Barker, Foundation co-president." Apparently freethinkers have no problem with being assholes, though. Hey there Mr. Atheist, Merry Fucking Christmas!
-I am really looking forward to next week. ...
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