Dawkins and the Atheist buses
Mikey 7 comments
While I don't think this initiative will change anyone's religious stance (and it's not supposed to anyway), you have to admire Richard Dawkins' tenacity.
In the UK, adverts have been placed on over 800 buses stating "There's probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life" as a response posters put up by religious groups which 'threatened eternal damnation' to atheists.
The signs are part of a fund-raising campaign which aimed to reach £5000, but easily surpassed £140,000.
...in response to this comment by Jake. I stand corrected. Dawkins lent his support to it, after which the initiative suddenly took off. Even so, where there's an atheist initiative, Dawkins is usually close by :-)
Gong
Wednesday 7th January 2009 | 02:01 PMi thought the london mayor was gonna get rid of those bendy buses
Jim
Wednesday 7th January 2009 | 07:19 PMI'd love to see something like this happen in the US. It probably wouldn't happen though. Regardless of how you personally feel, both points of view are equally valid.
Jake Farr-Wharton
Wednesday 7th January 2009 | 08:54 PM...in response to this comment by Jim. With the notable exception of course that one is totally irrational and the other is not.
EricVonZipper
Thursday 8th January 2009 | 07:05 PM...in response to this comment by Jim. In the United States of Jesustopia? Yes, it would be great to see but....
Kissthis
Monday 9th March 2009 | 04:09 PMReligion is a fallacy that has plagued civilization since the dawn of man. It doesn't matter what the religion is, as it dies along with the civilization when said civilization ceases to exist. Just as we study the ancient Greeks and ask ourselves how they could possibly maintain beliefs in what we now call "Mythology", future civilizations will reflect on the religions of our civilization with the same sense of disbelief. : )
Jake
Wednesday 7th January 2009 | 10:16 AMTisk tisk, this wasn't the Dawk's initiative, it was the Theos foundation...
I found it interesting that the source article repeatedly mentioned the slogans as 'denying gods existence' when none of the 20 quotes actually said "there are no gods" or "belief in gods is stupid" or "there is no evidence to support your belief", I find this a little slanted.
I asked the head of the political party I'm a member of (Australian Secular Party) if he could raise some cash to advertise something similar, but along the secular party's ethos like "There is evidence to show that stem cells will one day cure most diseases, yet there is no evidence for belief in gods; stop the nonsensical embargo on advanced stem cell research". Maybe one day...