"There probably isn't a God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life."Or...
"The bad news is that God does not exist. The good news is that we don't need him."The idea is spreading from England (with Dawkins full support) to the US under the sponsorship of the American Humanist Association.
A new billboard is appearing in South Carolina, "Don't Believe in God. You are not alone!"
Christianity Today has a new article commenting on it. It quotes one of the AHA spokespersons on their effect:
Edwords said the ads are doing what the AHA hoped they would do: increase the group's visibility. "We can't imagine people changing religions after two seconds of reading a bus ad," he said. "But in this culture, we need to be interesting in order for like-minded people to see we are out there." The result: 800 new members in December.How do you like this? After years of flinching at "Christian bumper stickers" (clever though they may be), I now discover the Atheists have begun to follow suit. Does this mean that Christian marketers are leaders that the skeptics have been looking for all this time?
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Personally, I agree with those who wholeheartedly support that it will bring up more conversation and cause people to think.
Indeed, a Christian who has thought about their faith is going to be better 'sent' than one who accepts it because mom or dad or pastor told them to.
Christians are the minority in GenX and GenY. It's about time we start to realize that in the marketing world.
I agree. I would rather have the opportunity for conversation than not. In a related matter, I checked with 12 leaders in campus ministry from around the nation to see how often they were bumping into the influence of the barage of atheist books in their outreach on campus. There responses -- little to not at all. Hmmm... Maybe college students aren't reading?
Hilarious. Not reading, hmmm...
We just did a "invite an atheist friend" night called "Skeptic's Questions Night". No music. No silliness. Wanted to let them know that not all Christians are as they've been stereotyped, and that there are Christians who think.
It went well... but I think things have gotten too polarized, and both camps are too well-entrenched in their own subcultures.
If "facebook" is considered reading, then everyone is reading! :)
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