This is round 2 of the exciting tit-for-tat between the secularists and the god-botherers:
I’m not sure what the strategy behind this advert is. It’s obviously a response to the “Atheist Bus” campaign which had an almost negligible visibility and yet nevertheless managed to provoke all kinds of ire from the nutty wing of various Churches.
Something I learned working for an advertising agency is that a sales process which begins with insulting the customer (in this case calling him a “fool”) is unlikely to be all that effective, even as in this case if the product is being offered free of charge.
I suspect that the reason for disbelief is not a consequence of lack of bibles: In my experience there are plenty of these in circulation. I suspect the problem has more to do with the content of the bibles, spesifically the fact that it is a book full of bronze-age superstision of questionable moral value with little or no relevance to the modern world. If only the Trinitarian Bible Society would tackle that core issue I think they’d have a great campaign.
The Unitarians once published a book which contained readings from all scriptures.It was much more interesting.
Saw one of these at Canada Water this morning. I wonder if atheist bus drivers will be allowed to refuse to drive them, the way this chap did:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7832647.stm
It’s amazing how sensitive the likes of Christian Voice are to a little bit of criticism. It’s almost as if they know they don’t have an argument, and need to substitute volume for correctness.
Yep, do to others like you would you would have done to yourself, ready to forgive, generosity giving more happiness than gain – all totally out of date, ‘bronze-age’ principles and superstition…
Awful spelling BTW.
You wouldn’t be one of those Greek-God fundamentalists would you? One of those people who around making stupid comments any time somebody like me dares to suggest that the Greek gods were mythical?
“Do unto others” is attributed to Epicurus who lived circa 341 BCE, I’m sure the idea was old even then, so that would definitely be a bronze-age quotation.
Even if you are a Greek-god fundamentalist, let me just say that the ancient culture which you like to big up was not the first to invent generosity, forgiveness, happiness. These things existed long before, so you can take your silly Greek gods and shove ‘em!
Sal