I stole this from FormsMostBeautiful. Recently, Richard Dawkins worked with Ariane Sherine to print a slogan on buses, "There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life," in response to Christian-based advertisements warning non-believers of the fires of hell.
Even in the US, you rarely hear public anger toward these Christian-based messages, yet in Britain, and unsurprisingly, a number of people have already disclosed their objections. The Advertising Standards Authority now has to decide whether this is offensive and if it should be banned. The approach to dealing with this may include deciding whether the statement is fact, which means British courts are not only toying with censorship of an otherwise unoffensive text, but also possibly deciding whether or not God exists.
Me? I think this is hysterical. Why is this happening? Shouldn't we be over these differences by now? I support printing the slogan, especially given the 'publicity' that Christianity has achieved recently, but these objections are almost absurd!
I am happy, however, that this is happening in Britain. Were this campaign in the US, the Atheist Bus Campaign would probably already be fined and ridiculed. If anyone, however, would accept the rotten tomatoes and banana cream pies, I would probably support this venture. I personally like the slogan, and I think it shows just how ridiculously serious people are about their worldviews.
I just hope some friendly discourse results from all this. That would make all the absurdity worthwhile.
Even in the US, you rarely hear public anger toward these Christian-based messages, yet in Britain, and unsurprisingly, a number of people have already disclosed their objections. The Advertising Standards Authority now has to decide whether this is offensive and if it should be banned. The approach to dealing with this may include deciding whether the statement is fact, which means British courts are not only toying with censorship of an otherwise unoffensive text, but also possibly deciding whether or not God exists.
Me? I think this is hysterical. Why is this happening? Shouldn't we be over these differences by now? I support printing the slogan, especially given the 'publicity' that Christianity has achieved recently, but these objections are almost absurd!
I am happy, however, that this is happening in Britain. Were this campaign in the US, the Atheist Bus Campaign would probably already be fined and ridiculed. If anyone, however, would accept the rotten tomatoes and banana cream pies, I would probably support this venture. I personally like the slogan, and I think it shows just how ridiculously serious people are about their worldviews.
I just hope some friendly discourse results from all this. That would make all the absurdity worthwhile.
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