Pro-God supporters hit back on the buses

by LotusFlower | February 6, 2009 at 11:39 am

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The battle on the buses between humanist and Christian groups over whether God exists steps up with pro-god adverts set to hit London streets on the famous London buses.

These will be a direct response to the Humanist Society's adverts stating that there was probably no God.

Three separate groups are planning campaigns and whatever side you go with if the old adage that any publicity is good publicity holds true then God has never had it so good.

And it's not just in London but as seen here earlier on NowPublic it's happening in Canada too!

Three separate pro-God advert campaigns on the sides of London buses are set to hit city streets.

Buses adorned with the slogan "There definitely is a God" are from the Christian Party, while the Trinitarian Bible Society chose a Biblical verse.

The Russian Orthodox Church is also preparing bus adverts.

The adverts, which are unrelated, come a month after the British Humanist Association placed "no God" slogans on buses across England.

Those adverts, which read: "There probably is no God: so stop worrying and enjoy your life" prompted complaints from the group Christian Voice and from individuals.

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Roy C

at 14:45 on February 6th, 2009

If you can be "good without God", then your conception of morality is your God. It may be impersonal, but you have just re-introduced a Divine Entity into your psyche or acknowledged the one already there.

The comic book version of Higher Power doesn't work, but eliminating universals such as morality leads to nihilism.

eastvanray

at 15:28 on February 6th, 2009

I would be surprised if our planet would be less moral had there never existed the concept of a higher being. Look at the carnage done due to how people interpret "The Word of God". That kind of thinking takes responsibility away from the individual and allows people to lay all the blame on "God's will".

Amy Judd

at 16:04 on February 6th, 2009

Well I guess we might as well balance out the coverage! I just hope it doesn't go over the top and the next one will be like 'Satan; he does exist'.

Roy C

at 18:04 on February 6th, 2009

My comment comes right out of Friedrich Nietzsche's books, which I spent a considerable amount of time on several decades ago.

You confuse church, religion and spirituality. All institutions look for money. Atheists such as Madeliene Murray whose case got rid of prayer in school in the US was killed by another atheist in her organization trying to steal money.

The Bolsheviks, when they took over in Russia, stormed into the houses of the rich and seized all the best clothing for their girlfriends whom they then paraded around the square.

Top communists wouldn't be caught dead in the Brezhnev era without being in a Pierre Cardin suit. The Russian communist party had special stores for communistis only.

So, we can dispense with the drivel about greed and the church. Greed is a universal phenomenon and nothing about atheists has demonstrated otherwise.

Terri Potratz

at 14:38 on February 6th, 2009

But I thought the "There's Probably No God" campaign was in response to a pro-Christian campaign from the previous year?? This could go back and forth for ages...

Terri Potratz

at 14:42 on February 6th, 2009

AND, these ad campaigns have already been rejected in Victoria and Halifax...unclear whether the ads have been approved in Vancouver:

On Monday the group Humanist Canada claimed it had bought advertising space in SeaBus terminals for signs that will read, "You Can Be Good Without God."

TransLink denied on Tuesday the ad campaign has been approved yet, or that any ad space has been sold to the group.

Spokeswoman Judy Rudin said the group had not yet submitted necessary documents to show how they would pay for an ad campaign, and that no ads had yet been submitted.

A similar effort by a separate group claimed to have a deal for similar ads to appear on buses in the Toronto's transit system. On Monday, the Halifax Transit Authority deemed the ads too controversial and refused to sell one group ad space.

Nancy Swartz with the Secular Humanist Association in Victoria said it's running into the same problem there, and the ads have been rejected by BC Transit, which oversees transit outside the Greater Vancouver area.

Religious and philosophical ads are supposedly not permitted within ads displayed through BC Transit.

Terri Potratz

at 16:03 on February 6th, 2009

I am skeptical that 'god as a conception of morality' is what religious organizations have in mind when constructing these campaigns. If everyone actually believed this notion, the big business of organized religion would be dead - the comic book "capital 'G'-o-d" version is what turns a profit.

Laughing-Samurai (not verified)

at 16:31 on February 6th, 2009

God is dead! and Jesus Christ died so that mankind could eat chocolate Easter eggs!

Fripouille

at 17:07 on February 6th, 2009

Super post!

"There's no god, now stop worrying and enjoy your life".

I just love this.

Think about it. Whether you believe in "god" or not, it helps us all think about it.

Commendable campaign, to be taken at face value.

Yours prayfully,

He-who-has-an-active-Spiritual-life-but-does-not-take-getting-on-a-bus-too-seriously

Roy C

at 18:06 on February 6th, 2009

A really good, deep atheist is as rare a bird as his counterpart in the religious world.

Nietzsche is the man when it comes to understanding the ins and outs of atheism. A truer atheist never existed.

Most atheists are just the mirror image of the religious people they mock, and end up touting Marx and Lenin or joining some anarchist group.

They steal and lie, as we see whenever atheist governments take power, such as in the Soviet Union, or they ruthlessly suppress liberty such as Fidel Castro.

Patrol your own, atheists, before pointing fingers at those inclined to impute a universe replete with meaning as intrinsic.

car1edb

at 18:10 on February 6th, 2009

more info here.

cps66

at 19:16 on February 6th, 2009

Why did this site eliminate the word "Probably" from the advertisement which originall said"there's probably no god" but the headline seems to scream "there's no god"

This kind of blatant media manipulation is whats wrong with mass media today.

Report the news don't create or manipulate the news!