London's buses go to hell, page 1

London's buses go to hell

www.smh.com.au

Buses emblazoned with advertisements declaring "there's probably no God" will soon be travelling through the streets of London after the prominent atheist Professor Richard Dawkins agreed to help pay for them.

Campaigners say the messages will provide a "reassuring" antidote to religious ads that "threaten eternal damnation".

Professor Dawkins, the author of The God Delusion, said: "Religion is accustomed to getting a free ride - automatic tax breaks, unearned 'respect' and the right not to be 'offended', the right to brainwash children.

"Even on the buses, nobody thinks twice when they see a religious slogan plastered across the side. This campaign to put alternative slogans on London buses will make people think - and thinking is anathema to religion."

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This seems a little silly to me, but then I don't care about religion or people lack of it.

In a way these people have a point - if a bus can have the threat of eternal damnation on the side of it, why can't they put up a counter point to that?

In many ways they are right - respect is earned, not given and our children should be taught the merits of various philosophies rather than just being brainwashed into believing what the parents believe.

Is this freedom of speech though, or a propaganda war for the minds or souls of hose who may be sitting on the fence?

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come climb aboard the atheist bus

were apparently victimising christians ^_^

bring a lion if you got one

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reply to post by noobfun

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If thats a reply to me, lol, i am glad that america and uk, are turning into the countries they are. I have no problem with uk being secular, you go there.

Its just when the rest of the world, has to follow your hollier than thou attitude to everyone else, thats when we can say what sh*tty morals you people have.

reply to post by andy1033

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actually the comments was simply me amusing myself

it follows comments in the other thread about how atheists are persecuting christians and singeling them out with an advertiment saying there is no god (of any description)

reply to post by budski

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There is no route 666 bus in London, if i rember correctly its becuase it caused to many acidents.

But now you can put "there's probably no God" on the side of a double decker how times have changed.. The religiouse arnt going to be happy. And ill even go as far to say it could fuel Muslim extreamists loathing for Brits'.

Personly i dont care whats on the side of a bus,. But please dont make me have to get on one again at rush hour,during a tube/train strike.

reply to post by budski

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First of all... not disagreeing with you or trying to be condecending here.

You asked if this is a case of freedom of speech?

Well, if any religion can tell me I'm going to hell for not wanting to associate myself with the insanities of any religion, then saying that there probably isn't any God is the same amount of free speech only in the other end of the spectre.

Dawkins is right. Religion has not earned it's respect. I speak mostly hereof christianity since that's the part of the world I grew up in.
Fortunately I don't have a single devout christian in my nearest circle of friends. The only ones being my grandparents who still linger in old traditions, brainwashed for 70 years.

If religion at any time assumes that it has prove anything, AT ALL, from the pure basis that a lot of needy people seek refuge in it, then I can assure you that I will equally assume to be able to prove that God doesn't exist, never has and never will... I believe in fair play. Since religion doesn't want to prove the existance of God, then I don't have to prove the opposite.

More power to those buses... and please let kids choose for themselves. If anything religion proves that adults are no better at knowing what is best for themselves than kids are....

reply to post by StevenDye

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yes but its gold for us too

look what the crazy religeous folk did

lets be honest crazy religeous folk dont need bus advertisments to do dumb things

it sounds like the goverment thinking, terrorists might so we better ban it

i think they have better targets then wondering around london all day trying to get on the right bus to blow it up


[edit on 22/10/08 by noobfun]

reply to post by Sonya610

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They're more annoyed with theists ramming their religion down said atheists' throats. They obviously can not be angry at a god they don't believe in, by very definition. I imagine most Christians in the US would be annoyed if they had 'In Zeus We Trust' on their money, had to mention Zeus in every pledge, and were exposed to Zeus-believers on radio condemning aspects of their lives that don't affect anyone else.

Vocal atheists are not angry with god, but at the people who won't leave them alone. That's all.

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