"Why Believe in God" ad campaign

Ghoulish Delight · 11-13-2008, 03:15 PM

http://news.aol.com/article/holiday-...n-a-god/245127

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Ads proclaiming, "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake," will appear on Washington, D.C., buses starting next week and running through December. The American Humanist Association unveiled the provocative $40,000 holiday ad campaign Tuesday.

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"Our reason for doing it during the holidays is there are an awful lot of agnostics, atheists and other types of non-theists who feel a little alone during the holidays because of its association with traditional religion."

And here's a thoughtful, loving, caring response already:

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"It's a stupid ad," [American Family Association president Tim Wildmon] said. "How do we define 'good' if we don't believe in God? God in his word, the Bible, tells us what's good and bad and right and wrong. If we are each ourselves defining what's good, it's going to be a crazy world."

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 11-13-2008, 03:16 PM

I do love those Sexy Humans!

BarTopDancer · 11-13-2008, 03:20 PM

Can we believe in dog?

Ghoulish Delight · 11-13-2008, 03:24 PM

"Oooh Spot. Ooooh Spot."

Betty · 11-13-2008, 03:25 PM

Tim is a douche bag.

Sohrshah · 11-13-2008, 03:30 PM

Why is it that believers, in choosing faith, somehow lose the powers of perception? Why does a belief in God virtually always coincide with an inability to see any point of view but your own? It seems to genuinely not occur to these people that people who do not share their faith may not share their perspectives on reality and that fact does not make thier reality the only reality. It's so sad how otherwise intelligent people cut of thier noses and willingly choose to not see the world before their own eyes!

SzczerbiakManiac · 11-13-2008, 03:32 PM

I heard (and saw pictures) of those ads in London, but I had not heard they were stateside yet. Way cool.

Not that they'll change anyone's mind....

Ghoulish Delight · 11-13-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I heard (and saw pictures) of those ads in London, but I had not heard they were stateside yet. Way cool.

Not that they'll change anyone's mind....

Even the people running the ads don't intend to change anyone's mind. They stated their goal as simply reaching out to those athiests looking for others to connect with during an overwhelmingly Christy period.

alphabassettgrrl · 11-13-2008, 03:45 PM

I like it.

I believe in a god (or several) but really don't connect with the whole Christian thing at the holidays. I'll handle my belief on my own, thank you. Let's keep the public stuff to pretty lights and goodwill towards others.

LSPoorEeyorick · 11-13-2008, 03:55 PM

I think we should be good for goodness' sake with or without religion! And I love that they're referencing a line of that ol' Christmas carol, but with deeper meaning than the original intended.

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