Taken from an article on foxnews.com:
The sides of some of London’s red buses will soon carry ads asserting there is “probably no God,”
Ariane Sherine came up with the idea after seeing a series of Christian posters on London buses. She said she visited the Web site promoted on one ad and found it told nonbelievers they would spend eternity in torment in hell.
“I thought it would be a really positive thing to counter that by putting forward a much happier and more upbeat advert, saying ‘Don’t worry, you’re not going to hell,’” said Sherine, 28. “Atheists believe this is the only life we have, and we should enjoy it.”
Upbeat? Here’s the message in a nutshell. There’s probably no God, I mean, you’re rolling the dice but… On the one hand if there is, sure, you’ll spend an eternity in hell but in the burning lake of fire you can at least say you played the odds. And if there ISN’T a God well…you’ll spend an eternity in a black nothingness, not existing, not remembering anything or anybody. Sounds pretty positive to me. Mhmm.
From Richard Dawkins: “This campaign to put alternative slogans on London buses will make people think — and thinking is anathema to religion.”
He went on to say: “We’re right and no one else is. There certainly is absolutely no chance that any form of higher being exist. To even think that is ridiculous. Now, if you’ll excuse me, the ivory cleaners are here.
“The religious think tank Theos said it had donated $82 to the campaign, on the grounds that the ads were so bad they would probably attract people to religion.”
82 dollars. Really? Did they send around the offering plate?
Here’s the full article, if you dare: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,443705,00.html
