"There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life."

[Luminous]

I think those who use merely reason should prolytcerize@%%^#$ and advertise. rather they do it then those who submitt to previous convecture without giving things much thought.
well, whatever....

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Update: apparently, the ads are too controversial for Halifax. From Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign - Official Website:

Yesterday we official received word from Sherry Kirwin, General Manager of Pattison Maritimes, that our banner is too “controversial” for Halifax Metro Transit.

“We are aware of your message due to the existing media coverage you are experiencing. We are not able to accept your message as it currently reads.
If you would like to submit an alternative message, we will submit that for approval.

If any potential ad message is deemed to be possibly controversial, we must advise the transit system. They rarely refuse creative content, however have advised us that in this particular case, your message has already stirred up enough media exposure across the country to be deemed controversial.

All advertisements must meet acceptable community standards of good taste , quality and appearance . Furthermore, the ads will not be considered discriminatory, or objectionable to any race creed or moral standard“, explained Ms. Kirwin.

Today during an interview, Lori Patterson of Halifax Transit Public Affairs mentioned “[...]this groups ads were known to be or were already viewed to be inflammatory or controversial before they reached this market.” When asked why it would be viewed as “inflammatory” and mentioning that the ads and atheism certainly represents a significant part of the population, she replied stating “it could be viewed as inflammatory to a certain group in population and that is certainly what we’re hearing. We have to recognize that this is an older area of the country and people still have, you know, traditional views. [...] All the calls we’ve been getting have been against us running them.”

 

[Magic Man]

I can't remember, Penguin, was that the slogan in the OP? The "There's probably no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life" (to paraphrase)?

 

[challupa]

Update: apparently, the ads are too controversial for Halifax. From Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign - Official Website:

They also stated that running anything controversial like religion or politics was not something they got into. I hope that holds true and they stick to not advocating any of those groups to keep it equal. I don't have a problem with them not advertising any of those groups. I would however have a problem if they did ads for religious groups but not for athiest groups.

 

[Storm]

I have to admit, there are a couple of religious ads that I don't mind, from the God Billboard people:

Don't make Me come down there! ~ God

Keep taking My Name in vain, and I'll make rush hour longer. ~ God

These don't bother me, mostly because I think they're funny. More reasonably, they're not proselytizing or telling you to go to church or anything. At least I don't see them that way. I see them as light-hearted expressions of faith. Also, they strike me as more aimed at the faithful than anything else.

Thoughts?

 

[challupa]

I have to admit, there are a couple of religious ads that I don't mind, from the God Billboard people:

Don't make Me come down there! ~ God

Keep taking My Name in vain, and I'll make rush hour longer. ~ God

These don't bother me, mostly because I think they're funny. More reasonably, they're not proselytizing or telling you to go to church or anything. At least I don't see them that way. I see them as light-hearted expressions of faith. Also, they strike me as more aimed at the faithful than anything else.

Thoughts?

Yes I would agree with that. They are funny and light hearted and anything that makes people smile should be technically a good thing. However, some religious folk might take exception to them I suppose.

 

[Storm]

The first one is my favorite. It gives me this mental image of God as the classical old, bearded man in flowing white robes, hopping up and down on His cloud and yanking at His hair in frustration.

 

[Luminous]

Let me finish that: "Dont make me come down there prove all your religions wrong!" ~ Highest Being
i think this is a good agnostic add that all would agree with.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I can't remember, Penguin, was that the slogan in the OP? The "There's probably no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life" (to paraphrase)?

I originally assumed it was, but I've since found out otherwise. The slogan that was rejected in Halifax was "You can be good without God".

I personally see no way that that could be reasonably taken as offensive. Boring, maybe. Offensive, no.

 

[challupa]

I originally assumed it was, but I've since found out otherwise. The slogan that was rejected in Halifax was "You can be good without God".

I personally see no way that that could be reasonably taken as offensive. Boring, maybe. Offensive, no.

Actually when you think about it that really speaks volumes for how humanity views itself. It needs a God to be good, what is that???

 

[challupa]

The first one is my favorite. It gives me this mental image of God as the classical old, bearded man in flowing white robes, hopping up and down on His cloud and yanking at His hair in frustration.

Yeah makes me laugh just picturing God having a tantrum and all because of little ole us!! Kids they can be sooo trying!:yes:

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Update: live in Ottawa? OC Transpo has decided that you don't get to see "no God" ads on your buses - Article.

Apparently, an atheist ad is "religious advertising which might be offensive to transit users", but Alpha Course ads aren't. Hmm.

 

[Apex]

Update: live in Ottawa? OC Transpo has decided that you don't get to see "no God" ads on your buses - Article.

Apparently, an atheist ad is "religious advertising which might be offensive to transit users", but Alpha Course ads aren't. Hmm.

What do Alpha Course ads say?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

What do Alpha Course ads say?

I haven't seen the ones in Ottawa specifically, but generally, they have a message like "there's more to life than this" with the URL for a web site where one can sign up for an "Introduction to Christianity"/proselytization course.

Edit: I was wrong on their slogan. According to the Alpha Canada web site, it's "Is there more to life than this?"

 

[Valjean]

I have to admit, there are a couple of religious ads that I don't mind, from the God Billboard people:

Don't make Me come down there! ~ God

Keep taking My Name in vain, and I'll make rush hour longer. ~ God

These don't bother me, mostly because I think they're funny. More reasonably, they're not proselytizing or telling you to go to church or anything. At least I don't see them that way. I see them as light-hearted expressions of faith. Also, they strike me as more aimed at the faithful than anything else.

Thoughts?

I'd love to see these flashed on highway traffic info signs during rush hour. They might lighten things up a bit.:angel2:

 

[gnomon]

Reading through some of this thread reminded of this video I posted quite a while back.

http://www.religiousforums.com/foru...71919-theres-probably-no-god-now-stop-60.html

"Let's look at Europe where they have lost God. It's become Islamist....."

What a hoot.

Back to topic.

How hypocritical.

 

[Alceste]

wrong link, gnomon.

 

[gnomon]

wrong link, gnomon.

My bad!:cover:

http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/atheism-2/46746-freaky-view-atheism-america.html

 

[Comicaze247]

I don't see a problem with it. It's a perfectly good way to get people to see religious advertising for what it is: propaganda. In my opinion, intelligent people would see that it is no different than religious advertising. A sharing of beliefs in a way that could get people to think.

 

[DarkSun]

Thoughts?

Religious slogans annoy agnostics and non-theists; and this advertisement is only going to be doing the same thing to theists.

At the end of the day, though... is a difference of opinion really worth fighting over? In a perfect world, people would be able to voice their opinion and no one would be upset by it. Meh....