American Atheists Announces New "Myth" Billboard Campaign
American Atheists announced today that their new billboard is going up in several locations nationwide, including the New Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel: the same location as last year’s famous “You KNOW it’s a MYTH” billboard. The new billboard will also be going up in Ohio and Florida.
This year’s holiday season billboard features pictures of Neptune, Jesus, Santa Claus, and the Devil and says, “37 Million Americans know MYTHS when they see them. What do you see?”
Full Size Dave Silverman, President of American Atheists, said, “Last year’s MYTH billboard was incredibly successful and garnered a lot more attention than we conceived. This year’s billboard should be equally thought-provoking and spark plenty of conversations nationally, but especially in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Florida.”
Mr. Silverman continued, “The Florida billboards will also be advertising our upcoming convention in December in Fort Lauderdale. It is going to be an amazing convention with great speakers and this billboard will help promote it to atheists in Florida.”
Blair Scott, Communications Director for American Atheists, stated, “Every year groups like The Catholic League and American Family Association told Americans about a war on Christmas that simply did not exist. Last year we thought we would give them what they seemed to want and fired the first shot in the war on Christmas. To both groups we say, ‘Happy Holidays!’”
Mr. Scott continued, “Offending people is not our goal, but we know people are going to be offended. When you question someone’s long-held beliefs and doctrine they are going to be immediately offended and be on the defensive: it’s a known psychological phenomenon.”
For more details and to see the billboards, please visit atheists.org/atheism/billboards2011.
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Since the bible was written by people that thought the earth was the center of the universe, was flat and were willing to torture people to death that didn't agree with their insanity, pretty much the christians should have ZERO say in anything.
Since their book was written by psychopaths and morons it doesn't say much for the followers. What a pity suicide is a sin... :-)
Those that can't or won't defend themselves can only be slaves.
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Wow 21 pages of controversy on a subject based on personal beliefs. Beliefs are what they are. Some are based on incomplete facts and some are based on incomplete fiction but all are based on the needs of the believer.
The Catholic, Jews, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, agnostic, atheist etc... All have beliefs because they need them to get through the day to day process of living. It doesn't matter what can be proved or not proved because beliefs are power to the individual believer. I am always amazed when people use force to try to convince other people that their beliefs are the best. It is like arguing about who has the best imaginary friend.
Voltaire put it best
“If you can get people to believe absurdities, You can convince them to perform atrocities.”
Shadow boxing with your beliefs is a true absurdity and we clearly don’t need any more atrocities.
So let’s leave the atheist and the Christians and the Muslims and the Buddhist etc. to their beliefs and everyone go back to thinking about really timely and important things like when will I get a job or where is my next meal coming from or how will I keep my family warm this winter. The big stuff!
Airdale
@jodantes.....You've got it wrong, Atheism is not a belief, its a denial of the assertion that a god or gods exits.........This is based on logic, reason and a total lack of evidence to support the assertion.............The only reason someone is called an atheist is because there are so many people who believe in myths, like Christians..........There is no name for people who don't believe in the Easter bunny, etc.
Chuck
Chuck, believing in nothing is the same as believing in something. A lack of belief, or denial as you call it, is still a belief. God cannot be proven and that is why it is called a belief and not science or fact. What I don't understand is why people want to identify with a group of similar believers or non-believers. Why does anyone care if a person is a Christian, Muslim, Jew or someone without theism, visa vie atheist. In a zero sum world why bother arguing for or against what cannot be proven.
Perhaps it is because most religious believers test each other’s beliefs in search of a common Morality. Fortunately Religion and Morality have nothing in common. Religion is man-made "Force" and Morality is universal "Power". A “Force” of any kind requires a “Counter-Force” to exist and we see this in the disagreements and hatred initiated over different religious beliefs. A “Power” stands alone in the universe and requires nothing more than itself to exist.
As Time is constant I suggest that we all just enjoy the moments and embrace the morality because our current reality will end when we least expect it.
Airdale
@jodantec.......You are wrong............... Beliefs come in two forms, most commonly a belief is just a personal opinion............... A belief can also be presented as a claim, or even a guess, about what is factually true..............................An Atheist denies the theist assertion of the supernatural on the basis of, Lack of empirical evidence, logic and reasoning....................If the Theist presents empirical evidence of the existence of the supernatural an Atheist would immediately become a theist...............However no amount of data would convince a theists that their position is not valid.
Chuck
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas
Happy Winter Solstice to All.
Chuck
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