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Richard Wade from the Friendly Atheists blog proposes that we display billboards that are “truly innocuous, so that the only thing that might provoke ‘offense’ would be the word ‘atheist’ in the billboard sponsor’s name,” like the ones above, instead of the more aggressive, in-your-face messages.
Read his blog post here.
Don’t know about you guys, but I’m totally down with this! Leave comments on his blog to show your support.
YES
Hmm, I find this to be an interesting idea. Underlying message: “We’re just people who like simple things as much as you. Tolerance, please?” I’m not a big fan of atheists going on the attack against others.
I think maybe it’d be cool if there was also an underlying message of wonder about the universe and delight in things being things… like, I’m not fond of the “Buses carry many people” because it seems a bit hurdurr, but the rest… “Please Drive Carefully” suggests caring about others, while the rest is “WHEE! Chocolate! Clouds!”
Maybe “People are awesome! Smile!” or maybe a picture of a starfield with “The universe is really cool!” or whatever.
I agree with this. I like the idea of showing that atheists are just people who are caring and curious about the world. And toning down on the aggressive ads is a huge necessity.
Posted on January 27, 2012 via Thus Spoke Marmoulak with 1,659 notes
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“They want us to drive carefully because they don’t want us meet Jesus!”
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Well, as long as I don’t see any more ads with a nativity scene saying “You know its fake”
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If you see a bus with more than one person, contact your local priest immediately.
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I just wish all of these billboards were around
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Wtf does this accomplish?
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