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Atheist Ads Hit Buses In Spain
“There’s probably no God. Stop worrying. Enjoy life”. So read the signs developed by atheist groups in Barcelona, which will being appearing on some of the city’s public buses in the following weeks. Inspired by a recent atheist campaign in London, the messages have already been widely criticized by the Catholic church.
I’m sure the locals won’t take to this very well but you have to be impressed by the ability of the atheist community to get their message, or lack thereof, to the masses these days.
Update: Folks, I realize the buses shown have English signs and appear to be, in fact, in England. Check out the source article and you’ll see that the Barcelona campaign has yet to begin.
Still, I’m sure the Spanish signs will be quite similar — minus the language and all.
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If these buses are in Barcelona, why are the signs in English?
Another thought.
I wonder why their little signs don’t read: “There’s probably no God, Allah or Jehovah. Stop worrying. Enjoy life”
Darn those wascally atheists.
The sign shows a lack of understanding. People worry less, not more, when God is in their lives. Finding God also helps people to enjoy life.
Every year a new survey comes out to determine who is the happiest and every year religious people are on top of the list.
Don’t believe me? google it.
I would argue that religious people spend more time questioning their faith than atheists spend questioning their lack of faith.
And yet atheists consider themselves open minded.
This sign shows how close minded they are and they can’t even see it.
Just to point out these buses are in London, UK.
@shfelby
From every church service I’ve been to, judging by the calls for prayer for various reasons by members of the congregation for healing, guidance or whatever, I’d say that people of religion worry just as much non-believers. And besides that’s not the point of the campaign.
What’s narrow minded about spending more time questioning subjects based in Science rather then Religion? I could argue that atheists spend more time questioning Scientific theory then religious people spend questioning the blind rejection of many theories. Doesn’t that show how close minded they are and that they can’t even see it.
The sword swings both ways.
Your comment is contradictory. You said “religious people spend more time questioning their faith than atheists spend questioning their lack of faith.” That is probably a little worrisome – you know, questioning your own, and everyone’s existence.
The fact that people are so open to say what they think (which is their belief) about the nature of existence of all things is absurd. ABSURD.
Further, we argue about which theory is correct when there have been thousands if not millions of religions. The only way to truly understand yourself is to understand that you are incapable of knowing how life began. It is hard at first, admitting your own ineptness, but it lets you look at life and yourself much more clearly.
However, clarity is relative. Of course religious people are content and happy – THEY THINK THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHY THEY ARE HERE AND THEIR MEANING IN LFIE!!! If that lifestyle suits you, go for it, but please consider the consequences of widespread religious belief in our speices’ history and modern issues.
Seriously douchebag, you claim to be “open minded” but just argumentative when realistically you claim that you know that you know how life started. This is fucking stupid. Know why? Because atheism is for idiots who are incapable of believing anything.
“If that lifestyle suits you, go for it, but please consider the consequences of widespread religious belief in our speices’ history and modern issues.”
yeah i mean it’s not like some of the most important and influential scientists, philosophers, and political philosophers in history had some sort of belief in God…
I’m pretty sure John Calvin, Thomas Hobbes, Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei were all atheists…oooh except for the fact that all were devout Protestants or Catholics, and Copernicus was actually a member of the clergy.
Haha i partially jest, but keep in mind a lot of these men started their research to further their knowledge about their ideal of God, and without them we would not have the advances and thoughts we do in science and philosophy (although can you really advance philosophy? ok so just science…)
But i know what you’re referring to. The witch trials, the crusades, the inquisition. Yeah these are all church mandated things, but that does not mean God-motivated, mandated, inspired etc. Men did these things, usually to advance their plitical power as history tells us. Not because of a true belief in God.
What do men with true belief in God go to do? Well..look at the above list.
Mm true true, most Religious people are very close minded when things dont match up with how theyve been told (Young Earth, Six Days of Creation, etc etc.) They either refuse to believe its true or are insecure in faith that they immediately throw away their religious beliefs.
On the other hand, a lot of atheists do the same thing with religious matters. They refuse to believe God or any other supernatural means could really bring about or start or be involved in any process. The figure that comes to mind is Richard Dawkins in this. He’s a genius, but terribly close minded.
The man i have the most respect for in this matter is Carl Sagan. He didn’t reject Religion or the idea of God, he was very skeptical about it. However he was also skeptical to say that there was no God at all. He simply said that the best thing you can do is search and study and look for the evidence, and simply follow the evidence where it goes. The “Dragon in My Garage” analogy comes to mind.
I didn’t contradict myself. Faith is a personal belief and there are times when life tests that belief. When someone who is near and dear dies, or injustice, or any other tragic life occurances happens, it tests our commitment to God. God can seem unfair and cruel and therefore, at times, believers do question their belief in him.
But what happens when life seems to be devine? Do atheists ever think that they should walk down a spiritual avenue? That maybe there is something bigger than themselves? You are right when you say there are many religions and many different philosophies. That is because that maybe, just maybe, there have been many people who have felt the presence of God or the spirit world or whatever you want to call it. Whether they were right to feel that way is personal.
And for people to ignore thousands of years of philosophical and spiritual insight, well I think that is close minded.
And by the way, I do think of the widespread religious belief in our speices’ history and modern issues.
And I especially look to this country.
The U.S.A.
One of the most religious countries ever founded. One of the most generous, the most excepting, the most trustworthy in history. Many people of faith are the ones responsible for that.
I often hear of people saying that religions start wars. Can you name one war America fought in the name of christianity?
Revolutionary war?
War of 1812?
Civil War?
Spanish American war?
WWI?
WWII?
Korean war?
Vietnam war?
Persian Gulf?
War on Terror?
I don’t think you can. God was often used as a note of support and guidance, but never as a reason. We hope to do what is right by God, but we also know that we may never really know what that is and so we pray for guidance.
Now think of the countries that have expelled religion and made the practice illegal. Who turned believers into criminals, slaves and ash. Think of the damage caused by people who have fought against religion and what they have done throughout history.
I don’t understand your meaning.
Are you suggesting that one can’t be a man of science and a man of faith at the same time? It happens all the time. Atheists have not cornered the market in scientific thought, but I’m sure you already knew that.
The idea that science and religion can’t live together is an atheists argument.
A very closed minded argument, as well as, an egotistical one I might add.
Anyone whose religion is causing them to worry is well advised to upgrade it.
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