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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:46 pm
 


Title: Atheist bus ads 'pathetic:' Philosopher
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Date: 2009-07-27 17:01:34
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:46 pm
 


Charles Taylor, Canada's most renowned philosopher.




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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:52 pm
 


$1:
"This new phenomena is puzzling — atheists that want to spread the 'gospel,' and are sometimes very angry."

And the difference with non-atheist is exactly...?


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:35 pm
 


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"Putting things on buses, as though that's going to make people somehow change their view about God, the universe, the meaning of life and so on," scoffed Taylor, a defender of religious faith and the recent winner of philosophy's two most prestigious international prizes following the 2007 publication of A Secular Age, his latest acclaimed critique of modern life.

"A bus slogan! It's not likely to trigger something very fundamental in anybody," Taylor told the magazine,


Show's what he knows... how many months ago were they put on the buses and exactly how long have people been talking about them around the world?

Apparently they're doing something.

Of course, these comments are merely something I'd come to expect from "a defender of religious faith" ~ Of course he's going to think they're pathetic.... his own background is obviously biased on the subject, therefore his opinion is about as worthwhile as the next person's. His fancy stature doesn't help him win the argument.

And jeez, it's not like they said it's fact that he doesn't exist, they said probably, and the original suppliers of the ad felt it was a way to finally open up the debate between theists and atheist.

Apparently one side of the argument still don't want to open the debate up in any mature manner and have to resort to comments like pathetic.

What's pathetic is the lack of understanding the overall picture.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:39 pm
 


You see all these commercials and adds for churches and religions, yet when an atheist speaks up, theists freak out and put it down.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:41 pm
 


Another bible thumper who is threatened by anything other than what he believes.

As an atheist, I believe in nothing. I’m not threatened by anything, and find it offensive when someone tells me what to believe in.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:43 pm
 


gravity...believe in it, or get off my planet.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:44 pm
 


ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
gravity...believe in it, or get off my planet.


You're wrong. There is no gravity.













The earth sucks.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:53 pm
 


Well Taylor may have a point about simple slogans not having a massive influence on one's worldviews, but let's consider the other side his religious views and consider how many "believers" are musing over Augustine, Aquinas, Luther or Calvin as well.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:54 pm
 


Outside of thinking this was a dead issue, I'm going to go with my original belief on these ads. A waste of money.

Plus, I haven't really seen churches advertising. I remember Methodist ones from a few years ago, but church advertising isn't exactly a big business


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:55 pm
 


Worship the magical platypus, yo. It loves us all and will smite our enemies with its poisonous spur!





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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:14 pm
 


I support the message of the athiest bus, but I'm not so sure about the messenger..



That guy is a robot, I'm sure of it.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:56 am
 


I don't have to be a member of anyone's "club" to be a law-abiding, decent human being!


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:50 am
 


Mustang1 Mustang1:
Well Taylor may have a point about simple slogans not having a massive influence on one's worldviews, but let's consider the other side his religious views and consider how many "believers" are musing over Augustine, Aquinas, Luther or Calvin as well.


Agreed.... maybe he should take a look at all the billboards and signs all accross the US that shoves their religious propaganda into everybody's face.

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Those seem ok, but when Atheists do something similar.... oh, it's simply pathetic. :roll:

Added:

Actually these bus ads arn't even on the same level as the above example or most of the other billboards out there by Christians, as Christian billboards are designed to dictate fact and their view as absolute, while the bus ad was "Probably" not fact or absolute..... so who's worse?

Just for schnits and sniggles, do a goggle image search for "Christian Billboards" and you'll see what I mean.


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