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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.