 Atheist bus ads 'pathetic:' Philosopher Canada's most renowned philosopher has weighed in provocatively on the debate surrounding the "atheist bus" campaign, describing as "pathetic" the cross-Canada advertising effort to promote the idea that "there's probably no God."Commentsview comments in forum You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Who?
And the difference with non-atheist is exactly...?
"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.
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.
gravity...believe in it, or get off my planet.
You're wrong. There is no gravity.
The earth sucks.
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
That guy is a robot, I'm sure of it.
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.
Those seem ok, but when Atheists do something similar.... oh, it's simply pathetic.
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.