This post contains hyperlinks to Atheism is Dead’s posts regarding atheist bus ads and bill boards:
Atheist Charity - A Huge Success
Another Atheist Charity – A Huge Success
Successful Propaganda 101: Appeal to “But the children! Think of the children!”
Deceptive Manipulative Propagandist Activist Atheists are at it Again – Unbeknownst to them: their New Ads Compliment Christianity
The American Humanist Association New Ads, “No God? …No Problem!” Should Read, “No God? …No Business for the AHA!”
God Is Not Probable In Sweden - Gud Finns Nog Inte
Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign
Atheism – Bus Ads Minus One
Dogmatheism – The New York City Atheists Proselytizers
Board to Tears
Atheism Board News
Want a Better World? American Humanist Association Not Required
8/21/09
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A quote from Epiphonom (http://bhascience.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteRegarding a study that throws some light on the reaction of theists to the buss ads.
There are two lessons here. First, it suggest that theories that religion evolved as a tool to enforce in-group trust may be wrong.
Second, it suggests that all those bus ads may well be serving a useful function, even if they're unlikely to convert anyone. If they normalise atheism, then they should also help to change the lot of atheists in the USA from social pariahs to trusted community members.
Read the full article here:
http://bhascience.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-are-atheists-so-disliked.html
The website quotes that there was no evidence that atheists distrusted the religious is blatantly wrong... Gervais is in la-la-land when there is talk of theists getting sacked in academic/ scientific institutions for insinuating creationism whilsts publishing scientific papers as well as getting their tenureship denied because they challenged materialist dogma in the universities they've worked from. Talk about spin-doctoring
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