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i'm not even an atheist, but there are plenty of ads advertising churches on the our subways, i have no issue with the atheists having an ad.

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Jan 29 '09, 07:19

and, people were calling it an 'attack' ad.

it says this: There Probably Is No God. So relax and enjoy your life.

Who is that attacking, exactly?

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I agree in principle, but it seems odd to go to all that trouble to proclaim something you don't believe in. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:22 15
- I agree with you, and think that some people see it as an attack on their belief...I disagree but understand why they think that - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 29, 07:27 2
  - surely it's an attack on believing in God. that seems clear to me. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:28 1
    - wow, i really don't see that. how are you attacked? there is no insult to believers. - Andie Jan 29, 07:30
- like Bush's abilities? -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:25
- the ad doesn't say 'don't believe in god' the ad says 'relax and enjoy yourself.' -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:24 10
  - It's almost like if you have a headache, and someone says, "I don't' think you have a headache, prove it". -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:26 6
    - then you say 'i don't need to prove it, i have a headache' and go about your day. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:27 5
      - I don't get it though. I don't believe in aliens but I don't find the need to put a billboard on a bus about it. If people do, then good for them. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:30 2
        
        ever see an ad for scientology? that's essentially the same thing. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:32 1
        
        maybe not the best example ... I get angry at scieno ads. :) -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:33
      - but you're annoyed at the person. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:29 1
        
        so be annoyed, back up your side of the argument, tell me why there is a god. i can be annoyed without being 'offended or attacked.' -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:32
  - surely that's implied by "there is no God"? -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:25 2
    - (a) it says Probably, and (b) if you are a person of faith, i assume you've heard at some point that someone somewhere might not believe in God. - Andie Jan 29, 07:26 1
      - well, the ad doesn't bother me, I'm just thinking why people might be bothered by it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:27
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i'm not even an atheist, but there are plenty of ads advertising churches on the our subways, i have no issue with the atheists having an ad.

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