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Not that anyone asked me, but my take on the atheist ads is pretty simple. "Why?" - Jim Jan 29, 07:50 6
- They're trying to create more acceptance for the validity of atheism as a stance. - Reagen Jan 29, 07:52
- so, its ok to advertise with a message, but only if it has some - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:52
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- PETA ads don't do anything. -- nm - Amy Jan 29, 07:51 1
  - presumably they're trying to get people to stop eating/abusing animals. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:53
- agreed. this is my strongest reaction. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:50
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Bacon belly bomb -- (link) - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:46 1
- This is proof that there IS a God. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:49
Yay! I just found out I'm getting a promotion at my job. - Krusty Jan 29, 07:46 16
- Wow, good for you. -- nm - lileve Jan 29, 07:58
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- Rock on!!! -- nm - Jim Jan 29, 07:50
- Don Homer! -- nm - emoticripple Jan 29, 07:48
- sweet! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:48
- Excellent, congrats!! -- nm - kelly Jan 29, 07:48
- I thought this was kelly. Change your name. -- nm - Zork si Jan 29, 07:48
- Yay!! Don Homer!! -- nm - Diva Jan 29, 07:48
- sweet. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:48
- great news -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:47
- That is awesome, krusty -- nm - con_carne Jan 29, 07:47
- Noice dude. Go home and have a celebratory smoke. :) -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:47 1
  - No doubt! -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 07:48
- awesome! -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:46
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- effin awesome.wpphoo! -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 07:46
My banks close well before any mail arrives on Saturday anyhow. - Will Hunting Jan 29, 07:44
So, on twitter, am I now going to get followed by random strangers - con_carne Jan 29, 07:43 2
- sure. You don't have to follow them back, though. -- nm - Callisto Jan 29, 07:46
- Yup. I get followed by websites, newspapers, etc. -- nm - oblique Jan 29, 07:44
Back from the Ultra sound. - lileve Jan 29, 07:34 8
- Thanks everyone! -- nm - lileve Jan 29, 07:52
- positive vibes, positive vibes -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 07:43
- good thoughts your way. hope the results are good/minor -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:40 2
  - It's and boy and it's yours! - lileve Jan 29, 07:44 1
    - woo-hoo. that was fast .... waitaminute - zork Jan 29, 07:46
- Hope that all is well. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 29, 07:39
- I hope it all turns out well. -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 07:38
- Hoping for the best for you -- nm - con_carne Jan 29, 07:37
Why can't people who don't believe have the same ads as people who do? And why would anyone care? I don't do or buy most advertised products. All - Amy Jan 29, 07:34 30
- we have a guy in town who for years has worn a sandwich board and handed those thigns out at sporting events... - Mel Profit Jan 29, 07:47 4
  - I used to see that same dude after every concert at the Fleet Center/Red Sox game. -- nm - kelly Jan 29, 07:56
  - We have a group of folks that always do this for football games - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:51
  - You should check out the entrance end of Bourbon St. sometime. Yowzers. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:50
  - litterbug -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 07:50
- I have no problem with it being out there at all. But just like that ad you got bothered you (and it would me too)... - TFox Jan 29, 07:40 9
  - Well, I think there's a some daylight between 'good person' and 'strict religious adherent'. We're not saying give up ethics; just don't bother - emoticripple Jan 29, 07:45
  - You don't get it, I hate all ads equally, regardless of product. Well, I hate the "Axe" and beer ads more... -- nm - Amy Jan 29, 07:43 7
    - I hate the Kotex ad with the adorable bouncing blood-red period more than any other ad I've ever seen. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:45 6
      - nothing tops the anthropomorphic mucus in the Mucinex ads. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:46
      - Even more than the Mucinex ad with the big mucus biker dude? -- nm - kelly Jan 29, 07:46 4
        
        "Don't you hate when your period gets in the middle of things?" PIC.NIC SWIM.MING - TFox Jan 29, 07:48
        
        you. out of my head. now. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:47 2
        
        heh heh. - kelly Jan 29, 07:48 1
        
        I haven't been in his head, but I can only imagine... -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:49
- all of t he religious ads annoy me. the atheist ads just strike me as a lot of trouble. I don't believe in a lot of things, but I don't have to - loosilu Jan 29, 07:37 14
  - It's also a little abrasive to many people to live under the strictures of somebody else's belief system - emoticripple Jan 29, 07:48
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    - well, he was a huge supporter of the campaign in the UK that started this whole trend -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:41
    - yes, exactly. why not just let people be? -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:40 10
      - Why not tolerate the dialog? Why not accept the fact that people of both sides want to express their views with signs? -- nm - mara Jan 29, 07:41 9
        
        As a Christian, I'm 100% in favor of the dialogue. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:48 2
        
        see, i *love* this attitude. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:52 1
        
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        Serious question: is anyone here not tolerating the dialogue? I thought we were just discussing the validity of other people's offense. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:43
        
        sure, it's a free country. I just have a strong suspicion the people behind hte sign are jerks. - loosilu Jan 29, 07:43 3
        
        Well, it did get Richard Dawkins' support, so you've got that going in favor of your suspicion. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:44 2
        
        that guy is an asshole. and I say that as a fan of some of his theories. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:45 1
        
        you won't get any disagreement from me, on either count -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:47
I don't have the resources to do a study on the impact of no Saturday mail. - nubby Jan 29, 07:34 41
- The black holes from the supercollider will eat up all the Saturday mail. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:39
- I don't think I've *ever* mailed rent. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 07:38 21
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    - but then, the American attitude generally is "No Saturday mail?! but that would make us no better than savages!" when these things come up - Reagen Jan 29, 07:44 7
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        I'm exaggerating of course, but nubby plays Chicken Little in most of these kind of discussions. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 07:47 5
        
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        i think it's because you guys are resisting things the rest of use have already adapted to. - Andie Jan 29, 07:52 1
        
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        We're giving counter-examples. That's all. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 07:51
        
        that seems unfair. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:48
    - I have no problem with mail on saturdays, I just think "it'll harm small business." is a ridiculous (and unfounded) reason. -- nm - mafic harms small business Jan 29, 07:43
    - totally not criticizing, i understand wanting to keep it. but acting like your entire society will crumble is sort of overreacting. - Andie Jan 29, 07:40 5
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        Isn't it that they want to cut back so that they *continue* making a profit? -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 07:46 1
        
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      - I really don't think anyone is doing that. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:41 1
        
        *points at nubby* -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:41
    - yeah, mail on Saturdays is good. we like it. what's wrong with it? -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:40 3
      - makes no sense to me, really. Usually it's just crap mail -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 07:44
      - I want Sunday mail!! -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:40
      - seems like a better day to cancel service than a tuesday *shrug* whatev. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:40
  - at the end I was paying my rent online -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:39
- who relies on the mail service for rent cheques? besides, you can't deposit it until monday anyway. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:37 7
  - I did that for like 9 years when I lived with my twin - con_carne Jan 29, 07:39
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    - same here -- nm - decline Jan 29, 07:39 2
      - and here. so you mail it one day earlier and date the check for the appropriate day. really guys, it's not rocket science. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:39 1
        
        actually, I mail my rent a week early (but that is just me) and I could give a rat's ass if we get mail on Sat. or not :) -- nm - decline Jan 29, 07:43
  - Oh, so we should close banks on the weekends too? -- nm - nubby Jan 29, 07:38
  - I would never mail a rent check, I bring it in to the office. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:38
- if the rent is due on sunday, when do people pay it? Saturday right? well, now you get in Friday with a check dated Sunday. it's the same. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:35 8
  - If it's due on Saturday, and they mail it Friday, I'd get it on Monday instead of Saturday. - nubby Jan 29, 07:37 7
    - you ignored my point. if you rent is currently due on sunday, don't you expect to get in on Saturday? - Andie Jan 29, 07:39 4
      - If it's due on Sunday, nothing changes. If it's due on Saturday, it's two extra days. - nubby Jan 29, 07:39 3
        
        dude, you get a check on friday that's dated saturday. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:41 2
        
        *hops in time machine kills Hitler and gets mail* -- nm - Nubby Jan 29, 07:42 1
        
        Ooops Nubby si -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:44
    - you can't deposit it on saturday if it's dated for the sunday -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:38 1
      - If it's dated for Sunday, it's late. -- nm - nubby Jan 29, 07:39
- My mail always sucks on Saturday. - ty97 Jan 29, 07:34
Redmond, you might feel a need to proclaim disbelief in aliens if the alien-believers made as big an impact on your life as God-believers do. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:33 6
- Well in Oregon, the atheists do more dmg than the God believers. Not kidding. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:39 3
  - i'm talking about total infuence on your life, not just damage. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:43 2
    - Darn I can't murder someone because thou shall not kill. ruined my day. - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:45 1
      - Oh Gawd! -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:48
- *kick* -- nm - lileve Jan 29, 07:35 1
  - heh. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:35
It's closer to a church ad saying "There probably is a god. Are you going to Heaven?" -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:33 13
- I doubt a church would say "probably" in that -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 29, 07:35 1
  - "There is a God. Are you probably going to Heaven?" -- nm - nubby Jan 29, 07:36
- Okay I agree with this. If someone put a billboard out saying, "believe in Jesus or go to hell" then I would be annoyed with them too. - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:35 2
  - You need to drive in Indiana! They are all over. Flames, demons the whole shebang. -- nm - Amy Jan 29, 07:37 1
    - Billboards on interstates in the South also. I haven't really seen them on buses. - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:39
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  - I think that religious people feel a certain obligation to give way to "moral outrage". It's like metaphysical brown-nosing. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 29, 07:38 4
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      - disagree. Just here on ST, sometimes the nonbelievers are the first to get offended. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:42
    - The victim mentality goes far wider than just "religious people" -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:39 1
      - Hmm, I don't know if I'm describing the same thing as a victim mentality. I think the best parallel to my point are Toby Keith patriots. - emoticripple Jan 29, 07:42
- hmmm. I would say closer to "There probably is a God. No need to be sad." -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:34
- most church ads say this in a multitude of ways. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:34
Do you like announcements? -- nm - Announcement Jan 29, 07:31 1
- YOU GET YOUR OWN BOARD! - Oprah Jan 29, 07:32
ah, surprised I didn't see this. It's an attack on believers because it says if you believe in God, you're tense and unhappy. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:31 22
- because you have to rethink everything you do in order to *not* go to hell -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:34 7
  - *bzzt* so wrong. I know I'm not going to hell *despite* the things I do -- nm - oblique Jan 29, 07:35 6
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      - exactly. whether Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or other, this is the case. Same with races and nationalities. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:45
      - **ding** -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:43
      - You really should read UnChristian -- nm - oblique Jan 29, 07:42 2
        
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        *makes note* -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:44
- Every human being has experienced anxiety and unhappiness. Is the title "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" similarly an attack? Should I be offended - mara Jan 29, 07:34 2
  - I'm offended that you might think I'm offended at the possibility of being offended. -- nm - nubby Jan 29, 07:35
  - they're linking it to belief in God. that's my point. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:35
- I thought you did that to stop being tense and unhappy. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 29, 07:34 1
  - She's just not into it. -- nm - nubby Jan 29, 07:34
- There is an implication in there that religious people are holding themselves to a unimportant, stress-inducing standard. - TFox Jan 29, 07:34 8
  - only those that take religion far too seriously. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:38 6
    - maybe those atheists are taking atheism far too seriously! -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:39 5
      - or maybe they have legitimate greivances regarding the disproportional pride of place that religion holds in our social consciousness -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:42 4
        
        There are few places in the entire world where religion does not hold a significant part of the social consciousness -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:47
        
        are you reviewing architecture again? -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:44 2
        
        *golf clap* -- nm - emoticripple Jan 29, 07:51
        
        in a sense, yes. :) - znufrii Jan 29, 07:45
  - yeah, that's how I understand it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:34
roll. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:30 1
- butter, please -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:31
There probably is no B2 -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:30 4
- we are all but a dream -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:33
- The cat is probably dead -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 29, 07:31
- There probably is no spoon. -- nm - nubby Jan 29, 07:31
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