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If someone doesn't believe in evolution, why should the Darwin billboard bother them? -- nm

Posted by con_carne Sep 9 '10, 10:02

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It sure as hell doesn't say "your point of view is valid as well", not on that billboard ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:03 48
- It validates people who want to base their life on more than just faith. Which is me. -- nm - con_carne Sep 9, 10:12 2
  - Your existence shouldn't be validated by advertising billboards. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:20 1
    - You know what? You're right? And all those PSA billboards cautioning against suicide or cancer/smoking, or drunk driving? Not worth shit, either. -- nm - con_carne Sep 9, 10:25
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  - we can dislike both, sure. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 10:14
  - Generally I find them frustrating. - Cuzzin Todd Sep 9, 10:11
  - And to be fair, there are PLENTY of religious billboards in Georgia. - Strongbad Sep 9, 10:09
- Do the Christian messages saying that I should seek Christ's salvation also say, "but if you don't that's cool too"? - musubi Sep 9, 10:05 40
  - I said, they are doing the exact same thing with atheism that I don't like about theism. - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:06 39
    - This isn't an eye for an eye. *Neither* is antagonistic imo. I ignore both. - musubi Sep 9, 10:08 35
      - I would like to ban religious advertising, as much as I would like to ban political advertising. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:09 3
        
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        This sort of thing is why I want to own a private island. A region of space where I can dictate terms, without impacting others. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:17
        
        (and, of course, religious advertising includes the anti-religious ...) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:10
      - horseshit. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 10:09 30
        
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        I'm saying at least one side, if not both, are clearly being antagonistic. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 10:13 25
        
        I disagree. Imo, the signs linked carry the same level of proselytizing as the typical scriputure-quoting religious billboard. - musubi Sep 9, 10:16 14
        
        it was factually horseshit. "evolve beyond belief" is plainly antagonistic on its face. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 10:17 13
        
        Why is that any more antogonistic than "Christ is the ONLY way" or some such? - musubi Sep 9, 10:21 7
        
        One is expressing a personally held belief, the other is expressing that someone elses personally held belief makes them un-evolved i.e. stupid - Stephen Sep 9, 10:36
        
        its not. they are both antagonistic to some degree. one could argue whether they are *intended* to be so... - TFox Sep 9, 10:23 4
        
        So, it's arguable, and not "factually horsesh**", eh? I completely disagree with your 100% number in the IM. - musubi Sep 9, 10:26 3
        
        the intent is arguable. the douchiness, decidedly not. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 10:27 2
        
        Really? You consider a Christian who politely tells me that Christ is the only path to salvation is being a douche? (nm) - musubi Sep 9, 10:29 1
        
        I would describe it as being overbearing, and it would make me uncomfortable. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:31
        
        I consider them to be equally overbearing. That's my opinion. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:22
        
        only if you presume evolution to be a value-driven process - znufrii Sep 9, 10:19 4
        
        Now this post here, is clearly antagonistic. Only meant to rile TFox. (nm) - musubi Sep 9, 10:22
        
        *smashes you in the face* -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 10:19 2
        
        I must say... - znufrii Sep 9, 10:20 1
        
        I've been consistently anti-douche in my career here. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 10:25
        
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        i never said not to let them. they can knock themselves out. just said they're douchey. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 10:16 8
        
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        they both annoy me, because they are both douchey, and perhaps the worst Christian ones are even worse... - TFox Sep 9, 10:25
        
        I find them all amusing and consider them a waste of money. - Strongbad Sep 9, 10:25 1
        
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        /like -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 9, 10:18
        
        I guess I am not sure, what side is being douchey? -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 10:17 2
        
        both sides have made douchey billboards on plenty of occasions. - TFox Sep 9, 10:18
        
        I don't know if TFox shares this opinion, but I say that both sides are. :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:18
        
        Needful Things 2! -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 10:13
        
        I'm not sure how I can respond to this well reasoned, articulate response. - musubi Sep 9, 10:11 1
        
        HOUSED!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Strongbad Sep 9, 10:11
    - A Darwin billboard doesn't really say anything about atheism. Most of the Christians I know are fine with evolution. -- nm - mara Sep 9, 10:08 2
      - That particular billboard did. - musubi Sep 9, 10:10
      - It's the "Evolve BEYOND Belief" subtitle that I have an issue with -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:09
spoiler alert - TFox Sep 9, 10:03 3
- *ding* -- nm - oblique Sep 9, 10:17
- I'm saying true believers are not the intended audience of that billboard, but agnostics, and people on the fence -- nm - con_carne Sep 9, 10:09 1
  - Disagree. It's a thumb-to-the-eye to the people making the pro-religious billboards. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 9, 10:17

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