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In response to "those anti-religion billboards are a bit douchey, but it's always amusing to me how hostile people get at the very idea of atheists making their " by Reagen

You think they're douchey? I think Heathen's Greetings is pretty funny.

Posted by musubi Sep 9 '10, 10:43

"Evolve Beyond Belief" is as close to being confrontational there is, and it's hardly saying..."or burn in hell" or anything.

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Well, it's saying "belief is stupid. so you're stupid. do this instead, and we won't call you stupid." :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:46 25
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  - I've always found it interesting that people object to being excluded from something they don't believe in in the first place - oblique Sep 9, 10:54 9
    - My objection isn't to being excluded -- nm - Roger More Sep 9, 11:06 1
      - right? please, exclude me. specifically: leave me alone altogether. -- nm - kare Sep 9, 11:10
    - Adults can deal with this very well, you're right. Personally, religious people have been talking this way to me since I was a child. - con_carne Sep 9, 11:00 1
      - It's fan*tas*tic! -- nm - znufrii Sep 9, 11:01
    - By the same token, if you don't believe your faith intereferes with your evolution, why would you be upset at the "Evolve Beyond Belief" billboard? - musubi Sep 9, 10:56 1
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    - Because in that case, it's not god who is doing the actual damning. -- nm - Max Sep 9, 10:56
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    - Heh! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 9, 10:54
- It's advocating a position. Must like "Jesus Saves" does. If you don't agree, so what? - musubi Sep 9, 10:49 13
  - Come on, it's really doing more than just advocating a position. - Stephen Sep 9, 10:51 12
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      - Well, ok, but if that's your personally held belief you can't say that it's not antagonistic. - Stephen Sep 9, 11:01 3
        
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        How very mature! -- nm - Stephen Sep 9, 11:19
        
        It's saying there's something I need to be saved from. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 11:02
    - No, it's really no different than "Jesus Saves". It's just that you believe the latter and not the former. - musubi Sep 9, 10:53 6
      - More like it would be the same if the billboard said Jesus Saves and if you don't believe that you're stupid. -- nm - Stephen Sep 9, 10:54 5
        
        Does the Darwin billboard say "if you don't your stupid"? - musubi Sep 9, 10:58 4
        
        The implication is right there. - Stephen Sep 9, 11:04 3
        
        which is just the reverse implication of "Jesus Saves". -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 11:07
        
        That same implication can be inferred in "Jesus Saves". But you already believe it, so you don't notice it. - musubi Sep 9, 11:07 1
        
        FWIW, I agree with you. There is an implied insult that someone would be stupid not to believe in God in what is often spoken by religious people - oblique Sep 9, 11:10

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