Jan 21 2009
“There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”
Plenty of controversy was stirred when a group of atheists in England raised money in order to buy advertisements on London buses that read, “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Now a York University student from Toronto is seeking to do the same. He’s already launched a website in hopes of gaining publicity and generating enough cash to buy ad space on the TTC. Although Canada is far from being a country that adheres to strong religious values, some will object to this idea. However, in the end, if the funds are sufficient, the plan will likely go through. Canadians understand that “freedom of religion” also implies “freedom from religion”. Besides, for a group of atheists, the slogan is a modest expression. Fearing another inquisition, they likely threw the word “probably” in there in case the pulpit declares another crusade.
There was a post about this on a Christian blog and I tried to make the following comment but they can’t seem to approve it. I guess I’ll post it here…
If there is a god, do you really think he/she/it cares if people believe? Wouldn’t a god have more important things to worry about? And for that matter, why should people be so wrapped up in what others believe or don’t? Believe what you want to believe and leave other people alone! If more religious people did that, I don’t think the atheists would feel such a need to get in people’s faces about it.
I had the same problem as Jason…so if you don’t mind, I’ll repeat my comment here, and then out of respect to you, Ben, I’ll respond with a different one.
Ah yes. Woe to the forces of tolerance and difference of opinion! May the diverse be smote! Lo, for the agents of progress and freedom approach! Those who would live a life unencumbered by dogmatic principles which alienate them from their fellow man! Those who would seek to serve and protect their bipedal counterparts not because they fear postmortem retribution, nor seek postmortem reward, but because they recognize, and celebrate, that which binds us together as people!
Now, I can see why a fundamentalist Evangelical wouldn’t want to approve that comment, as it has a differing opinion than hers.
I was chuckling for quite a while when I saw the bus ad. My wife thought it was hilarious as well. It would please her greatly to see something like that here in the States. Ahh…one day.