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Group Boosts "Atheist Pride" With NYC Bus Ads
NBC New York ^ | Sat, Jun 27, 2009

Posted on 06/27/2009 3:16:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway

An atheist group is running ads on two dozen New York City buses to raise "atheist pride'' among nonbelievers.

The 12-foot-long ads have a blue background and three-foot-high white letters that proclaim "You don't have to believe in god to be a moral or ethical person."

Members of the New York City Atheists will hold a Saturday press conference to discuss the ads at Manhattan's Columbus Circle.

Spokeswoman Jane Everhart says American society is increasingly accepting of atheists and says President Obama even mentioned "nonbelievers'' in his inaugural speech.

The ad campaign wants to reassure secretive nonbelievers that "it's OK to be an atheist''

The 30-day campaign was funded by an anonymous atheist.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Religion
KEYWORDS: atheist
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1 posted on 06/27/2009 3:16:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Since atheism is a religion, wouldn’t this be “unconstitutional” since these are city busses?


2 posted on 06/27/2009 3:18:30 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out? Are you scared yet?)
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To: nickcarraway
The 12-foot-long ads have a blue background and three-foot-high white letters that proclaim "You don't have to believe in god to be a moral or ethical person."

But it sure helps.

3 posted on 06/27/2009 3:20:01 PM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

The 12-foot-long ads have a blue background and three-foot-high white letters that proclaim “You don’t have to believe in god to be a moral or ethical person.”

Atheists; Pray there is no hell...


4 posted on 06/27/2009 3:21:34 PM PDT by jessduntno (July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Atheism is a religion, like bald is a hair color.


5 posted on 06/27/2009 3:26:00 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: nickcarraway

So we have N Korea building nukes, inflation on the horizon, massive unemployment, taxes going through the roof and the big news is about gay marriage and atheist clubs?

What a country....


6 posted on 06/27/2009 3:26:48 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: nickcarraway

Themes for Atheist Pride?

“We believe in nothing!”

“Alive today, worm food tomorrow!”

“This is the best you’ll ever have!”

“You can’t take it with you!”

“Can I have your stereo when you die?”

“I am my own god, even though I’m unemployed and aging badly!”

“If I was 1% off I’d be a monkey’s uncle!”

“Proud to state with 100% certainty, there is no god!”

“Atheism: an ‘ism’ concerning eigths.”


7 posted on 06/27/2009 3:27:38 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: nickcarraway
"You don't have to believe in god to be a moral or ethical person."

Ahhh, yea you do.

8 posted on 06/27/2009 3:32:46 PM PDT by svcw (Barry: mentally deficient & narcissistic misogynist megalomaniac psychopath w/ paranoid delusions)
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No, you don’t.

The Golden Rule is older than the invention of religion.


9 posted on 06/27/2009 3:35:17 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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10 posted on 06/27/2009 3:35:49 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45874


11 posted on 06/27/2009 3:37:53 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out? Are you scared yet?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Courts also found people like OJ, innocent...


12 posted on 06/27/2009 3:41:32 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

Yeah. I don’t have much faith in our courts either. Especially the Federal courts. Lots of hot air. No substance.


13 posted on 06/27/2009 3:44:36 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out? Are you scared yet?)
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The 30-day campaign was funded by an anonymous atheist.

Where is their pride?

14 posted on 06/27/2009 3:47:08 PM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedys float, Mary Jos don't)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Be careful, and always remember to never let your personal details fall here, especially from here-on. What you typed earlier could be used against you, in a contempt-of-court charge.


15 posted on 06/27/2009 3:49:29 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Well, you have to hand it to them, really. I mean, it takes an incredible amount of faith to assert with absolute conviction that there is no God.


16 posted on 06/27/2009 3:49:49 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr
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To: Secret Agent Man

Oh, by the way............/ sarc


17 posted on 06/27/2009 3:51:17 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

I wouldn’t be surprised.


18 posted on 06/27/2009 3:53:43 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out? Are you scared yet?)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

I sort of agree with that statement....In that Many muslims believe in GOD but still behead and kill innocent people...


19 posted on 06/27/2009 3:59:58 PM PDT by jakerobins ( NO)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Atheism is a religion, like bald is a hair color.

Not at all. You can plainly see that someone is bald or not.

The assertion that there is no Judeo-Christian God, Allah, Hindu gods, or any supernatural beings of any kind is purely an act of faith, since there is no conclusive evidence of any sort to prove that these beings do not exist.

Richard Dawkins said it best when he stated that he's sure there is probably no God.

20 posted on 06/27/2009 4:02:43 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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