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Anti-God Ads Hit Dallas
ICR ^ | April 8, 2009 | Christine Dao

Posted on 04/08/2009 9:09:57 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts

Anti-God Ads Hit Dallas

by Christine Dao*

In the heart of the Bible belt, billboards stating “Don’t believe in God? You are not alone” have been posted in parts of Dallas, home of the Institute for Creation Research.

The boards are sponsored by the Dallas-Fort Worth Coalition of Reason (DFWCoR), an atheist nonprofit group which joins together smaller local anti-theistic organizations to “increase the growth, visibility and acceptance of nontheists throughout the Metroplex.”[1] Two ads have been posted in the D/FW area, one just a few miles from ICR headquarters, and will remain up through April.

According to Fred Edwords of the United Coalition of Reason, a co-sponsor of the ads, “the primary goal of billboards like these is to let nontheistic people—such as atheists, agnostics, freethinkers and humanists—know they aren’t alone.”...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: ads; atheism; billboard; creation; dallas; dfwcor; evolution; falseprophets; firstamendment; fools; icrfrauds; idjunkscience; intelligentdesign; religionofatheism; texas
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Are you claiming a direct - two way link - with God?


61 posted on 04/08/2009 10:15:49 PM PDT by DevNet (What's past is prologue)
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Another thing Ive always wondered, why does an atheist try so hard to prove there is no God? Whats the point?


62 posted on 04/08/2009 10:16:47 PM PDT by mrsalty
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To: DevNet

One never knows.


63 posted on 04/08/2009 10:18:30 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: DevNet
Are you claiming a direct - two way link - with God?

That's what the Christian way of life is all about, and He's a lot closer to you than you might expect.

64 posted on 04/08/2009 10:20:47 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr

If that was true their would be only one Christian denomination.


65 posted on 04/08/2009 10:23:14 PM PDT by DevNet (What's past is prologue)
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To: DevNet

That’s my denomination.


66 posted on 04/08/2009 10:25:03 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: DevNet
Denominations doesn't matter as long as Jesus Christ is the center!
67 posted on 04/08/2009 10:29:43 PM PDT by mrsalty
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To: DevNet

Its all about Jesus Christ!! Alpha and Omega, beginning and the end, first and last! The WORD!


68 posted on 04/08/2009 10:33:02 PM PDT by mrsalty
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To: GodGunsGuts

Bet those recruiting meetings are uplifting.

Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.


69 posted on 04/08/2009 10:59:42 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: mrsalty

It’s a little simplistic to say that. Denominations do matter because their doctrines matter - certainly the ones that deal with salvation. If they maintain doctrinal soundness error has a really hard time getting a foothold.


70 posted on 04/08/2009 11:01:37 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: GodGunsGuts

“Dallas-Fort Worth Coalition of Reason (DFWCoR), an atheist nonprofit group”

Non-Prophet, too.


71 posted on 04/09/2009 4:20:58 AM PDT by RoadTest (I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - John 14:6)
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To: GodGunsGuts; RegulatorCountry
==Maybe we should thank them publicly for making our point.

I think you might have just hit upon the slogan for the billboard across the street :o)

And this is the logical response. Counter speech with speech.

72 posted on 04/09/2009 7:23:40 AM PDT by atlaw
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To: bimboeruption

And that’s a good thing!


73 posted on 04/10/2009 8:49:29 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: DevNet
Are you claiming a direct - two way link - with God?

You betcha!

It's called PRAYER.

74 posted on 04/11/2009 8:42:11 AM PDT by bimboeruption (Clinging to my Bible and my HK.)
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