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Atheists' Billboard Calls Nativity a 'Myth'
Fox ^ | 11/29/10

Posted on 11/30/2010 12:44:20 PM PST by Borges

Edited on 11/30/2010 1:09:46 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

A group called the American Atheists has paid for a huge billboard on Route 495 outside the Lincoln Tunnel in North Bergen, N.J., that is raising some eyebrows.

The billboard shows a silhouette of the Three Wise Men approaching the Nativity, with the words: "You KNOW it's a Myth / This Season, Celebrate REASON!"


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: atheists; billboard; christmas; hudsoncounty; lincolntunnel; nativity; newjersey; nj; northbergen; waronchristmas; waronchristmas2010
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1 posted on 11/30/2010 12:44:25 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

I don’t believe in atheism.


2 posted on 11/30/2010 12:45:27 PM PST by henkster (A broken government does not merit full faith and credit.)
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To: Borges

Well, of course they thinks it’s a myth.

The only thing they have faith in is death. Their end of the road.


3 posted on 11/30/2010 12:47:41 PM PST by RexBeach
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To: Borges

If religion is a myth...let’s all draw cartoons of Mohammed and put them on billboards!


4 posted on 11/30/2010 12:48:38 PM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
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5 posted on 11/30/2010 12:49:36 PM PST by Skeez (O)
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To: Borges

Of course it’s a “myth” to them. That’s why they are atheist.


6 posted on 11/30/2010 12:49:57 PM PST by Artemis Webb
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To: Borges

Personally, I have no problem with non-Christians not celebrating Christmas. Perhaps next April 1st, some Christian groups can put up some billboards against atheism.


7 posted on 11/30/2010 12:50:05 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: Borges

It’s part of the Christmas season, like the mall Santa and the festive lights. The atheists and ACLU try to attack Christmas and shut down Nativity scenes. If only they were as worried about unchecked muslim immigration.


8 posted on 11/30/2010 12:51:22 PM PST by YankeeReb
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9 posted on 11/30/2010 12:51:42 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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To: Borges

Atheists walk in darkness, their eyes covered in scales, in complete rebellion to their Creator.

Put THAT on a billboard!


10 posted on 11/30/2010 12:52:30 PM PST by Paperdoll ( On the cutting edge)
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To: Borges

If you believe in God, you probably have it made. If it proves you were wrong, no loss. If you don’t believe in God and it is proven that you were wrong.........I wouldn’t want to be you.


11 posted on 11/30/2010 12:53:25 PM PST by RC2
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
If religion is a myth...let’s all draw cartoons of Mohammed and put them on billboards! I guess one could argue Islam isn't really a religion... more like a totalitarian political ideology.
12 posted on 11/30/2010 12:53:25 PM PST by Skeez (O)
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To: Borges

Myths are not necessarily untrue. Mythology grows around actual historical happenings.

Just think about the mythology surrounding Babe Ruth. Does that mythology mean that Babe Ruth didn’t exist? Of course not.

Plus, the strong graphic character of their billboard overrides their verbal message. It just reminds people of the holy birth of the Christ child.

We win. They lose.


13 posted on 11/30/2010 12:53:55 PM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality. Save America From Bankruptcy.)
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To: Borges

Myths are not “falsehoods”. . .Myths are significant in the history of virtually every culture. Myths convey truths.


14 posted on 11/30/2010 12:53:59 PM PST by McBuff
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To: Borges
A spokesman says the Catholic church's Newark Archdiocese declined an offer to buy a rival billboard. It says it has better ways to spend its money.

I should hope so. God bless them.

15 posted on 11/30/2010 12:54:22 PM PST by mc5cents
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To: Borges

December is the worst month to ask me to be a miserable son-of-a-bitch atheist or support a miserable son-of-a-bitch atheist organization.


16 posted on 11/30/2010 12:54:22 PM PST by lesko
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To: RexBeach
The only thing they have faith in is death. Their end of the road.

Like Jerry Falwell once said: they'll be dead in their casket for all to see... all dressed up with no place to go.

17 posted on 11/30/2010 12:54:39 PM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: Borges

Why are Christians always the bad guys? If this guy did this about Mohammed, he would already be a dead man.

I think it is disgusting when people mock the Christian faith. But God does not need me to kill or beat those people. He can take care of himself. Sometimes He chooses to save those people.


18 posted on 11/30/2010 12:55:17 PM PST by Truth is a Weapon (If I weren't afraid of the feds, I would refer to Obama as our "undocumented POTUS")
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To: Borges

Something tells me that group is not familiar with Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Fides et Ratio.


19 posted on 11/30/2010 12:55:25 PM PST by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: Borges
designed to encourage existing atheists who are going through the motions of celebrating Christmas to stop

No problem there. Why waste a card and possibly a gift on those who don't believe in the meaning, anyway?

20 posted on 11/30/2010 12:56:39 PM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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