There’s Probably No God! – Richard Dawkins, Ariane Sherine, And The Atheist Bus Ad Campaign
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The Atheist Bus Journey (by Ariane Sherine, Guardian)
Thanks to you we raised enough money to put ads on 800 buses across the UK, and the campaign has gone global
Today, thanks to many Cif readers, the overall total raised for the Atheist Bus Campaign stands at a truly overwhelming £135,000, breaking our original target of £5,500 by over 2400%. Given this unexpected amount, I’m very excited to tell you that 800 buses instead of the 30 we were initially aiming for are now rolling out across the UK with the slogan, “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life”, in locations all over England, Scotland and Wales, including Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, York, Cardiff, Devon, Leeds, Bristol and Aberdeen.
From today’s launch, two hundred of the buses will run in London, because the campaign was originally started as a positive counter-response to the Jesus Said ads running on London buses in June 2008. These ads displayed the URL of a website which stated that non-Christians “will be condemned to everlasting separation from God and then you spend all eternity in torment in Jesus spoke about this as a lake of fire prepared for the devil”. Our rational slogan will hopefully reassure anyone who has been scared by this kind of evangelism.
In addition, we’re running adverts on two further types of media. In my last Cif blog on the campaign, I asked Cif readers for ideas on alternative ways to spend the funds, and also for thoughts on different slogans. Commenters WoollyMindedLiberal, PaoloV and Catch22 suggested that we use quotes from famous freethinkers, and we’ve done just that: from Monday January 12, 1,000 tube cards will run on London Underground featuring atheist quotations from Douglas Adams, Albert Einstein, Emily Dickinson and Katharine Hepburn (see above), alongside the original campaign slogan.
An animated version of the slogan will also appear on two large LCD screens on Oxford Street (opposite Bond Street tube station), so that you can see the advert live without having to wait for an atheist bus. And, to thank all donors and show the strength of atheism in the UK, every ABC advertisement will contain the line “This advert was funded by public donations”.
Amazingly, the campaign has now gone international. Spain’s Union of Atheists and Freethinkers are launching buses across Barcelona today with a translation of our slogan, Italy’s Union of Atheist, Agnostics and Rationalists are also planning to roll out atheist buses, while the American Humanist Association have been inspired to launch a campaign, and buses carrying their slogan “Why believe in a God? Just be good for goodness’ sake” have now been running for over a month in Washington DC. Sadly, not every country has been so open to the idea: the Atheist Foundation of Australia tried to place the slogan “Atheism celebrate reason” on buses, but were rejected by Australia’s biggest outdoor advertising company.
The campaign’s success is thanks to Cif and Cif readers. If Matt Seaton hadn’t allowed me to run with the idea here, and so many of you hadn’t been so enthusiastic about it and donated generously to it, it would never have happened. There may be further campaign developments, and the campaign website and Facebook group will be regularly updated with the latest news; but for now, I hope you enjoy seeing the adverts on the streets, and that they brighten these bleak January days just a little bit. As Charlie Brooker one of the first people to donate to the Atheist Bus Campaign says: “Public transport in Britain suggests there isn’t a God anyway, but in case anyone hasn’t noticed, or feels isolated for thinking such a thing, this campaign should help.” I hope it does.
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October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Christians all …
Christians all follow a bible that says ’suffer not a witch to live’ so they kill anyone they hate y calling them ‘witches’. Today in Kenya christians are burning people alive. Atheists don’t all follow a book that tells them to kill, and all atheists condemn the murderous dictator like Hitler and Stalin for the same reason they condemn christianity, for their use of extreme violence to accomplish their ends. I’ve never seen any christian condemn the burnings in Kenya, so they must support it.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
and if we are going …
and if we are going by the dictionary now then why dont you look up metaphor while your there because you still didnt get that either. Stop accusing me of all this crap that I don’t even believe in!! Because it isn’t true Christianity. stop talking about all this dumb killing crap that has nothing to do with Christianity. other than you saying that apparently these people claim to be Christian, which you have no evidence of. and it doesnt matter anyway because they wouldnt be Christian.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
your in the bible …
your in the bible again here are the verse”Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way,Daniel:for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end./Daniel 12:10 Many shall be purified,and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly:and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.” / See you are the wicked.you give verse from the bible you didn’t fully understand.ask forgiveness from GOD ask for mercy my friend.find the true religion.you still have a chance.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Kenya is not a …
Kenya is not a Christian nation and if that’s what they call themselves then it is not the same as what I am. It is not Christian to kill. That is one of the ten commandments. therefore once again they are just claiming to be Christian. same with this Gary guy. If he is really Christian then he would not want to kill. Plain as that. stop comparing me to all these other fake Christians you moron. thats all you argue. You make no sense.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
and about the …
and about the religion James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious,and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. / James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,and to keep himself unspotted from the world. That’t why there is a true and false religion,that’s why you don’t believe in GOD your monkey brain only know that all religion is True.find the true religion
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
English language is …
English language is not my first language maybe its normal for me to have some error.but you alien8ted you are not just stupid and lier that’s why you will never understand the bible now i will reveal what kind of stupidity you are doing in the bible.the verse you post here is not literal Psalm 104:4 guys read it from Psalm 104:1-6 its all not literal.Daniel 4:10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
barrs3372 quote; ‘ …
barrs3372 quote; ‘Christianity once again is not a religion!’ You are Truly Delusional an Utterly Deranged. Christianity is a religion (look in a dictionary if you doubt it).
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Kenya is a …
Kenya is a christian nation, they claim they are fighting evil by purging witches. This is what your kind have been doing for two millennia, this is what your religion is capable of. If your church started burning people, you’d be in there helping them, otherwise they’d accuse you of supporting witchcraft and burn you too. Your fellow christian Gary North wants to reintroduce the death penalty for atheism in the US. That is why I oppose your religion, it wants to kill me and others like me.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
I am not the narrow …
I am not the narrow minded one!! i have studied many things as well. including Christianity because I found it hard to believe. But these people are not Christians! where does it say they are? even if they claim to be they truly are not. and Christianity once again is not a religion! You hate me because of this?? I have done nothing wrong? why do you hate? the hate is the reason for deaths like this. Not people like me. You are just as narrow minded because i have said all this before to you!!
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
If you truly …
If you truly believe christianity is ‘good’ then google ‘what’s the harm? (kenyan edition)’ where you can joyfully rejoice in a video of your fellow christians BURNING PEOPLE ALIVE that they claim are ‘witches’ and working for the devil. This is happening NOW and it’s your religion that is ruthlessly slaughtering people in the name of your god. THIS is why I hate you and will always oppose your abominable death-cult. THIS is why christianity should be abolished forever.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Seriously, I am not …
Seriously, I am not insulting you. You’re dumb, too dumb to see just how dumb you are. No offense but you and paguio are really incredibly dense and narrow-minded. The insane and deluded cannot fathom how absurd their ridiculous ideas really sound to others. I guess you’re trying to bore me into submission with your inane rants and crazy claims. I’ve studied the history of xianity, the dark ages, witch hunts, inquisitions, manifest destiny, holy wars are all part of your barbaric xian heritage.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
I have read the …
I have read the bible, once again you do not know me. Metaphors is a bad excuse??? well then they must not serve any purpose in any type of writing. The bible is not meant to be read completely literally. get your thick skull past that. AND that was not Christians doing any of those things!!! none of them! you cannot say it was because a Christian would strictly not do that. Its like you calling yourself a Christian and then going against every commandment.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
You seriously are …
You seriously are not winning this argument, not because of what you think but because of what you are saying and how you are saying it. Me and paguio are not trying to offend you or make you mad. But yet every reply you put you are freaking out and insulting us. You write things that are not relevant to what we are talking about because you think they make you sound smart. Just because paguio can’t spell does not mean anything to this argument. It has nothing to do with God. or the bible
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Look at your …
Look at your pathetic language skills; ‘witch’ (which) ‘waist’ (waste) the crap punctuation, that’s how I know you are a total moron, an imbecile, an ignorant, superstitious low-life loser with no intelligence. You demonstrate a clear lack of education and that marks you as a feeble-minded, stupid deluded wanker. I don’t say anything to your imaginary friend, but to you as a deranged simpleton and career lunatic. I could ask for your claim of science in the bible, but you’re a liar as well.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
me offended no …
me offended no way.sorry for that but if you are happy for it I’m happy for you at least i make a retarded (they say not me) happy.sorry i didn’t heard strange voices I just read the bible.and I’m not a catholic I’m a Christian.You always say I KNOW VERY WELL, I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW.witch retarded always say.don’t like to waist my time in you.you know many things but can’t answer simple question.i will just let the people judge, but you don’t have rights to say bad words to my GOD.sleep well.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Here’s the verses …
Here’s the verses you retard;
‘Psalm 104:5: Thou didst fix the earth on its foundation so that it never can be shaken.’
‘Daniel 4:10-11. Daniel, the king saw a tree of great height at the centre of the earth… reaching with its top to the sky and visible to the earth’s farthest bounds.’
To see the whole earth from a tall tree would mean these idiots thought the earth is flat as well as unmoving. Suck on that you lame-brained superstitious loser.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
‘We’? Is that the …
‘We’? Is that the schizophrenic ‘we’? The demented you believe in heard strange voices in their heads, which they believed were god, either criticising or commanding them to do extreme actions, both classic symptoms of acute paranoid schizophrenia. You’re just as psychotically insane to swallow this crazy bullshit. I’m only saying you’re stupid ‘cos you obviously are, it’s not an insult, but a statement of fact, but if you’re offended, I’m happy, you deserve it for being mad.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
and your heart is ( …
and your heart is (Mat 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:) See you are in the bible…and where in the bible you read that FLAT CIRCLE? post the verse here so everybody can read it.or you only inventing again using your brain? i believe now that you cannot answer my question.read again your bible before you give comment to somebody.other people is not like you.now i believe why they calling retarded…
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
All we learn from …
All we learn from you is this (Fuck,stupid,moron,lier,feeble-minded,shit-for-brains,ignorant,narrow-mined,deranged,fuck your self etc.) & this is the words that you like to spread in the world that my GOD created?you cannot answer my question! you don’t like to answer or you don’t know the answer? read this personality is in the bible (Psalm 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.)
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
I know the bible …
I know the bible better than you pretend to, you feeble-minded shit-for-brains. The bible used the Hebrew word ‘chuwg’ which means a flat circle, they had a word for sphere, but didn’t use it as they believed the world was flat and executed anyone who said different. I can answer your question, but sadly you are far too stupid, ignorant, narrow-mined and deranged to even understand it, so you’ll just have to go yourself in the with a rusty crucifix.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
OK First I can post …
OK First I can post here the verse that say’s the earth is round that you explain before is FLAT.I can also post a verse that about science and math that exact that you said there is no science in the bible and It’s math is wrong.if i post it here you must admit that you really didn’t understand what are you saying.You still cannot ANSWER where this natural thing start & where! I have an idea I will post our good conversation in other website, so you should answer my question now & clear please
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
barrz, you have …
barrz, you have never read the bible you liar, you admitted you never heard of the passages I quoted showing how all the bible claims are proven wrong. Metaphors is a piss-poor excuse for just being wrong. When the xians took over Rome they went on a rampage of destruction, burning entire libraries, historical facts which are now in a movie called ‘Agora’ about when xians under ’saint’ Cyril of Alexandra ordered a young woman have the skin ripped from her body for being in charge of the library.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
The bible is a myth …
The bible is a myth you low-life loser. There’s no science in it at all you liar, even the common observations were wrong you douchebag, like saying that snakes eat dirt, when none do, and it’s maths is totally wrong, claiming that Pi (3.14159) is just 3. You’re too deranged and dim-witted to handle reality, that’s why you’ve retreated into an ancient bullshit myth. It’s like you that caused the dark ages with your hatred of science, and now you’re religion is dying of wrongness.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
what can i expect …
what can i expect from you, you have monkey brain if i kill my self that is not a gift from God it is my gift to my self.monkey brain.I’m not anti science and anti-knowledge,your monkey brain don’t know that science is in the bible even mathematics you monkey brain.You said you know well the bible I said maybe you always sleeping thats why you always dreaming.YOU are the one who misleading the people.You said all came out naturally so where this natural came from?Retarded! barrz3372 said not me.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
I don’t blame god, …
I don’t blame god, you demented fuckwit, it doesn’t exist, I blame YOU and you superstitious morons for living a lie and using deceit to trick others into following it. If death is a gift, then why don’t you kill yourself today and go to your mythical paradise? ‘Cos deep down, you know it’s just a crock of bullshit just like we do. I know you throw-backs are anti-science and anti-knowledge, but we can now treat cancer and may soon be able to cure it, with no thanks to you ignorant bastards.