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American Atheists at it again?
- Thread starter Rakhel
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Apex
Somewhere Around Nothing
Lol, small? They are throwing these things up everywhere.
gnomon
Well-Known Member
Yes.
Everywhere.
Every street I go down has a sign promoting atheism next to every church sign. Every other billboard beyond the ones promoting restaurants, self improvement, the local sports team, radio stations, churches, strip joints, god....every one of them is followed by a sign promoting atheism.
We are inundated. It's outrageous. It's good to see eagle eyes scouring the nets looking for these things. Very offensive stuff.
Good to see the tradition of billboards promoting nonsense carried on with the same fervor as before.
Oh yeah. An l. An o. And another l.
Seeing how atheist billboard campaigns are so rare that when one happens, it's newsworthy, I would say that "everywhere" is an overstatement.
Apex
Somewhere Around Nothing
I see a new announcement about an atheist billboard every couple weeks on one of the blogs in my RSS reader. Its been pretty consistent for at least a year now.
Every couple of weeks for a year... so 26 billboards constitutes "everywhere"?
Apex
Somewhere Around Nothing
You guys really do take things a little too literally.
What did you mean, then?
I wouldn't even say that atheist billboards have met the threshold of "commonplace" yet, never mind "everywhere".
The reason those stories are showing up in your RSS feed is because they're newsworthy, and they're newsworthy precisely because of how rare they are.
InformedIgnorance
Do you 'know' or believe?
...in the same way that evolution is a theory which indicates that Charles Darwin designed all forms of life
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If putting up billboards is the measure of a religion, then atheism ranks somewhere below several of the car dealerships in Toronto.
McBell
mantra-chanting henotheistic snake handler
ALL HAIL THE ALMIGHTY TOYOTA!
Lord God Supreme!
InformedIgnorance
Do you 'know' or believe?
At least it isnt the Ford Pinto 
that'd be like one of them suicide cults; Is your life worth $11? guess not
that'd be like one of them suicide cults; Is your life worth $11? guess not
Apex
Somewhere Around Nothing
Another billboard going up. Only this time, it looks like it wasn't designed to subtly give theists the middle finger.
"Only this time"? The CoR has been using that slogan as well as the equally inoffensive "don't believe in God? You are not alone" in their campaigns for years.
I have yet to see an atheist billboard in real life. They're not everywhere.
Apex
Somewhere Around Nothing
I know. And it is one of the ones I rather like.
Apex
Somewhere Around Nothing
This wiki article lists 130 billboards and only goes to 2010. It is a pretty safe to say there are even more today. And the article I posted previously states that just that one single entity (UCR) has put billboards up in 29 different states and D.C. That may not fit your definition of "everywhere" but it also certainly does not fit the definition of a "small campaign" either.
McBell
mantra-chanting henotheistic snake handler
Apex
Somewhere Around Nothing
I just added them up again and came up with 130..
And the dates go from 2008-210.