I fully agree. The religious bombardment we all get every day seems to be ok. Why not other voices being heard. This is America isn't it?

The problem is that a great many American citizens view our country as a "Christian Nation," and would very much like to impose their belief system as law. In 2004, 44 percent of the polled U.S. populace thought that Jesus would return to Earth in their lifetime as some kind of super-hero. I'm not one for polls but if this were only half-true I'd be concerned. Am concerned.

These ads, and those of this ilk, are the best idea anyone has come up with in a long time. If I have to ride by and see a Jesus Saves sign staring at me, I should also be able to drive down the same street and see one of these signs.

All's fair people....

I fully agree. The religious bombardment we all get every day seems to be ok. Why not other voices being heard. This is America isn't it?

Good Without God

Godless Ads Now on Philadelphia Transit

(Philadelphia, November 16, 2009) "Are You Good without God? Millions Are."

These words are part of a coordinated multi-organizational advertising campaign designed to raise awareness about people who don't believe in a god. The prominent ad appears on 25 buses and 25 subway cars in Philadelphia. Their appearance will continue through December 7.

Placed by the Greater Philadelphia Coalition of Reason (Philly CoR), with $5,000 in funding from the United Coalition of Reason (United CoR), the ad features an image of blue sky and clouds with the words superimposed over.

The Philadelphia ads are also part of a national campaign. They are appearing simultaneously with ads in the New York City and Boston subways as well as bus ads in Portland, Oregon, and billboards in Chicago, Newark, San Diego and across three cities in Ohio.

"The point of this campaign is to reach out to the millions of humanists, atheists and agnostics living in the United States," explained Fred Edwords, national director of the United Coalition of Reason. "Nontheists sometimes don't realize there's a community out there for them because they're inundated with religious messages at every turn. So we hope this will serve as a beacon and let them know they aren't alone.”

“Our ‘Good without God' message encapsulates what Philly CoR's member groups are all about,” said Barry Greenstein, coordinator for the Greater Philadelphia Coalition of Reason. “For years we've had real flesh-and-blood communities for nontheists. But many people still don't know we're here. We organize educational programs, social events and provide an outlet for volunteerism. So these ads are a shout out to all the other nontheists in the Philadelphia area who may be looking for a community.”

The campaign is also coordinated with the release of a new book: "Good without God, What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe," authored by Greg Epstein, the humanist chaplain at Harvard University. It is published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. Epstein will stop in Philadelphia the weekend of November 21 to lead three book discussions:

Saturday, November 21 - 2:30 PM at the University of Pennsylvania and 7:00 PM at the Barnes and Noble bookstore at 102 Park Avenue in Willow Grove

Sunday, November 22 - 11:00 AM at Mishkan Shalom, 4101 Freeland Avenue in Philadelphia.

The public is invited to all three events.

The Philadelphia ads are among many that have gone up around the country earlier this year, including those on billboards or in transit systems in cities as far flung as Charleston, South Carolina; Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; Morgantown, West Virginia; New Orleans, Louisiana, and Phoenix, Arizona.

All's fair people....

In Chicago, on certain CTA busses, there is an advertisement that turns Genesis on its ear. "In the beginning, man created God . . ."

The resulting furor has me in stitches and I can't imagine the ads will last a full week before being pulled. This campaign was started in part by the real Dawkins in London, on the busses there, and quite soon may be featured in a metropolitan area near you.

Don't blink, you'll miss it.

Isn't this freedom of speech? Which we prob. won't have much longer the way thingsl are looking. /dry.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':blink:' />

This idea is truly an argument anthropologists have been arguing for years. In a nutshell, the premise is that as man became more cognizant of himself and the world around him, he created the idea of Gods in order to answer the questions that he had no answers to. Today, it is more of a "Which came first, the chicken or the egg" type argument. Either way, it raises many intriguing questions if you approach it with an open mind. Very good topic Dawkins!

My betters have suggested that the idea of God is the first, and worst, explanation of how we came to be.

In Chicago, on certain CTA busses, there is an advertisement that turns Genesis on its ear. "In the beginning, man created God . . ."

The resulting furor has me in stitches and I can't imagine the ads will last a full week before being pulled. This campaign was started in part by the real Dawkins in London, on the busses there, and quite soon may be featured in a metropolitan area near you.

Don't blink, you'll miss it.

This idea is truly an argument anthropologists have been arguing for years. In a nutshell, the premise is that as man became more cognizant of himself and the world around him, he created the idea of Gods in order to answer the questions that he had no answers to. Today, it is more of a "Which came first, the chicken or the egg" type argument. Either way, it raises many intriguing questions if you approach it with an open mind. Very good topic Dawkins!

Dawkins, you should check out the late Bill Hicks and his views on religion, pretty much in your wheel house.

I truly miss his comedy. An egalitarian viewpoint.

In Chicago, on certain CTA busses, there is an advertisement that turns Genesis on its ear. "In the beginning, man created God . . ."

The resulting furor has me in stitches and I can't imagine the ads will last a full week before being pulled. This campaign was started in part by the real Dawkins in London, on the busses there, and quite soon may be featured in a metropolitan area near you.

Don't blink, you'll miss it.

Is it an ad for anything (product), or just a message?

The resulting furor has me in stitches and I can't imagine the ads will last a full week before being pulled. This campaign was started in part by the real Dawkins in London, on the busses there, and quite soon may be featured in a metropolitan area near you.

Don't blink, you'll miss it.