Atheist advertising goes live

I don't see any problem with this. All religious groups should be allowed to advertise their message.

awesome!

at least its a positive message. Ones from religion are usually to scare people or make them feel insecure.

I think this is lovely :)

I agree with all of the above--Just think if it read "There's probably no God, so why should I risk my life to help you?

Whilst I think it's great that atheists should be able to advertise as well as religious people, someone commented last time this story was online that the message is inherently flawed since it reads "probably"...
I wholeheartedly agree, the project behind the message really let themselves down there.

I'm all for people expressing what they do or don't believe.

I just wish everyone could understand this one sentence...

"My way is not a better way, simply a different way."

This isn't really 'atheist' advertising. This is 'agnostic' advertising.

Atheists are as bad as any other religious group, because they claim to know for a fact that some entity doesn't exist.

Agnostics refuse to get caught up in it, and decline to make an assertion one way or another.

Richard Dawkins is hack. He is to Athiests, what Chris Angel is to magicians.

Awesome campaign!

Thank you, Mr. Dawkins!!!!

Very interesting!

Whenever I drive through my hometown I see tons of billboards saying things like "If you live in sin you'll go to hell" "turn or burn" and "belief in me is the only way."

I dont see how this is any different...at least its not threatening.

Stop worrying?

Enjoy your life?

Well, no one is going to confuse this message with the one coming from the religious fanatics strapping dynamite to their chest.

Why must there even be advertising to try to make other people believe what you believe? It's not even a very efficient method. Do you know anyone that has seen a sign like the ones seanalyn mentioned and suddenly had a religious epiphany and was all of a sudden saved? Same with the "There is probably no God". Has any religious person seen it and from then on decided to disregard everything they had previously believed in.

Other people's opinions tend to influence us too much. Of course we will be influenced but you should believe what you believe because it is right for you and your mind. A sign should not change that so why are they trying?

It's like a bumper sticker. Now bumper stickers don't really change anyone's mind either....but they are fun to read. Also bumper stickers provide critical information to drivers.

If I see a big ole "W" sticker on an SUV or a "Bush/Cheney 04" bumper sticker....I know to slow way down and get as far away as possible. (They tend to drive erractically and change lanes without looking or signaling. Always dangerous) And if you see a "Sarah Palin 2012!" sticker...that provides ALOT of info about that driver. Best to pull over and wait for them to drive out of sight before it can be considered safe to proceed.

Now an atheist driver is someone who knows there is no Heaven...so they will most likely be driving as carefully as possible because they know that if they crash that a) God won't "heal" them or help them walk again and b) if they die there is no afterlife. Game over.

Now if someone is driving with a "In Case of Rapture Vehicle Will be Unoccupied" sticker...odds are they are going to be a little more careless because, hey, they've got magic on their side!

And who isn't a little more reckless in their game play if they know they've got 6 more Continues left on that level?

I think the ad on the bus is great. We do need to stop worrying and enjoy life whether we believe in a god or not.

EGG-xactly!

That is how I feel...but I don't promote it to others that want something else to believe in. Posted on public transportation nonetheless.

If this is going mainstream thats when you should go the opposite of the message. D E C E P T I O N. Even smart people like Einstein acknowledged the presence of a universal mind or intelligence......God

loves it.

Probably no God? Phew, that is a loaded statement. Weak weak weak. That gun is probably not loaded...you probably won't get pregnant...that etc...Review Pascals asymmetrical argument. Review how the events of Exodus went from nice stories which most certainly did not occur to a Historical fact to be televised by The Discovery and The History channel!? Finally we are at a point where people can say with some universal certainty, "Something big went down in Israel" What one makes of those events is an individual decision but even not making a decision is a decision! Everybody get a spine and get off the fence, there is enough evidence. And hey Mr. Maher, this is not our first and will not be our last God fearing President. Ahem, Obama?!? Do what you do but please do not presuppose to imply that Atheist, Agnostics, Gnostics, and Religious peoples of varied faiths all have the same concept of a perfected world. We are all given equal opportunity to screw up and really all of us have at this point. Were Stalin and Hitler religious!? You know better than this and so does anyone who has taken the time to go beyond the superficial religious definitions that the media had offered. The true question is, at the end of the day, unimpeded, what kind of world would you build based on your beliefs and why? You first Bill.

Dawkins & the rest of the IDIOTS who buy into this bullshit will one day see for themselves & feel, The stupidity of their rants. Dawkins craves attention so
bad, He will certainly get a lot one day, BUT not the
type he wants!!!!!!

Dawkins is an idiot?

Hilter and Stalin were atheists?

Hmmm.

Good thing all those Catholic priets that sexually assualted those kids weren't religious or else that would invalidate the whole arguement that belief in God makes one more moral.

Oops!

Well, at least the 100 or more priests who worked to cover up the sexual assualts weren't religious!

Uh oh!

Seems that "believing is God" doesn't make one any more moral than "not believing in God."

But then again there is the whole Gaza incident that is unfolding right now. A perfect example of how "religion" makes the world a better place, right? Surely there is no human rights violations, war or violent religious inspired death happening in that hyper-religious neck o' the woods.

Is atheism really a religion? I would consider it to be more anti-religion.