Following a similar effort in London, humanists in the U.S. are buying atheism ads which just started running on DC Metrobuses.Note that the ad doesn't insult any religion. It just asks a question and suggests that humans can be good without religion.
Not surprisingly, some Christians just don't get it.
"It's a stupid ad," he [AFA president Tim Wildmon] said. "How do we define 'good' if we don't believe in God? God in his word, the Bible, tells us what's good and bad and right and wrong. If we are each ourselves defining what's good, it's going to be a crazy world."Uh, gee, guy, but millions of atheists around the world manage to "define good" every day without believing in any god. Not to mention people who worship different gods or have other conceptions of god. It's really not that hard a thing to do. But if you really need some book to tell you not to kill other people, then I guess I'm glad you have the book.
And, in a move that will surprise no one, Fox News is defining this as part of the annual "assault on Christmas". With all this assaulting every year, you'd think Christmas would be in trouble, wouldn't you?
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How do we define “good” even if we do believe in God? Is something good simply because God tells us it is? In which case, it is meaningless to say “God is good.” Or does God tell us something because it is good? In which case, there is a standard of good external to God, and we don’t need God to be good.
I am continually cracked up by Christians who defend their hostility toward science, progressivism, atheism and anything secular by saying it will "hurt God" or "hurt Jesus."
OK, let's review. You fundies say Jesus is/was not only the son of God, but actually the second third of the triune godhead and therefore is actually God.
And God is, according to you, all-powerful. Created the world but is so eternal, he never had a beginning. Wow. So it stands to reason he'll never have an end, correct?
So how, exactly, do you "hurt" Jesus/God?
I say we should all be allowed to take as many whacks as we like. It will wear us out and make us more submissive. Dontcha think??
“So how, exactly, do you ‘hurt’ Jesus/God?”
Excellent question.
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