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Atheist Billboards
It’s no wonder that so many people think we atheists hate God. Like they did last year, the American Atheists have launched a Christmas-season advertising campaign (see image). This ad makes fun of people for what they believe in, which makes us atheists sound as intolerant as religious conservatives. The ad even uses ALL CAPS to demonstrate how very indignant we atheists are about religion.
If I were calling the shots with the atheists’ PR campaign, I’d run positive, pro-Christmas ads. I like Christmas, and I’m an atheist. Let’s show that we atheists are a fun-loving, open-minded bunch. Unlike some religious people we could point at, we don’t think that everyone who believes differently from us is bad, stupid, or in Satan’s grasp. My ads would say something like,
“Have a very merry Christmas, whether you believe in God or not.”
Or maybe they would say,
“We can each believe in any gods we like, or not.”
And there would be NO all caps.
PS: Judging by a 2013 billboard from American Atheists, they may be softening.
Why Atheists Are Jerks: Personality and atheism.
