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This is a link post Christians once again demonstrate their tolerant, forgiving nature.
I wonder why atheism seems to upset people far more than other religions do...
 (I helped save b3ta! chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:10, Reply)
This is a normal post My only argument when confronted with religious people these days is :-
Your God's a cunt.
 (I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:16, Reply)
This is a normal post This actually might be the easier option.
You could make handy and adorable pamphlets out of the pages of www.thebricktestament.com. This one's my personal favourite.
 (Cap'n, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 13:45, Reply)
This is a normal post I can imagine an atheist bus driver
refusing to drive a bus with an advert for God on the side
 (I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:17, Reply)
This is a normal post I can imagine it, for those of a particularly militant bent
but I've yet to see a news report where it happened.

Meanwhile, busses are plastered with adverts for various religious organisations and no drivers of other religions seem to object.
 (I helped save b3ta! chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:20, Reply)
This is a normal post I think that there is a clear divide between
'have you considered our lovely religion' and 'your religion is wrong'.

I see the point although I see little point in either.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:22, Reply)
This is a normal post well almost all religions say that theirs is the only true religion
so 'your religion is wrong' is implied.
 (I helped save b3ta! chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:25, Reply)
This is a normal post Maybe.
That said, 'buy Pepsi' is not a message which is likely to be complained about, whereas 'Don't buy Coke' is.

The latter is implied by the former.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:33, Reply)
This is a normal post I guess atheist adverts have to be negative
What else could you say? "Be an atheist - when you die, nothing!" ;)
 (I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:48, Reply)
This is a normal post But the athiest ads aren't attacking one specific religion.

"Don't buy Coke" is taking it too far. It'd be more like, "Fizzy drinks are not good for you."
 (I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 14:10, Reply)
This is a normal post And B3ta would praise them.
The message is, however, agnostic, not atheist.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:21, Reply)
This is a normal post It's run by Athiests.

(dingodrum Drums 'n that., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:23, Reply)
This is a normal post If a Christian says 'My car has broken down'
it does not become a Christian message.

There is probably no God is an agnostic comment.

I like agnostics. Atheists are too nutty fro me.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:32, Reply)
This is a normal post That would be the Devil flooding their carbs
Because they wank or don't hit their kids.
 (I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:36, Reply)
This is a normal post Can I hit their kids?

(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Nutty athiests
are usually ex-religious types. I was brought up athiest so it wasn't a big deal for me that there was no god.

Depends how you define athiest, I'd say it isn't necessary to have a 100% certainty of gods non-existance to be called one. Agnostics are kind of middling to me, willing to go either way
 (I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 13:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Your definition is not quite right though.
Atheists believe that there is no God.

There are two types - ones who do not believe that there is a God because they have never considered it (babies) and those who believe that there is no God because they have considered it.

If you do not believe that there is no God then you are an agnostic.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 16:05, Reply)
This is a normal post I doubt most of b3ta would praise religious intolerance
from any direction
 (I helped save b3ta! chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:24, Reply)
This is a normal post I would
nut jobs the lot of them
 (I helped save b3ta! Flash_Bastard, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 13:17, Reply)
This is a normal post it isn't
"we don't/can't know if there is a god or not" is agnostic.

"there probably isn't a god" is atheist - there might possibly be a god, but there's no evidence for it.
 (I helped save b3ta! but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all foreskin of the apocalypse, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:06, Reply)
This is a normal post There might not be a God,
but there is no evidence of that.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 16:01, Reply)
This is a normal post You could make the same argument about anything
unicorns, fairies, wookies, whatever. If I came and told you that I had a unicorn grazing at the end of my garden you'd call me mad. And quite rightly so.
 (I helped save b3ta! pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 19:41, Reply)
This is a normal post I want this to happen
and every permutations of bus-driver/faith/poster, until no faith posters are allowed. At all. They bug me, it should be personal choice - I like these atheist ones as it starts that process going...
 (niceandwarmandhot vive la résistance, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:23, Reply)
This is a normal post Agreed
that's why I donated to the campaign.
 (I helped save b3ta! chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:26, Reply)
This is a normal post yes, indeed did I too.... *high five*

(dingodrum Drums 'n that., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:27, Reply)
This is a normal post But, if they bug you,
why allow the atheist one either?
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Because it's caused all of this 'outrage'.
So it's a possibility that they will ALL stop as a result of this one.

Makes a lot of sense to me...

Lots of campaigns for religion, that annoy me. One against religion that raises debate about whether they're should be any at all. It's working quite well IMO.
 (dingodrum Drums 'n that., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:10, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm going to start a religion
that involves worshipping signs on buses.
 (I helped save b3ta! krang, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:53, Reply)
This is a normal post I stopped reading at "He told the Daily Mail:"
What an idiot.

Does he refuse non-believers on the bus as well?

thought not.
 (UTB, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Hardly the same.

(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:20, Reply)
This is a normal post I live in Southampton....
And I love this campaign. About time people had such a thing shoved down their throats, as it's just what every other religion has been doing for years.
 (dingodrum Drums 'n that., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:22, Reply)
This is a normal post Hmm.
Israel are killing Arabs and keeping them in concentration camp conditions.

Is 'well, someone did the same to us' a good enough response?
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:35, Reply)
This is a normal post What....
exactly are you comparing to Gaza in that clearly loaded comment?

I'm talking about the world in which I live in. In Britain in the 21st century.

And no I don't cocoon myself away, with fingers in my ears going 'la la la' before you try that one.
 (dingodrum Drums 'n that., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Surely atheists would want to avoid shoving it down people's throats if that's the very thing they slate Christianity for.
It's just as bad as enforcing Christianity, or any other religion on the public.
 (I helped save b3ta! TIAL Four capital letters, written in gold., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:58, Reply)
This is a normal post I have posted this above...
One of the reasons this is happening is to spark debate as the whether this should be allowed at all. Because people like this guy wont drive his bus, there's no reason for someone that doesn't believe to refuse to work if the tables are turned.

There's a lot of reasons why this is happening, you'd have to look up Dawkins' websites for details. But, the fact of the matter is, it's doing the job, which is good for society.
 (dingodrum Drums 'n that., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:20, Reply)
This is a normal post It's all very well and good for the debate it sparks
but the whole thing just seems rather hypocritical to me.
I'm reading The God Delusion at the moment, and the overwhelming sense I get from it is that Dawkins' over-zealousness makes him his own worst enemy.
 (I helped save b3ta! TIAL Four capital letters, written in gold., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:44, Reply)
This is a normal post I was suprised by the advert
but have to admit I'm rather enjoying watching the backlash.

Dawkins is great at what he does, but he's no politician. I don't think he's over zealous, just very harshly pointing out that to date scientific evidence has never supported any notion of 'god' or 'gods'
 (I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 13:35, Reply)
This is a normal post It's similar to football fans...
... some football fans don't get people who aren't fans of football, but can still relate to people who support another team.
 (Tael, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:30, Reply)
This is a normal post Hmm.
Atheists are a team.

They might not understand agnostics, but I do not think many people have a problem disliking fundamentalists of any belief system, be that Hindu, Moslem, Atheist, Jewish, Christian or duck.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:39, Reply)
This is a normal post I'll never forgive those ducks that brought that plane down
13/01/09 - Never Forget
 (I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Not really..
Atheism doesn't require you to actively reject any gods/deities/supernatural bollocks (that's anti-theism). Atheism is simply not having beliefs.
To use the football analogy:
Atheists don't follow football at all.
Anti-theists don't like football and don't think any team is worth following.
Agnostics don't think we can know which team is right to follow.
 (Tael, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:54, Reply)
This is a normal post This is a common atheist argument.
In fact, atheists believe that there is no God.

That belief is not based on provable fact, any more than Hindu or Abrahamic religions are - it is faith based.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Almost all faiths can quite easily be disproved with facts.

(augsav, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes, they belive in science, which is provable fact. The fact that the word 'probably' is used is because there is no proof that any non-spacific entity lives in the sky making everything happen.
So, they're saying, prove it and we'll believe as well. But until you can.....
 (dingodrum Drums 'n that., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:25, Reply)
This is a normal post No, they are saying
Prove it or we will ridicule you.

I would feel the same about someone who said 'prove that there is no God or I shall ridicule you'.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 16:02, Reply)
This is a normal post I guess we'll have to agree to disagree then...
...as I don't consider the lack of a belief the equivalent of an active disbelief.
 (Tael, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:33, Reply)
This is a normal post religious belief or faith is a form of mental illnes.... it's that simple
lh6.ggpht.com/_V7bYp-8V-Rk/Rqh8mNCp9LI/AAAAAAAAAOs/WWmlYISmIVY/chrisbig.jpg
 (I helped save b3ta! Flash_Bastard, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 13:29, Reply)
This is a normal post I concur wholeheartedly.

(I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 13:43, Reply)
This is a normal post I assumed I'd get a picutre of Christopher Biggins
Not a 404
 (trevorthecat, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 14:59, Reply)
This is a normal post But the belief that there is no God is faith
since it is belief without proof.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 16:03, Reply)
This is a normal post another thing...
saying atheism is like a religion, is like saying that not collecting stamps is a hobby
 (augsav, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 14:05, Reply)
This is a normal post I agree.
I do not think that atheism is a religion. It is, in fact, definitely not.

It is a faith though.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 16:03, Reply)
This is a normal post Every day I actively don't think I can fly.

(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 14:18, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh come on
That's such a skewed view!
 (I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 14:28, Reply)
This is a normal post I thought they'd agreed that he would drive the bus if there were no others available
It's hardly intolerant, expressing an opinion that he'd rather not drive a bus that contradicts his religious beliefs, but if it was the only one available then he would.

If his company can accommodate him without going out of their way, then I don't see a problem
 (I helped save b3ta! LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:39, Reply)
This is a normal post I'd rather not drive a bus with 'fuck kids' on the side
as I don't agree with it.

What's the problem?

*should point out she's a Christian and doesn't give a shit what anyone else believes or doesn't believe, so long as it makes them happy.*
 (I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:01, Reply)
This is a normal post It's funny because he stands up for his beliefs
or something
 (I helped save b3ta! TIAL Four capital letters, written in gold., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:03, Reply)
This is a normal post I think the point is
what if a a christian refused to drive a bus with a muslim message on the side, like 'Allah Loves you' or whatever, or visa versa. The backlash then would be seen in an entirely different light.

I just think it highlights a point, should we really be advertising any of this stuff?
 (I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 13:51, Reply)
This is a normal post fire him.
He's refusing to do his job. Fire him....

...and as he leaves the office, throw jelly beans at him while shouting "where is your god now?"
 (I helped save b3ta! Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:16, Reply)
This is a normal post that made me lol.

(dingodrum Drums 'n that., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:28, Reply)
This is a normal post hahaha
nice
 (The Oscillating Gibbon is eating curried squid, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:44, Reply)
This is a normal post haha

(I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:46, Reply)
This is a normal post I think the key word is 'probably',
and I can't see how this is worse than the ad campaign which it was in response to, the one basically telling me I'm going to eternal damnation for not believing what a minority of humans believe. Nor those with anti-gay or anti-abortion messages.
 (The Oscillating Gibbon is eating curried squid, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Personally I think messages such as these (on either end of the scale) are wrong.
People should just be left to believe whatever they want to believe, as long as it makes them a happy and decent member of society. I don't want a bus telling me what to believe in.
 (I helped save b3ta! TIAL Four capital letters, written in gold., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:50, Reply)
This is a normal post True, either way it breaks the ASA standards on
telling the truth...
 (The Oscillating Gibbon is eating curried squid, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 12:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Bloody hell, there's lots of words in this thread
*burns church*
 (mrmatt is staging a 'dirty protest' on, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 13:19, Reply)