It raised consciousness about the issue
and sparked off a massive public debate. Seems like a good thing in my view. I thought it was fascinating that such a mild-mannered thing could spark so much outrage.
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flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:51,
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I am not sure that anyone who wasn't
involved in the debate was made any more aware by the campaign, it simply forced people into it more which I don't believe is necessary.
And on the mild-mannered thing, I don't see how anyone could expect a public advertisement that states everything that you believe in is bollocks can really be claimed as mild mannered, no matter the naivety of the intention.
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:55,
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*Officially* it was aimed at those who were non-believers that were scared by threats of hellfire
not at believers. Obviously that's a bit disingenuous, but still, it's incredibly mild compared to the Christian ads you see all over the place, which claim that everything *I* believe in is bollocks. In fact, doesn't *every* ad claim that one way or another?
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flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:01,
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I totally agree about the christian adverts.
I personally think that anything that claims truth not based on proven evidence shouldn't be allowed.
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:03,
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If it said "Have faith in God..." etc that would be better
Me, I'm a agnostic, no religion gives me any answers, but I really hope that humanity is not the highest level of conscious in the universe.
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Monty Propps, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:11,
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Well this is part of the problem isn't it.
I have faith, but I don't necessarily believe in Jesus Christ being the son of God, and I don't necessarily believe in a God who controls all that happens on earth and in the universe. However, I do consider myself a Catholic.
Religion, as with any tool, is only as helpful or as dangerous as the person who is using it. A hammer in a builders hands helps make a house, but in a Yorkshiremans hands it becomed a murder weapon ;)
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:17,
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But you can't fit that on the side of a bus ;)
But yay! for mannered dabate :)
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Monty Propps, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:42,
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but what if the correct way to use it
is to use it for bad?
then its you who is wrong, not the fundamentalists
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Sonic 2 and Knuckles, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:53,
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*murders someone just to cover his bases*
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 15:03,
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Why do you need faith in some undetectable thing (in terms of morality)?
Do you not have faith in yourself?
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 15:21,
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