Now that just warms my atheist heart

[aprilstarchild]

Story Here!

There was a campaign on buses in England, paid for by a Humanist group, that just says: "There's probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life."

Christian groups predictably threw a hissy fit.

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[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Most atheists won't say flat-out, there is no god. Because you can't prove the non-existence of something.

However, we think god is *extremely* unlikely to exist, and that there is no good evidence in favor of god existing.

In other words, the burden of proof is on people who say god exists.

So I still think it's probably an atheist bus.

They also might have picked that wording to appeal specifically to agnostics.

[thorongil8.livejournal.com]

I can't find the article (I didn't try very hard), but I remember reading a while ago that the "probably" was a requirement from the city.

It's funny. Christians say that non-Christians are going to hell all the time, but anyone stating an atheistic opinion is obviously "attacking their beliefs." Similar things were said about the theft of the atheist sign at the WA state capitol.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

What did the sign say?

[thorongil8.livejournal.com]

The one in WA (which was put up by the Freedom From Religion Foundation) was more blunt. It said:

At this season of the Winter Solstice may reason prevail.
There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell.
There is only our natural world.
Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's pretty hardcore.