"The British Humanist Association launched adverts earlier in the year proclaiming: 'There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.'
It sparked almost 150 complaints to the Advertising Standard Authority from people claiming the campaign was offensive.
Now the Christian party, the Trinitarian Bible Society and the Russian Orthodox Church have paid for their own pro-God adverts that will run on 175 buses across central and east London and the West End for two weeks from Monday.
The advert for the Christian Party includes the slogan: 'There definitely is a God. So join the Christian Party and enjoy your life.'"
OK, who is going to complain to the Advertising Standards Authority about truth in advertising now?
2 comments:
Hahaha - I get no end of laughter about these things from your blog, E.
Good that they decided to counteract the humanist ads, with which they obviously disagree, except of course that their statement on the bus is false. I guess they had to take the big leap to a categorical because their advertising guys thought they needed a little "punch" in their message.
No one has demonstrated that there is definitely a god (I can't believe the really obvious things I write here). And I'm not buying any iteration of that silliness about how the world is so beautiful and complicated that it means that god *must* exist, nor (sorry Tom) that a couple of people allegedly saw some seeming-violation "miracle" in the natural world a few thousand years ago that looks suspiciously co-opted from a whole lot of other religious mythology throughout history, which was also not heard directly, filtered through the lens of time, contradictorily accounted for and reliant on oral tradition over many years. I maintain that no one would believe any of this strictly as a matter of reason, but only as a rationalisation of a pre-existing belief.
And now, hmmm, yes, let me imagine how enjoyable my life could be if I joined the christian party; let me look to the history of what christianity has already contributed to the world for some inspiration to see what it might be like. I could begin by actively hating people who make different lifestyle choices, then move on to condemning people who believe in a different god to eternal torment and finally I could wage wars and bloodbath all those people in the name of god's glory.
Sounds like a real blast; I could become an anti-semitic, homophobic, book-burning, misogynistic, hypocritical and anti-scientific person as a way to carry on with christianity's historical tradition.
That does sound life fun, now that I've typed it all out and considered it, I have to say. Yeah, I might have to reconsider my position.
Wow Lisa I wouldn't want to mess with you in a debate....great points.
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