Iit is false advertising. There is no evidence or proof that atheism is accurate or correct. "Probably" no god? these guys aren't even atheists they are agnostics, thats a much safer religion for them be in
It is false advertising. There is no evidence or proof that atheism is accurate or correct. "Probably" no god? these guys aren't even atheists they are agnostics, thats a much safer religion for them be in
Great concept and video! Although I've never actually seen a freethinker billboard, I'd welcome them in my neighborhood. Keep up the great work, let's make it spread!
great video! little complaint, who the heck made that pie chart? using different shades of blue feels like making it purposefully hard to pick them out xD
Although Canada is a relatively secular and liberal democracy, I, myself a Canadian atheist, have never actually seen an atheist promotion poster before in my life.
Excellent film, very succinct, well planned. I'm working on a similar short doc about the experience with the atheist bus campaign we had in Calgary, Alberta. Hope to be done in the next month. Nice work on yours.
I grew up in Indiana, was punished severely for refusing to pray in school before lunch, was accused of being a witch, and was told constantly that I was going to hell.
It's the main reason why I left.
Seeing this, I suspect that I can consider moving back shortly after I retire, and not have to go through all of that again.
Nobody would have to do things like this if the fanatics (majority or just squeaky wheels? I don't know) hadn't pushed people who don't believe as they do away and into having to defend that position. I don't think the above is a putdown to believers, just a natural response to closed-mindedness.
Some atheists have done their homework, gone through the intellectual arguments for and against the existence of God, and arrived at a thoughtful atheistic position but most have no real understanding of what Christianity is.
For anyone who wants to learn more about the other side of the debate, my channel has some info that you might find interesting.
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I am a churchgoer (at a very progressive church in B-town, thank you) and I agree with your message entirely. A moral decision is not necessarily a religious decision (and vice versa), and that is good!
However, I really didn't like that you seemed to bully everyone into putting these signs up. Bloomington Transit had a right to say no, and I am disappointed you had to make this into a huge fight. There could have been better ways to go about it and get your positive message out there.
I'm lacking in adequate legal knowledge. So, perhaps you know the answer to my next question, since you have made a point to talk about 'rights'. Is it not unlawful to deny someone access to your commercial goods because of their religion? As in - "Get out of my restaurant, I don't serve food to Muslims!" Or - "Get out of my office, I don't sell advertising space to Atheists!" And if that *IS* legal, then I'm thinking I should engage in some civil disobedience.
After a Civics refresher I remember the Federal Civil Rights Acts protect employees but as for equal access to commerce - it seems that lies in the state legal codes. CA for example: Civil Rights Act of 1959 "All persons within the jurisdiction of this state are free and equal, and no matter what their sex, race, color, religion... are entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges or services in all business establishments of every kind whatsoever."
Yep, bet you do. Religion teaches all its suckers to hate those who think differently. Particularly those who read and learn. I don't hate religious believers, I just pity them. Too lazy to learn what is really known about our planet and the universe. Rather have someone else tell them about an invisable sky daddy. Sad. Most gods ever invented have been done away with, I just go one god further.
I think it's sad and offensive that you and so many others lump all believers into one ignorant category. Who says most of us don't also believe in the big bang, evolution, etc? The people you see making outcries against these things are the fanatics, a small percentage of the whole (and they make me sick, too!). It hurts me to think that people automatically think i am conservative, close-minded, and ignorant simply because I also believe in God.
Evolution is on trial heavily and abiogenesis? Really? You'd be better off peddeling Michael Ruses' beliefs on panspermia - it's just as scientific as abiogenesis.
The problem is the people who are putting Evolution "on trial" are people who know nothing about Evolution.
The 220,000+ facts that comprise the Theory of Evolution (Theory doesn't mean "a guess") get tested all the time by scientists who have studied these areas. It gets tested time and time again by those who want to crack it.
The religious have no need for book-learnin', and think it's as simple as saying they don't believe in it.
Very interesting lies you've taught yourself to believe, but the fact remains.. plenty of biologists, geneticists, etc are not convinced that evolution holds enough explanatory weight. You may be able to fool somebody else with your rhetoric, but not myself. Problem is.. you just aren't willing to investigate, because the tremendous lists that are being passed around are a testament to what I've just told you. God created science.
This is merely your belief, which is one step below opinion.
I'm not an Evolutionary scientist, so you are correct, I'm not investigating it. But the fact remains that this scientific Theory does not require belief.
I'm going to ask you for ONE link to ONE biologist, geneticist, who is NOT a Creationist, to support your claim.
My claim, that Evolution doesn't require my belief, is a fact. Doesn't matter if I have a belief or not.
I also dont believe in god but i dont call myself an atheist all the time. god doesnt play a roll in MY life at all. I dont argue about religous faith. religion is a cultural relic so is everyone who still thinks he/she has to believe in it. but I dont need campaigns for atheists or against religion. I just dont care about religous ppl and what they say...
no but you are if you think the money has to come from the followers. God would respect a man more who spent his own money to start a church instead of taking others. That's nothing more than religious theivery. It doesn't take that much money to run a church you shouldn't need to hit up your congregation.
what are you talking about? have you LOOKED at churches lately? they make more money than all the atheists in this country combined. That should tell you something. Christianity is a business. The more people follow the faith the richer the churchheads wallets get.
I thought they believe that religions are just for money and yet this atheist people ask for donations. You are just the same asking for donations because you want money too. Your no difference atheist, your also for the donation.
It takes money to make shit happen fool! And I don't think you'll find many atheists claiming that "religions are JUST for money". Hell no, it's so much more than that! It's also about manipulation, control, fear, punishment, damnation and of course filling people with self delusional fantasies about living forever and eternal happiness and a whole bunch of other bullshit. There may also be some other stuff in there about how to be a good person, but you don't need religion for that.
its all a sherade an act of mass manipulation i am not religous nor am i an atheist i choose to think that this dabate will only be solved when we can wake up and realize every word ever spoken and wrote was to convey a viewpoint and to push an agenda
the bible the choron every documented event is an opionion in one way or another and opinions are extorted footnotes and incomplete conclusions
Blow it out your ass isson3000. That god of yours has had so many chances to come back at "the right time according to the bible" that this myth has become utterly laughable. Go do something meaningful with your life instead of spreading hate.
Btown is my hometown! I go away for college and all of a sudden awesomeness like this shows up?! You all rock and I love you. (I should point out that contrary to this video IN is NOT in the bible belt- we're just above it and get leftover crazies)
And yet, I'm sure you would have no problem with supporting people from your church passing out bibles at a public school. Just because you don't agree with a certain viewpoint, doesn't make it wrong.
When you are part of the church, everyone is generally pleasant. It's when you break away from the church and become atheist that you start to see all the hateful people showing their ugly faces. Atheists in general seem to be understanding of all faiths. Of course, there are a few that are mean, but the religious people seem to have no tolerance for those who think differently. If you were to announce you were an atheist to your church, I can guarantee that their attitudes will change.
I wish I could give you 20 thumbs up for this comment! You are so spot on. back when I was in high school and freshman year of college I started to see how judgmental they were to outsiders. If anyone brought a guest they looked at them like a leaper. If you were in the group you were fine, but the minute you question things, you are out. I was literally banned from my church (that I had been a member of for 5 years, lead youth group...everything), because I disagreed with some of the views
and dared to question certain things. Also because my relationship ended with the Golden Boy of the congrigation. I was cast out, and they became the cruelest people I've ever know. I was 19 and had to endure them(grown adults!) going to my myspace and web pages leaving nasty and mean comments, telling my friends that I was a terrible person. How loving does that sound? 3 years after the fact I'm told by a friend of mine that even saying my name in that church gets bad looks. It's all about
groupthink, it's a gang in disguise. As long as you are with them you are fine, but the second you cross them, you are dead to them. It's disgusting. I valued my church family above all else and I will never forgive or forget the way I was treated. Luckily it spured me to reaserch religion in general, and now I'm the cheerful, logical atheist I am today. So thanks are really in order to them for allowing me the chance to break the brainwashing I was under. Oh, and because I know someone will
argue that I just went to a bad church, no. I went to another church before that which I had left due to shady practices. It was one of those mega churches with a coffee shop and gift shop inside. I slowly began to see it was all about money. He would preach about us giving all of our paychecks to help the poor, yet he drove a $100,000 with real gold flecks in the paint. That was the first time I became disenchanted with religion, but gave it another chance. Boy wish I hadn't.
In January, I was visiting a friend in a small suburb of Akron, OH (Trivia: This town was in the Guinness Book of World Records for most churches per square mile). His parents were real bible thumpers and insisted I go to church with them. They have no knowledge of my background other then I was raised Methodist. I have never felt so unwanted in my life. The regulars wouldn't sit near me, old people giving me dirty looks, completely ignoring me while talking to my friend next to me. It was awful
No, i'm pretty sure God stops loving you if you don't believe in him. Otherwise, why would he allow you to go to Hell? That doesn't sound very loving to me. If I loved someone, I would forgive them if they did something I didn't approve and not let bad things happen. He's kind of like a elementary school boy. Really immature if you don't think the same way he does. Not really worth worshiping if it is true. If he was real, I know damn well I don't want to hang around someone like that.
Soon We will show them our signs in the (farthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?"
As soon as I get my next paycheck I'll donate some money to it. Right now I'm pinching my pennies though. I think I can part with 5 or 6 dollars though.
I don't see how brainwashing children and spreading hate and lies is worthwhile, sorry. I went to church, I was actually in study to be a youth minister until I pulled my head out my ass and looked at things rationally. You need to wake up. All your "faith" does is teach you to hate people that don't agree with you. You are a mindless drone who hasn't learned to think for himself/herself. You act as though god is kind and loving, yet most christians are just brimming with hate and cruelness.
which is not something I want to be apart of, not to mention I find more valuable things to do with my time than worship an invisible friend out of fear that he will condemn me. I don't give a damn what you think because I know I'm making a difference to the world, all you're doing is spreading religion like the disease of the mind it is. Maybe you should do a little research, although that would require you to be open-minded. Why do you need to lean on the crutch of "god" to be a good person?
Facts? Please, you must have a lose idea of what makes a fact. an outdated book written completely by men does not prove god's existence. There are books written about all sorts of faiths, religions and beliefs..what makes yours right? Let me tell you, everyone out there thinks they have the right religion, funny thing is though no one can present proof. That's where atheists, humanists, etc...have it right. We have scientific facts. We have proof. I'll bet that against a moldy book any day
I grew up in Indiana, too. I'm impressed and hope this happens. Really, religion has a very tight grip there, and every time I go visit, I leave somewhat exhausted by it.
oh really? Well I guess I'll have to stop doing charity work, caring for abandoned animals, donating money and working to help people, animals and the planet in general. I guess the counseling group I ran for abused and neglected teens is going to send me straight to hell also. Do you even realize how asinine you sound? How much do you do for your community? I'll bet nothing, because according to god, believing in make-believe is enough to be good. You are the one deceived by a lie. Not me.
Probably not, many don't believe simply because there is no proof of it. Theists on the other hand would probably still hold on to religion, even with proof of a creator being non existent.
sorry, but i absolutely disagree! atheists generally don't believe because there is no evidence for religion, or any evidence that gives one religion credence over another, they are all equally proof-free. however, religious people are already given to believe in god without evidence, and so i would suggest they are more likely to continue believing when provided for evidence god is not real.
a great example of this is creationists, who discard a great amount of evidence and common sense!
And if it is like all other of God's supposed attacks on atheism, he'll probably take out quite a few Christians in the process. That's the funny thing about claiming God is punishing people with things like hurricanes and wild fires. It is so sloppy! You'd think he'd be a lot more precise and take out just the atheists or the gays or whatever.
My only objection to this is the use of the term "Atheist". I know that there aren't really many useful alternatives, but I find the use of the term so pointless. I mean, do we have to declare that we're "a-Santa Clausists"? Or "A-Unicornists"? Santa Claus, Unicorns, Dragons, Allah, Jehovah, etc, are all under the same umbrella of myth and superstition that humans have invented to feel better about themselves, or to explain things they don't understand.
they recently started running a "why islam? submission to god" bus ad campaign here in san francisco, of all places. i can think of about a hundred reasons why NOT to become a follower of islam.
I grew up in Indiana and there really are billboards everywhere will crazy shit on them like "Jesus is Alive" ,"Give yourself to God", and "Jesus is my Co-Pilot". So Glad to hear the buses are coming to Indiana.
Awesome!!!
Juillardl 3 weeks ago
I wish something like this could happen here in sask canada!
Qzzth4 3 months ago
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Iit is false advertising. There is no evidence or proof that atheism is accurate or correct. "Probably" no god? these guys aren't even atheists they are agnostics, thats a much safer religion for them be in
ozredneck22 1 year ago
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It is false advertising. There is no evidence or proof that atheism is accurate or correct. "Probably" no god? these guys aren't even atheists they are agnostics, thats a much safer religion for them be in
ozredneck22 1 year ago
"Please donate" you poor darlings....getting atheists to donate to something....good luck with that one.
ozredneck22 1 year ago
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I have my money ready!
igotbored44 7 months ago
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@ozredneck22 " "Please donate" you poor darlings....getting atheists to donate to something....good luck with that one."
"Please don't molest our children" you poor darlings....getting christians to resist boymeat....good luck with that one.
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ozredneck22 1 year ago
Great concept and video! Although I've never actually seen a freethinker billboard, I'd welcome them in my neighborhood. Keep up the great work, let's make it spread!
Impalamark64 1 year ago
great video! little complaint, who the heck made that pie chart? using different shades of blue feels like making it purposefully hard to pick them out xD
IzzyBunneh 1 year ago
Although Canada is a relatively secular and liberal democracy, I, myself a Canadian atheist, have never actually seen an atheist promotion poster before in my life.
frankystein12 1 year ago
Excellent film, very succinct, well planned. I'm working on a similar short doc about the experience with the atheist bus campaign we had in Calgary, Alberta. Hope to be done in the next month. Nice work on yours.
bananor2008 2 years ago 2
Go Indiana Atheists!
DeaconVerter 2 years ago
Can a god create a stone so heavy that not even he can move it?
Pvic 2 years ago
I am sooooo on that bus
Doversreturn 2 years ago
I'm really happy to see this video.
I grew up in Indiana, was punished severely for refusing to pray in school before lunch, was accused of being a witch, and was told constantly that I was going to hell.
It's the main reason why I left.
Seeing this, I suspect that I can consider moving back shortly after I retire, and not have to go through all of that again.
Thank you!!!!
TheOtherSide100 2 years ago 2
I am happy to see the atheist bus campaign come to the U.S.! Gives me hope!
janellc122 2 years ago
Nobody would have to do things like this if the fanatics (majority or just squeaky wheels? I don't know) hadn't pushed people who don't believe as they do away and into having to defend that position. I don't think the above is a putdown to believers, just a natural response to closed-mindedness.
minstrikrob 2 years ago 2
Nope. I love Batman and Godzilla, so it's good with me, man.
badism 2 years ago 2
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atheistfriends 2 years ago
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I am a churchgoer (at a very progressive church in B-town, thank you) and I agree with your message entirely. A moral decision is not necessarily a religious decision (and vice versa), and that is good!
However, I really didn't like that you seemed to bully everyone into putting these signs up. Bloomington Transit had a right to say no, and I am disappointed you had to make this into a huge fight. There could have been better ways to go about it and get your positive message out there.
queenmab87 2 years ago
The atheist organisation also had the right to take it further practicing their freedom of speech.
KingoftheGods123 2 years ago 2
I'm lacking in adequate legal knowledge. So, perhaps you know the answer to my next question, since you have made a point to talk about 'rights'. Is it not unlawful to deny someone access to your commercial goods because of their religion? As in - "Get out of my restaurant, I don't serve food to Muslims!" Or - "Get out of my office, I don't sell advertising space to Atheists!" And if that *IS* legal, then I'm thinking I should engage in some civil disobedience.
CO2Junkie 2 years ago
After a Civics refresher I remember the Federal Civil Rights Acts protect employees but as for equal access to commerce - it seems that lies in the state legal codes. CA for example: Civil Rights Act of 1959 "All persons within the jurisdiction of this state are free and equal, and no matter what their sex, race, color, religion... are entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges or services in all business establishments of every kind whatsoever."
CO2Junkie 2 years ago
Yep, bet you do. Religion teaches all its suckers to hate those who think differently. Particularly those who read and learn. I don't hate religious believers, I just pity them. Too lazy to learn what is really known about our planet and the universe. Rather have someone else tell them about an invisable sky daddy. Sad. Most gods ever invented have been done away with, I just go one god further.
RhondaH 2 years ago 9
I think it's sad and offensive that you and so many others lump all believers into one ignorant category. Who says most of us don't also believe in the big bang, evolution, etc? The people you see making outcries against these things are the fanatics, a small percentage of the whole (and they make me sick, too!). It hurts me to think that people automatically think i am conservative, close-minded, and ignorant simply because I also believe in God.
queenmab87 2 years ago
Sadly, the fanatics have historically gotten their way. Also, are you familiar with The Crusades?
The "Big Bang," Abiogenesis, and Evolution do not require belief. These are not faiths. This is science. It requires scrutiny and testing.
Many religious deny these facts.
Young earth creationists want to teach Creation in science class. This is dangerous. No religious people speak up against them publicly.
Maybe the Moderate Xtians need to speak up!
TheOtherSide100 2 years ago
How is it dangerous? It may be wrong, but it's not like anyone will get hurt over it...
zweg2 2 years ago
Evolution is on trial heavily and abiogenesis? Really? You'd be better off peddeling Michael Ruses' beliefs on panspermia - it's just as scientific as abiogenesis.
richp860 2 years ago
The problem is the people who are putting Evolution "on trial" are people who know nothing about Evolution.
The 220,000+ facts that comprise the Theory of Evolution (Theory doesn't mean "a guess") get tested all the time by scientists who have studied these areas. It gets tested time and time again by those who want to crack it.
The religious have no need for book-learnin', and think it's as simple as saying they don't believe in it.
This does not change the facts.
TheOtherSide100 2 years ago
@TheOtherSide100
Very interesting lies you've taught yourself to believe, but the fact remains.. plenty of biologists, geneticists, etc are not convinced that evolution holds enough explanatory weight. You may be able to fool somebody else with your rhetoric, but not myself. Problem is.. you just aren't willing to investigate, because the tremendous lists that are being passed around are a testament to what I've just told you. God created science.
richp860 2 years ago
Prove that God created science.
This is merely your belief, which is one step below opinion.
I'm not an Evolutionary scientist, so you are correct, I'm not investigating it. But the fact remains that this scientific Theory does not require belief.
I'm going to ask you for ONE link to ONE biologist, geneticist, who is NOT a Creationist, to support your claim.
My claim, that Evolution doesn't require my belief, is a fact. Doesn't matter if I have a belief or not.
TheOtherSide100 2 years ago
damn straight.
Satanicallyfree 2 years ago
Only in faggoty assed Bloomington.
tom87pate 2 years ago
I'm glad my state is doing this.
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4050redluvr 2 years ago
I also dont believe in god but i dont call myself an atheist all the time. god doesnt play a roll in MY life at all. I dont argue about religous faith. religion is a cultural relic so is everyone who still thinks he/she has to believe in it. but I dont need campaigns for atheists or against religion. I just dont care about religous ppl and what they say...
drag54on 2 years ago
Money, money, money that's just what atheist wants. Please donate your money to them
ytvoyager 2 years ago
Lol, are you an idiot? It's not their fault that the religious america functions with money. It takes money to do things, or are you stupid?
SternMann93 2 years ago
no but you are if you think the money has to come from the followers. God would respect a man more who spent his own money to start a church instead of taking others. That's nothing more than religious theivery. It doesn't take that much money to run a church you shouldn't need to hit up your congregation.
Satanicallyfree 2 years ago
Uhm, I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Are you sure you replied to the right guy?
SternMann93 2 years ago
Where do they keep their collection plates?
chertzle 2 years ago
what are you talking about? have you LOOKED at churches lately? they make more money than all the atheists in this country combined. That should tell you something. Christianity is a business. The more people follow the faith the richer the churchheads wallets get.
Satanicallyfree 2 years ago 7
I'm selling Holy Water - 100 dollars an oz and you will be blessed for eternity. Add another 45.99 for next day shipping.
LogicSpeaks 2 years ago 8
Is there a discount for bulk orders? I need to bless my animals too so they can come to heaven.
EnigmaticBiker 2 years ago
I thought they believe that religions are just for money and yet this atheist people ask for donations. You are just the same asking for donations because you want money too. Your no difference atheist, your also for the donation.
ytvoyager 2 years ago
It takes money to make shit happen fool! And I don't think you'll find many atheists claiming that "religions are JUST for money". Hell no, it's so much more than that! It's also about manipulation, control, fear, punishment, damnation and of course filling people with self delusional fantasies about living forever and eternal happiness and a whole bunch of other bullshit. There may also be some other stuff in there about how to be a good person, but you don't need religion for that.
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Angelsdawn 2 years ago
i say you can be good without god
and you can be evil in the face of god
its all a sherade an act of mass manipulation i am not religous nor am i an atheist i choose to think that this dabate will only be solved when we can wake up and realize every word ever spoken and wrote was to convey a viewpoint and to push an agenda
the bible the choron every documented event is an opionion in one way or another and opinions are extorted footnotes and incomplete conclusions
283inc 2 years ago
how many atheists do you know friend?
smbstressfest 2 years ago
fucking awesome!
goochieguy 2 years ago
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i'm not getting on that bus i'm a christian all the way take that
americandots 2 years ago
lol
urbster1 2 years ago
then take a walk, buddy
yamimakaiz 2 years ago
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banks13laugh 2 years ago
Blow it out your ass isson3000. That god of yours has had so many chances to come back at "the right time according to the bible" that this myth has become utterly laughable. Go do something meaningful with your life instead of spreading hate.
catbank 2 years ago 7
Ticket to ride ? Count me in
icecorescientist 2 years ago 3
Can I have a ride? ;)
brainbid 2 years ago 2
Amen to that brothers and sisters!
ps. your god is a myth
oneguycoding 2 years ago 2
I want my own Flying Spaghetti Monster short bus. =)
azyaninvasion 2 years ago 7
god is merely an easy way to get people to live by a code of ethics
there is no god, sorry guys. you've all been lied to.
grayfoxomega 2 years ago 5
werd!!! lols
LilShortyIzArockSTAR 2 years ago
Enjoy your paranoid delusion.
anthonzi 2 years ago
moar :)
anthonzi 2 years ago
Btown is my hometown! I go away for college and all of a sudden awesomeness like this shows up?! You all rock and I love you. (I should point out that contrary to this video IN is NOT in the bible belt- we're just above it and get leftover crazies)
classiqfemme 2 years ago 2
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why would you advertise that i wouldent want my kids seeing that and say they would be good without god
bsgastinell916 2 years ago
We're doing this because it's true and because there are people like you (and, even worse, your kids) who aren't aware of it.
onlyskybl 2 years ago 6
And yet, I'm sure you would have no problem with supporting people from your church passing out bibles at a public school. Just because you don't agree with a certain viewpoint, doesn't make it wrong.
UrbanWandrer 2 years ago
only if I could pass out my bible too. Christians shouldn't have a corner on the market. We live in a free country.
Satanicallyfree 2 years ago 2
Religion isn't good for society.
Nicki6945 2 years ago 13
When you are part of the church, everyone is generally pleasant. It's when you break away from the church and become atheist that you start to see all the hateful people showing their ugly faces. Atheists in general seem to be understanding of all faiths. Of course, there are a few that are mean, but the religious people seem to have no tolerance for those who think differently. If you were to announce you were an atheist to your church, I can guarantee that their attitudes will change.
tendonut 2 years ago 3
I wish I could give you 20 thumbs up for this comment! You are so spot on. back when I was in high school and freshman year of college I started to see how judgmental they were to outsiders. If anyone brought a guest they looked at them like a leaper. If you were in the group you were fine, but the minute you question things, you are out. I was literally banned from my church (that I had been a member of for 5 years, lead youth group...everything), because I disagreed with some of the views
skinnyminnie33 2 years ago 3
and dared to question certain things. Also because my relationship ended with the Golden Boy of the congrigation. I was cast out, and they became the cruelest people I've ever know. I was 19 and had to endure them(grown adults!) going to my myspace and web pages leaving nasty and mean comments, telling my friends that I was a terrible person. How loving does that sound? 3 years after the fact I'm told by a friend of mine that even saying my name in that church gets bad looks. It's all about
skinnyminnie33 2 years ago 3
groupthink, it's a gang in disguise. As long as you are with them you are fine, but the second you cross them, you are dead to them. It's disgusting. I valued my church family above all else and I will never forgive or forget the way I was treated. Luckily it spured me to reaserch religion in general, and now I'm the cheerful, logical atheist I am today. So thanks are really in order to them for allowing me the chance to break the brainwashing I was under. Oh, and because I know someone will
skinnyminnie33 2 years ago 4
argue that I just went to a bad church, no. I went to another church before that which I had left due to shady practices. It was one of those mega churches with a coffee shop and gift shop inside. I slowly began to see it was all about money. He would preach about us giving all of our paychecks to help the poor, yet he drove a $100,000 with real gold flecks in the paint. That was the first time I became disenchanted with religion, but gave it another chance. Boy wish I hadn't.
skinnyminnie33 2 years ago 2
In January, I was visiting a friend in a small suburb of Akron, OH (Trivia: This town was in the Guinness Book of World Records for most churches per square mile). His parents were real bible thumpers and insisted I go to church with them. They have no knowledge of my background other then I was raised Methodist. I have never felt so unwanted in my life. The regulars wouldn't sit near me, old people giving me dirty looks, completely ignoring me while talking to my friend next to me. It was awful
tendonut 2 years ago 3
No, i'm pretty sure God stops loving you if you don't believe in him. Otherwise, why would he allow you to go to Hell? That doesn't sound very loving to me. If I loved someone, I would forgive them if they did something I didn't approve and not let bad things happen. He's kind of like a elementary school boy. Really immature if you don't think the same way he does. Not really worth worshiping if it is true. If he was real, I know damn well I don't want to hang around someone like that.
tendonut 2 years ago 5
Agnostic bitch ohh lol
Good job keep up the great work.
spungii117 2 years ago
Soon We will show them our signs in the (farthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?"
-[Al-Quran 41:53]
faraqsa 2 years ago
Good to see the campaign is spreading to the US as well! Keep it up.
wrongwayup 2 years ago 5
excellent video.
nlytend1 2 years ago 3
Wonderful news! Very inspiring. I hope such a campaign comes to Minnesota!
FuzzyDuck 2 years ago 4
As soon as I get my next paycheck I'll donate some money to it. Right now I'm pinching my pennies though. I think I can part with 5 or 6 dollars though.
LaoGahn 2 years ago 3
Great slogan, guys. Good work. I'm in London - loved the campaign here, and wishing you all the best with yours!
RockingOnPluto 2 years ago 7
*sighs and facepalms* FACTS and god do not go together. Diametrically opposed.
Clydesdale404 2 years ago 6
Great work guys
seks03 2 years ago 6
"You can be good without god" is a much better than the slogan we have in the UK.
DarkLordoftheMeme 2 years ago 6
I'd like to see some atheist bus love for West Lafayette. Anything in the works?
pavlopwnsyourface 2 years ago 5
this is a project by a group of iu students, you should start some sort of the same thing at purdue if you want this to happen- we must unite!
topherotica 2 years ago 5
Wow! That video was really excellent! I feel inspired!
klnxmonkey 2 years ago 3
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They are turning atheism into another damn collective, fuck humanism
IndyPromoter 2 years ago
Great campaign, I sent in a donation. I hope this spreads to other cities.
Maggotpunk 2 years ago 4
I don't see how brainwashing children and spreading hate and lies is worthwhile, sorry. I went to church, I was actually in study to be a youth minister until I pulled my head out my ass and looked at things rationally. You need to wake up. All your "faith" does is teach you to hate people that don't agree with you. You are a mindless drone who hasn't learned to think for himself/herself. You act as though god is kind and loving, yet most christians are just brimming with hate and cruelness.
skinnyminnie33 2 years ago 22
which is not something I want to be apart of, not to mention I find more valuable things to do with my time than worship an invisible friend out of fear that he will condemn me. I don't give a damn what you think because I know I'm making a difference to the world, all you're doing is spreading religion like the disease of the mind it is. Maybe you should do a little research, although that would require you to be open-minded. Why do you need to lean on the crutch of "god" to be a good person?
skinnyminnie33 2 years ago 12
Facts? Please, you must have a lose idea of what makes a fact. an outdated book written completely by men does not prove god's existence. There are books written about all sorts of faiths, religions and beliefs..what makes yours right? Let me tell you, everyone out there thinks they have the right religion, funny thing is though no one can present proof. That's where atheists, humanists, etc...have it right. We have scientific facts. We have proof. I'll bet that against a moldy book any day
skinnyminnie33 2 years ago 11
I grew up in Indiana, too. I'm impressed and hope this happens. Really, religion has a very tight grip there, and every time I go visit, I leave somewhat exhausted by it.
obsequious23 2 years ago 7
oh really? Well I guess I'll have to stop doing charity work, caring for abandoned animals, donating money and working to help people, animals and the planet in general. I guess the counseling group I ran for abused and neglected teens is going to send me straight to hell also. Do you even realize how asinine you sound? How much do you do for your community? I'll bet nothing, because according to god, believing in make-believe is enough to be good. You are the one deceived by a lie. Not me.
skinnyminnie33 2 years ago 11
If you could reason with religious people, there wouldn't be religious people.
rossmwood 2 years ago 13
Good to see B-town remains a beacon of hope the midwest. Keep it up!
Also: Gavagai!
dhirsch1138 2 years ago 6
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get on the gaytheist bus!
Enctypt 2 years ago
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I think that if Atheists were given proof of a creator, they still would not believe.
JJRocco 2 years ago
What kind of proof exactly are you providing?
TheModestAgnostic 2 years ago 4
Probably not, many don't believe simply because there is no proof of it. Theists on the other hand would probably still hold on to religion, even with proof of a creator being non existent.
jasnoo 2 years ago 6
then you're retarded
lazychump 2 years ago
sorry, but i absolutely disagree! atheists generally don't believe because there is no evidence for religion, or any evidence that gives one religion credence over another, they are all equally proof-free. however, religious people are already given to believe in god without evidence, and so i would suggest they are more likely to continue believing when provided for evidence god is not real.
a great example of this is creationists, who discard a great amount of evidence and common sense!
alijohnstone 2 years ago 8
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God bless to that Atheist buss, going to crash in to a river soon.
kandyjet 2 years ago
And if it is like all other of God's supposed attacks on atheism, he'll probably take out quite a few Christians in the process. That's the funny thing about claiming God is punishing people with things like hurricanes and wild fires. It is so sloppy! You'd think he'd be a lot more precise and take out just the atheists or the gays or whatever.
yarnosh 2 years ago 7
Finally, something I can believe in. Atheist Speed!
DComley 2 years ago 7
My only objection to this is the use of the term "Atheist". I know that there aren't really many useful alternatives, but I find the use of the term so pointless. I mean, do we have to declare that we're "a-Santa Clausists"? Or "A-Unicornists"? Santa Claus, Unicorns, Dragons, Allah, Jehovah, etc, are all under the same umbrella of myth and superstition that humans have invented to feel better about themselves, or to explain things they don't understand.
bekele2617 2 years ago
In the Roman empire during biblical times even the Christians were called atheists.
EvilUmpire 2 years ago 3
wow thats going on right under my nose and this is the first time i hear of this i need to go out more lol
Allegrissimo1 2 years ago 4
Awesome, guys!
breakdance74 2 years ago 8
they recently started running a "why islam? submission to god" bus ad campaign here in san francisco, of all places. i can think of about a hundred reasons why NOT to become a follower of islam.
destituteillusion 2 years ago 12
Diversity and competition are always good xD
anthonzi 2 years ago
Nice.
chaoschikin 2 years ago 5
I thought we Hoosiers were a pretty conservative bunch. Nice to see this.
meinsla 2 years ago 7
I grew up in Indiana and there really are billboards everywhere will crazy shit on them like "Jesus is Alive" ,"Give yourself to God", and "Jesus is my Co-Pilot". So Glad to hear the buses are coming to Indiana.
clintgotvids 2 years ago 14
I always see the "Hell is Real" one whenever I head south on the highway from NWI. ugh, so friggin' ridiculous.
skinnyminnie33 2 years ago 8
I know the exact one you're talking about. I always shake my head when I see it.
meinsla 2 years ago 8
Sorta makes me proud to live in Bloomington. We can take the high road here.
cdwillis 2 years ago 6
I'll be so happy when I see this driving around Purdue!
Jennifurret 2 years ago 8