These are the atheist ads posted on 800 buses across UK after the start of an unprecedented fund raising campaign.
Organizers initially expected to publicize the message on just a small number of London buses, which could act as an antidote to posters publicized by some major religious organizations in which they posed a threat by saying “threatening eternal damnation” to non-believers.
But later on this campaign got high-profile support from the major atheist personality Professor Richard Dawkins and the British Humanist Association. And the result was a little demand of £5,500 was met literally in minutes and not only this more than £140,000 has been given for this cause till now since the campaign started in October.
“There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life”. This ad on 200 bendy buses in the capital raised big fund to promote the cause in one month.
Passengers and passersby will see these posters on almost 600 more buses in the cities all over England, Wales and Scotland, from Aberdeen and Dundee to York, Coventry, Swansea and Bristol.
Moreover, two large LCD screens showing the atheist beliefs have been adjusted in Oxford Street, central London, whereas one thousand posters telling quotes from famous non-believer personalities will be posted on Underground trains for two weeks from this Monday.
They contain sayings creating doubts about the presence of God, and feting our natural universe, stated by Albert Einstein, Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Adams and Emily Dickinson.
It is the first atheist advertising campaign to be conducted all over the country in Great Britain’s history. There are many similar advertising campaigns which are now taking place on public transports in USA and Spain.
Even some religious organizations appreciated this campaign. They are using it to increase the profile of debate about faith. However, there was big security arrangement on its launch program by the Royal Albert Hall.
Paul Woolley, director of Theos, a theology think tank which gave £50 for this noble campaign, were saying: “The posters will encourage people to consider the most important question we will ever face in our lives.”
Many atheist supporters of this campaign were not happy with the wording of the ads; they thought that it did not flatly deny the existence of God, although there were feelings that this could make advertising plans ineffective.
Prof Dawkins (a well-known evolutionary biologist who also wrote ‘The God Delusion’, said: “I wanted something stronger but with hindsight I think it’s probably a good thing because it makes people think. It’s just food for thought – people will have conversations in pubs when they see these buses.”
H. Stinson, chief executive of the British Humanist Association, stated these adverts were “overwhelmingly positive”. They restored confidence in agnostics and atheists about their beliefs that there is no bad to deny the existence of God.
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Buses like this should be banned. They’re really evil!