Tuesday, 27 January 2009

The atheist bus

Good to see that comment on the atheist bus hasn't died yet. You'd be mistaken for thinking that this is the most exciting thing to happen to some Christians for years. At least some decent cartoons are starting to come out.

Mouse thinks that we can wrap up this debate pretty quickly - here are the salient points:
  1. Yes, its a rubbish slogan from the atheists, we all know that;
  2. Its good that people are talking about religion, even if it does start with a negative viewpoint;
  3. The power of the web can be used for atheism as well as for the Lord!

If the last point doesn't make any sense, you are probably unaware that the whole campaign started on a blog. The campaign managed to raise over £150,000 so far. What's really telling is the response from Alpha. Now this Mouse is a big fan of Alpha, but their attempt to raise funds for Alpha advertising on buses using the same justgiving website was a disaster. It mostly provoked even more atheists to offer the minimum contribution just to get the chance to slag off Alpha or Christianity in the comments field. This type of thing can't come from a top down initiative from a large Christian institution. Real cultural engagement has to be spontaneous and bottom up ... the natural territory of the blogger.



3 comments:

  1. The Atheist bus- "At least some decent cartoons are starting to come out."

    ah yes a true Christian view, remind yourself that the cartoon is of a bus full of people dyeing only because they decided to get on the "evil" bus.

    your blog has been a true insight to the ignorance and hate of your god and for that i thank you.

    and in true nature of your religion this post will no doubt be deleted before anyone can make an opinion

    I leave you with this

    open your eyes and clear your heart this world has no place for gods.

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  2. "At least some decent cartoons are starting to come out."

    ah yes, a depiction of a bus-load of people who think differently to me dying horribly...only a christian could describe that as "decent"

    shut your fowl face please :)

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  3. It Is a CARTOON! Have you guys had your sense of humour surgically removed!?

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