Comments on: Voicemail Responses to Nashville Atheist Billboard

By: Otto

Otto — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:50:09 +0000

David,
Nope, it’s Nashville that has the Parthenon. Memphis has the Pyramid.

I am sitting in Memphis right now, so you may take that as authoritative information.

By: David D.G.

David D.G. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:21:19 +0000

False Prophet wrote:

@Jeannette, I remember Nashville as the city that built a full-sized replica of the Parthenon, complete with 42 ft. statue of Athena. It’s also a gallery for American artists. That place is fantastic!

I thought that was Memphis, Tennessee, not Nashville, that had the Parthenon replica. I remember it because it seemed ironic to me; I felt that the city should have made a replica of an Egyptian temple rather than a Greek one, since there is also a city in Egypt named Memphis.

~David D.G.

By: WCLPeter

WCLPeter — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:37:05 +0000

mattincinci said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87n0h2FVTZY

christian billboard via Roy Zimmerman

Anyone else notice that the “E” in Eternity and the “H” in Hell were both Red? If you put both of those together you get “EH”, which is a slang term commonly used in Canada. Also, red is the primary colour of the Canadian flag.

That means Canada is Hell!

Sweet, you guys are gonna love it here! When the snow thaws next July, boy did the theists ever get that whole hellfire thing wrong, and assuming you’re dead, we can put our spring coats on and have a big ol’ barbecue before the August first snowfall.

And no, before you ask, I can’t get you Santa’s autograph!

Pete…

By: martymankins

martymankins — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:54:39 +0000

Great job on the video.

Richard Wade’s comment about these callers being confused is pretty accurate. I think they see themselves having to defend against anyone that poses a threat to their own beliefs.

Seems rather shallow and vain to me.

By: Nick Fotopoulos

Nick Fotopoulos — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:20:52 +0000

Grammar has been corrected:

it’s = its

anyway shape or form = any way, shape, or form

(does that comma belong before ‘or’? Grammar has never been my strong point…)

By: juan

juan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:56:03 +0000

Yep. Sounds like typical fundamentalist haters.

By: Robert Madewell

Robert Madewell — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:34:51 +0000

Yes! Christians do have billboards saying we are going to Hell!

By: Siamang

Siamang — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:27 +0000

AWESOME VIDEO! Great job Nick and Thaddeus.

I would second that the head of the video should have an image of the billboard. That way the video is self-contained and explains the whole thing.

By: Nick Fotopoulos

Nick Fotopoulos — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:18 +0000

This video is by and far not an accurate depiction of the over all response, or of Nashville in general. We weren’t at all surprised that the majority of the responses we got were fairly warm and friendly. Nashville is one of the friendliest cities in the country. It’s not at all uncommon for complete strangers to strike up conversations while your waiting at the crosswalk, pumping gas, or while your standing in line pretty much anywhere.

@Richard Wade

Beer and/or youth.

@Hemant

Thanks for posting our updates, it has helped more people find our little oasis here in Nashville.

By: N

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:52:07 +0000

I said this in a comment on YouTube, but I want to say it again here. Thaddeus, who put the video together, rocks. There is no way I could have responded to those people with such grace and class.