Comments on: San Diego Gets an Atheist Billboard

By: stoat100

stoat100 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:39:33 +0000

It’s ‘herd immunity’.

They surround themselves with other fundies and tell their children that atheists are people who ‘hate god’ or are ‘angry at god’.

They literally don’t have a word for someone who doesn’t believe in any gods.

When the idea is explicitly stated in large letters in front of them the concept is forced into their small, 100% certain, black & white minds and they don’t like it at all.

By: no2religion

no2religion — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:28:33 +0000

O00hh! I gotta go find it. I am in SD for the week for an Educational Technology conference.

By: SoundJohn

SoundJohn — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:37:31 +0000

Thanx for this beautiful place in internet!!!

By: AxeGrrl

AxeGrrl — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:33:26 +0000

Nick wrote:

I had always assumed that most of California was a liberal haven.

I had always assumed that too, until I made some friends who live in California….

Visit Orange County sometime ~ one of the most Conservative (and wealthiest) counties in the country.

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:23:21 +0000

Now we just need to get some out here in the Nebraska area!

By: llewelly

llewelly — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:02:06 +0000

… just waiting until I see one here in Utah (yeah right, like that’ll happen anytime soon with the religious retardation here)

The FFRF has mentioned that they tried to put up a billboard in Utah, but could not find a billboard company willing to carry it.

By: Richard P

Richard P — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:22:32 +0000

I just find it astounding that anyone could ever find this to be offensive.

Really, let me try to explain;

I think they are able to block out any doubt in what they believe because they’ve internalized their indoctrination, no longer viewing it as specific ideas that have been drilled into them.

They begin to experience the ideas they’ve been taught as feelings, which evolve into powerful emotional conviction.

I think that is the trick to the process. They are convinced within there own minds that they are experiencing original thought rather than those discrete ideas that have been taught to them as they grew up.
Under religions rule, you believe as they teach or you die. it’s as simple as that.

Oh…. I seriously plagiarized that. I just read it recently and thought how well it explained some things, thought I would share.

By: Pinoy Heathen

Pinoy Heathen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:09:59 +0000

Can’t wait to see a billboard near downtown Los Angeles! I’ll surely pose for a picture.

By: Keela

Keela — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:26:17 +0000

It makes me happy to see it on my way to work every day! I smile a little “I am not alone” smile.

By: muggle

muggle — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:50:47 +0000

And cudos also to that pastor that welcomed the sign because it opened discussion. Seriously. Two thumbs up, dude! More should have your attitude.

Richard, yours would make a great print ad! In a magazine or something. Bit too dangerous driving but cracked me up!

I think Jeff’s got it right. When people get all defensive of nonbelief, it’s very telling. What they fear isn’t so much us but themselves. If “God” (man, Hemant, you started me on this trip) were real, he wouldn’t need defending against mere humans.

In other words, anyone who’s faith is strong, said faith isn’t threatened by my absense (absence, not lack) thereof. All I can think when they rant and rave is, dude, you have no more faith than I do and a certain Mark Twain quote does come to mind. “Faith is believing what you know ain’t so.”