Comments on: Christian Ads Hit NYC http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/01/19/christian-ads-hit-nyc/ by Hemant Mehta Mon, 28 May 2012 10:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Vixen Strangely http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/01/19/christian-ads-hit-nyc/#comment-423658 Vixen Strangely Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:46:58 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=20603#comment-423658 I added to it, a little: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6XtwtiLnSY/S1fpVTkwATI/AAAAAAAAAxM/9c7K1cKhvCA/s1600-h/GOD+IS+STUFF.png (I don't think that counts as defacing.) I added to it, a little:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6XtwtiLnSY/S1fpVTkwATI/AAAAAAAAAxM/9c7K1cKhvCA/s1600-h/GOD+IS+STUFF.png

(I don’t think that counts as defacing.)

]]> By: ThilinaB http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/01/19/christian-ads-hit-nyc/#comment-423644 ThilinaB Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:57:24 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=20603#comment-423644 First thing that comes to my mind when i see that is "it sure is a gay sign for promoting a homophobe". First thing that comes to my mind when i see that is “it sure is a gay sign for promoting a homophobe”.

]]> By: Paul Fidalgo http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/01/19/christian-ads-hit-nyc/#comment-423521 Paul Fidalgo Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:04:13 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=20603#comment-423521 Just add "may or may not be" to every one of those things, and you have a Karen Armstrong word salad! Just add “may or may not be” to every one of those things, and you have a Karen Armstrong word salad!

]]> By: Carlie http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/01/19/christian-ads-hit-nyc/#comment-423501 Carlie Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:24:24 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=20603#comment-423501 I like it, because the most obvious text shows "God is aware of your struggle", to which the immediate reply of most people would be "Then why the hell doesn't he do something about it? I like it, because the most obvious text shows “God is aware of your struggle”, to which the immediate reply of most people would be “Then why the hell doesn’t he do something about it?

]]> By: hoverfrog http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/01/19/christian-ads-hit-nyc/#comment-423460 hoverfrog Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:46:31 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=20603#comment-423460 ...Dead. Surely the designers snuck the famous Friedrich Nietzsche quote into all that mess. ;) .-= hoverfrog´s last blog ..<a href="http://hoverfrog.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/death-list-2010/" rel="nofollow">Death List 2010</a> =-. …Dead.

Surely the designers snuck the famous Friedrich Nietzsche quote into all that mess. ;)
.-= hoverfrog´s last blog ..Death List 2010 =-.

]]> By: Anna http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/01/19/christian-ads-hit-nyc/#comment-423450 Anna Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:55:21 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=20603#comment-423450 I do think the sign is quite pretty. It reminds me of one of those <a href="http://www.wordle.net/" rel="nofollow">Word Clouds</a> you can generate for your blog. The colors are nice, and the message, while it might make us roll our eyes a bit, isn't hostile or threatening. I do think the sign is quite pretty. It reminds me of one of those Word Clouds you can generate for your blog. The colors are nice, and the message, while it might make us roll our eyes a bit, isn’t hostile or threatening.

]]> By: muggle http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/01/19/christian-ads-hit-nyc/#comment-423405 muggle Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:39:45 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=20603#comment-423405 Eh, for a religious ad, it ain't so bad. I'd see it and snicker at it but it wouldn't piss me off like some of them do. Though I must point out there are some theists definitely gonna take offense at the God is Jesus bit. It's NYC. It's gonna be defaced. At the very least, I can see some real-life version of The Warriors painting their real-life version of a big red W over it. (If you say none of ours were, I am going to be shocked as hell, frankly, and probably ask you to prove that extraordinary claim.) Eh, for a religious ad, it ain’t so bad. I’d see it and snicker at it but it wouldn’t piss me off like some of them do. Though I must point out there are some theists definitely gonna take offense at the God is Jesus bit.

It’s NYC. It’s gonna be defaced. At the very least, I can see some real-life version of The Warriors painting their real-life version of a big red W over it.

(If you say none of ours were, I am going to be shocked as hell, frankly, and probably ask you to prove that extraordinary claim.)

]]> By: Kelsey http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/01/19/christian-ads-hit-nyc/#comment-423391 Kelsey Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:22:22 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=20603#comment-423391 Well, it's...pretty. As well as pretty...repetitive. This add reminds me of that Family Guy episode where the toy factory is bought out by the cigarette company and when peter talks about the smoke ads, it goes to this one movie where every few seconds a bland man would pop up on the screen and go: "Smooooooooooke." ... "SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOKE." ... "Are you smoking yet?" Well, it’s…pretty.
As well as pretty…repetitive.
This add reminds me of that Family Guy episode where the toy factory is bought out by the cigarette company and when peter talks about the smoke ads, it goes to this one movie where every few seconds a bland man would pop up on the screen and go:
“Smooooooooooke.”
…
“SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOKE.”
…
“Are you smoking yet?”

]]> By: LKL http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/01/19/christian-ads-hit-nyc/#comment-423390 LKL Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:17:17 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=20603#comment-423390 I like it. It's not saying atheists are evil or that anyone's going to hell; it's supporting the 'nice' side of faith, saying basically 'this makes me happy.' It's not a nasty, Robertson-esque holier-than-thou insult. Likewise, I really liked the buses and billboard adds that said, "Don't believe in God? You are not alone," and thought that the Virginia/Santa Claus ones were slightly overboard. I like it. It’s not saying atheists are evil or that anyone’s going to hell; it’s supporting the ‘nice’ side of faith, saying basically ‘this makes me happy.’ It’s not a nasty, Robertson-esque holier-than-thou insult.

Likewise, I really liked the buses and billboard adds that said, “Don’t believe in God? You are not alone,” and thought that the Virginia/Santa Claus ones were slightly overboard.

]]> By: Epistaxis http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/01/19/christian-ads-hit-nyc/#comment-423386 Epistaxis Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:12:11 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=20603#comment-423386 God is "Jesus" and "A father?" Whose father is he, then? God is “Jesus” and “A father?” Whose father is he, then?

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