{"id":13491,"date":"2009-10-20T04:56:07","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T08:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=13491"},"modified":"2017-03-11T01:59:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T01:59:13","slug":"atheism-goes-evangelical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2009\/10\/20\/atheism-goes-evangelical\/","title":{"rendered":"Atheism goes Evangelical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

First the atheists began an ad campaign in London<\/a>, and now atheists are getting ready to advertise that they are \u201cGood without God\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Starting next Monday, a coalition of local groups will run a monthlong advertising campaign in a dozen Manhattan subway stations with the slogan \u201cA Million New Yorkers Are Good Without God. Are You?\u201d The posters also advertise the Web site BigAppleCoR.org, which provides a listing of local groups affiliated with the Coalition of Reason, the umbrella organization that coordinated the campaign.<\/p>\n

The campaign \u2014 which is being paid for by $25,000 from an anonymous donor \u2014 follows a similar but unrelated monthlong campaign on buses by New York City Atheists in July. Jane Everhart, a spokeswoman for the New York City Atheists, said that campaign was highly successful and brought in many new members. \u201cWe are trying to raise money to do it again,\u201d she said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Almost sounds like the beginning of a religion, doesn\u2019t it? If Evangelical Atheists and Secular Humanists organize<\/a>, grow their numbers, raise money and even -as we see here-develop thriving communities<\/a>, it seems likely that they will also develop rituals and rites of passage for their children, and before you know it, atheism will be a full-blown religion, of sorts.<\/p>\n

I wonder if they\u2019ll become tax-exempt, and open hospitals and schools, too? Interesting.<\/p>\n

Clearly this is trending<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The coalition has placed similar billboards in the Dallas area and West Virginia. Another group ran ads in Chicago and in the Indiana cities of Bloomington and South Bend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, Inside Catholic\u2019s Brian Saint-Paul says there is a schism growing<\/a> even within atheism.<\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong>
\nPope: Anglicans Welcome<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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