So, a new ad campaign launched in DC. It's a ~$40,000 campaign asking people to "be good for goodness sake," asking why they should believe in god, and portraying a black woman in a Santa suit. Some people seem to have been upset by the campaign.
In other words, some atheists just launched an ad to hit every single one of the buttons in the hard-core bible belt: atheism, woman doing things, and black people. Expect to see more about this ad in TV specials named "The War Against Christmas."
Perhaps the best quote on the subject thus far is: "For many Christian groups, the campaign signifies that the cultural war to divorce Christ from Christmas is intensifying."
Jee, thanks Christian Post, because there are totally no other winter holidays that are held by other religions around this time.
So, I'm going to attack the first problem here head on, if you are an atheist and you celebrate Christmas, you have more issues than a billboard is going to solve.
The last problem is: Really?! Really?! You are really going to have issues with a few ads on the busses and trains when there are at least three whole channels devoted to Evangelism? I mean, as a Jew, I don't really get the whole advertising your faith (or lack of it) thing to begin with. But come on, if I can deal with the innumerable ads for who knows how many churches plastered all over TV, public transport, the walls, and Facebook, you can take a few ads by atheists. If they want to blow their money on something that, as far as I can tell, is completely useless, then more power to them.
Frankly, if you have an issue with atheism, these ads are the best thing for you, it takes money out of Dawkins' travel budget. That's not a bad thing, these days even I'm starting to find him a bit annoying.
Anyway, that's my sardonic take on it. What do you think?
Sources: http://livinginthedistrict.com/2008/11/14/be-good-for-goodness-sake/#comment-398
http://christianpost.com/article/20081113/-why-believe-in-a-god-ads-to-hit-u-s-buses.htm
