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Cartoonist

(7,309 posts)
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 05:55 PM Jan 2020

I want to do more

I don't want to evangelize, but I want to spread the word. My recent idea was to just hang out with a sign. I couldn't decide on the wording.

THERE IS
NO GOD
-----------
YOU ARE
--FREE!--


The first line is an unprovable statement. Saying there is no evidence of God is not the same thing. So I'm stuck.

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I want to do more (Original Post) Cartoonist Jan 2020 OP
"No god will make you free" Warpy Jan 2020 #1
skim through thus spoke zarathustra. maybe something sign worthy in there? Kurt V. Jan 2020 #2
Maybe just use the first stanza of Lennon's "Imagine" rurallib Jan 2020 #3
I like this... handmade34 Jan 2020 #4
Lao Tzu safeinOhio Jan 2020 #5
"I don't know" isn't very compelling. Cartoonist Jan 2020 #6
Might get them to safeinOhio Jan 2020 #7
That reminds me of a question from a friend. Delmette2.0 Jan 2020 #8
My response.... safeinOhio Jan 2020 #9
That's a good reply. Delmette2.0 Jan 2020 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Feb 2020 #11
One Ingersollman Feb 2020 #12
T-shirts can be a good tool hurl Feb 2020 #13
Update Cartoonist Feb 2020 #14
Good idea hurl Feb 2020 #15
T-shirts are all right Cartoonist Feb 2020 #16

rurallib

(62,373 posts)
3. Maybe just use the first stanza of Lennon's "Imagine"
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 06:15 PM
Jan 2020

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky

safeinOhio

(32,632 posts)
5. Lao Tzu
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 07:52 PM
Jan 2020

The Tao that is spoken of is not the eternal Tao. A philosophical concept about what can not be put into words. Or, if there was a “god” you wouldn’t know.

Delmette2.0

(4,157 posts)
8. That reminds me of a question from a friend.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:59 PM
Jan 2020

As she was walking out my front door she asked me what I thought happens when we die. I said "nothing". She shrugged and kept going. She hasn't brought it up since.

This could have started a conversation, she didn't want to.
I haven't pushed. We are still friends.

safeinOhio

(32,632 posts)
9. My response....
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:26 PM
Jan 2020

The first thing that happens is your hard drive is wiped clean, after that it doesn't matter.

Delmette2.0

(4,157 posts)
10. That's a good reply.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:30 PM
Jan 2020

Problem she is very limited on her computer knowledge. That too would go over her head.

I will relay this on to my son, the IT tech, he will use use it.

Response to Cartoonist (Original post)

Ingersollman

(204 posts)
12. One
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 12:12 PM
Feb 2020

I like to use is, and it plays on the christers line about knowing god and knowing peace, is:

Know gods, no peace. No gods, know peace.

hurl

(935 posts)
13. T-shirts can be a good tool
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 01:05 PM
Feb 2020

I have one with the phase from Imagine, "Above us only sky." I like its subtlety. I also have one with the atomic symbol open at the bottom (similar to my icon but no A). Most people in my rural, red area don't know what it is.

You can always find more provocative ones if that's your style, but those may tend more toward confrontation than conversation.

Cartoonist

(7,309 posts)
14. Update
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 03:12 PM
Feb 2020

Ask an Atheist

I've kind of decided on that one or a variation. Maybe just the word Atheist.

We have a riverfront with a promenade where I usually take my daily walk. There is almost always a group of Witnesses with their display of literature. This town needs to be liberated.

Cartoonist

(7,309 posts)
16. T-shirts are all right
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 11:17 PM
Feb 2020

I don't like wearing messages, myself. Okay for other folks. I reserve my t-shirt space for cartoon characters or musicians.

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