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eqfan592

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25. And thus concludes our discussion.

Reply to kwassa (Reply #24)

Wed May 2, 2012, 09:30 PM

May 2012

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Can Atheist Billboards Kill Religion? [View all] rug May 2012 OP

Who knows? CrispyQ May 2012 #1

For years and years there was a billboard outside Wendover that said "Methodists: dimbear May 2012 #2

No. But I'd say that isn't the point/aim. mr blur May 2012 #3

This. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #4

I can't see how. They might, however, MineralMan May 2012 #5

Nope. rrneck May 2012 #6

I don't object to the billboards at all when they clearly speak to the purpose that is cbayer May 2012 #7

Straw man fallacy pokerfan May 2012 #8

I've not seen it as the stated goal of any of the major atheist organizations, but cbayer May 2012 #9

Yeah, and plenty of Christian groups on the web say the equivalent and worse. trotsky May 2012 #10

So because some individuals pokerfan May 2012 #11

Absolutely not and I said no such thing. cbayer May 2012 #12

I never said you did pokerfan May 2012 #15

They can do what they want. kwassa May 2012 #13

Actually, I'm willing to bet some of the "deliberately offensive" ones... eqfan592 May 2012 #14

I would take your bet. kwassa May 2012 #16

Just to say, the point of that one was to point out how stupid and insensitve the laconicsax May 2012 #17

but it failed to make that point kwassa May 2012 #19

And look at all the attention that has generated now. eqfan592 May 2012 #21

Negative attention. Do atheists want more? kwassa May 2012 #22

Those who are bigoted towards atheists anyway will continue to be so. eqfan592 May 2012 #23

Well, they are working their way lower. kwassa May 2012 #24

And thus concludes our discussion. eqfan592 May 2012 #25

Christians seem to be doing far better in that department than atheists. n/t trotsky May 2012 #28

Lots of people didn't (and don't) get the point of "A Modest Proposal" Goblinmonger May 2012 #29

I'm pretty sure the point was pretty much missed. eqfan592 May 2012 #20

I think we may need to dial the open animocity back just a notch here. eqfan592 May 2012 #18

no more than evangelical ones can kill disbelief dmallind May 2012 #26

"Final destruction"? darkstar3 May 2012 #27

How is this, in the words of posters here in Religion, not a "conversation stopper"? Goblinmonger May 2012 #30

I don't think the writer of that introduction is here on DU. Mariana May 2012 #31

I wasn't intending to say it was the OP writer's words. Goblinmonger May 2012 #32

No kidding. trotsky May 2012 #33

Heard about it? Hell, that would have been the headline of its own post. eqfan592 May 2012 #34

He's talking about billboards, not people. cbayer May 2012 #35

One needs to only look at what the possible inspiration for those words was... eqfan592 May 2012 #36

Thanks for that explanation. cbayer May 2012 #37

I'd be curious if the author objected as well. eqfan592 May 2012 #38

The site, Religion Dispatches, has a whole section devoted to atheism, so cbayer May 2012 #39

I think you are very likely correct in that no offense was intended... eqfan592 May 2012 #40