Summing up the Article in Bus ads.

Bus 1: "God doesn't exist"
Bus 2: "Yes he does."
Bus 3: "Nu-huh!"
Bus 4: "God Exists, and Mohamed is his prophet."
Bus 5: "WTF? We are talking about the real God here!"
Bus 6: "Allah-Akbar!"
Bus 7: "Why don't you all decide WTF God is before coming back to these buses."
Bus 8: "INFIDEL!" *KABOOM!*
Bus 9: "Now see what you atheists have done?"

Well I guess that settles it then.

But God is just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home

Everybody mentioned in that article is an asshat.

And this went from stupid, to stupider, and now stupidest.

Onkel Buck: But God is just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home

Probably that guy that smelled like rotting death and twitched all the time. Y'know, with the sweatpants and the not showering?

Onkel Buck: But God is just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home

And he's sick as Hell of those damn ads.

Atheism is tenable; religion isn't.

NeverDrunk23: And this went from stupid, to stupider, and now stupidest.

You've been on Fark a while, so you should know that there is always room for stupider.

Damnit, the billboards on buses (BOB) is our idea. We let you put up billboards all over the country along highways and interstates, put crosses all over the place, occasionally put up the 10 Commandments in front of a courthouse, and have programs you buy time for on television. Let us have our BOB. Just give us BOB, you selfish religious asshats.

James F. Campbell: Atheism is tenable; religion isn't.

Well thats settled, guess we can all go home now.

Onkel Buck: But God is just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home

Yeah, but God created the bus...and the home, and the road.

So He should already have found His way home...or at least been smart enough to have taken a cab.

Both groups are idiots. Still, nice to see free speech in action, even if it's retarded.

Winner?
Calgary Transit Authority.

"Islamic Supreme Council of Canada says they're planning to buy their own bus ads promoting an all-faith approach to religion."

Even the Muslims are more reasonable and laid back in Canada.

Smacky the Frog: Damnit, the billboards on buses (BOB) is our idea. We let you put up billboards all over the country along highways and interstates, put crosses all over the place, occasionally put up the 10 Commandments in front of a courthouse, and have programs you buy time for on television.

You know, I think that's what bothers me about those 200 foot crosses you see now and then. People went through all that trouble building them, but I don't think I've ONCE seen someone nailed to one.

Dansker: Both groups are idiots.

Yeah...all three of them!

chemical_angel: "Islamic Supreme Council of Canada says they're planning to buy their own bus ads promoting an all-faith approach to religion."

Even the Muslims are more reasonable and laid back in Canada.

I'm sure if they blow up a building, they at least say 'pardon me' beforehand and apologize afterward.

IXI Jim IXI: Smacky the Frog: Damnit, the billboards on buses (BOB) is our idea. We let you put up billboards all over the country along highways and interstates, put crosses all over the place, occasionally put up the 10 Commandments in front of a courthouse, and have programs you buy time for on television.

You know, I think that's what bothers me about those 200 foot crosses you see now and then. People went through all that trouble building them, but I don't think I've ONCE seen someone nailed to one.



Is amused.

If it keeps someone buying the ad space and employing all the people in the chain of production, I welcome these ads and all counter-ads what may come of this.

chemical_angel: Even the Muslims are more reasonable and laid back in Canada.

You won't get much support for that sentiment in these parts.

FTA: "We would love to have them in our places of worship and in our community centres so we can sit down and talk."

That's code for saying that they want atheists and agnostics to show up so that they can inform them how they will burn in Hell unless they accept God.

Because nothing is an inviting to a non-believer than the threat of eternal damnation if you don't join their religion.

IXI Jim IXI: Dansker: Both groups are idiots.

Yeah...all three of them!

Oh, right, my bad. Some of them just look very similar.

Code_Archeologist: Summing up the Article in Bus ads.

Bus 1: "God doesn't exist"
Bus 2: "Yes he does."
Bus 3: "Nu-huh!"
Bus 4: "God Exists, and Mohamed is his prophet."
Bus 5: "WTF? We are talking about the real God here!"
Bus 6: "Allah-Akbar!"
Bus 7: "Why don't you all decide WTF God is before coming back to these buses."
Bus 8: "INFIDEL!" *KABOOM!*
Bus 9: "Now see what you atheists have done?"

Bus 10: Bangbus

Marla Singer's Laundry: Bus 10: Bangbus

WINNAR

IXI Jim IXI: Smacky the Frog: Damnit, the billboards on buses (BOB) is our idea. We let you put up billboards all over the country along highways and interstates, put crosses all over the place, occasionally put up the 10 Commandments in front of a courthouse, and have programs you buy time for on television.

You know, I think that's what bothers me about those 200 foot crosses you see now and then. People went through all that trouble building them, but I don't think I've ONCE seen someone nailed to one.

Well here's my fav.:



I'll grant you they're not alive. But it's still more in line.

Oh and there's these guys I saw on TV one time, reenacting the crucifixion:

Marla Singer's Laundry: Code_Archeologist: Summing up the Article in Bus ads.

Bus 1: "God doesn't exist"
Bus 2: "Yes he does."
Bus 3: "Nu-huh!"
Bus 4: "God Exists, and Mohamed is his prophet."
Bus 5: "WTF? We are talking about the real God here!"
Bus 6: "Allah-Akbar!"
Bus 7: "Why don't you all decide WTF God is before coming back to these buses."
Bus 8: "INFIDEL!" *KABOOM!*
Bus 9: "Now see what you atheists have done?"

Bus 10: Bangbus

Quit bringing your work to FARK.

a group of atheists plans to buy transit ads questioning the existence of God.


Why?

All I want is a toaster, that for once, doesn't produce images of the Christ. As an atheist myself, it's getting old.

Smacky the Frog: Oh and there's these guys I saw on TV one time, reenacting the crucifixion:

Rope? Pffffft, pussies! Let me know when they're using real nails and I'll come help.

I enjoy baiting the religtards as much as the next guy, but spending money on an ad seems a bit extreme. I don't believe a lot of things. Who really cares what I think?

Smacky the Frog: I'll grant you they're not alive. But it's still more in line.

Oh and there's these guys I saw on TV one time, reenacting the crucifixion:

Yeah, but I want to see someone nailed to one of those big ones you see in the south...the ones you can see on the horizon.

"Calgarians" is a really awkward sounding title.

Submitter

*rim shot*

/Everyone's a little bit racist
//That's true

Wolf_Blitzer: NeverDrunk23: And this went from stupid, to stupider, and now stupidest.

You've been on Fark a while, so you should know that there is always room for stupider.

Fark always manages to knock my faith in humanity down one notch.

I liked the Atheist message because it basically said: 'Look, there may be a god, but there may not be a god. Regardless if true or not, there's nothing you can do to change it, so stop worrying and enjoy life instead.'

I liked that message.

The people who started this bus-gate can't be angry at where this went because they were the ones who started it. No one was doing anything until they got pushy.

Some Christians made the first bus ads, then some Atheists made some to counter them and now someone else is countering the countering. The question comes down to: where/when does it stop?

Actually, the better question is: who the hell still read bus ads?

globalwarmingpraiser: Marla Singer's Laundry: Code_Archeologist: Summing up the Article in Bus ads.

Bus 1: "God doesn't exist"
Bus 2: "Yes he does."
Bus 3: "Nu-huh!"
Bus 4: "God Exists, and Mohamed is his prophet."
Bus 5: "WTF? We are talking about the real God here!"
Bus 6: "Allah-Akbar!"
Bus 7: "Why don't you all decide WTF God is before coming back to these buses."
Bus 8: "INFIDEL!" *KABOOM!*
Bus 9: "Now see what you atheists have done?"

Bus 10: Bangbus

Quit bringing your work to FARK.

Actually, they drop me off at my day job on Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

Fridays, not so much

i wonder how Jeebus feels about people putting replicas of the thing that killed him all over the place. Then there's the the grotesque crucifixes with him on the thing. WtF is wrong with you people?

I don't really get the point of the atheist ads. Is it to piss people off? Get them to not go to church? Actually convert someone?

Isn't this just doing the exact same thing as Christians putting up billboards (a practice which I would describe as mildly irritating)?

Well, I don't eat bacon, but I don't ride the bus either. I consider myself a Jew (so I'm not represented in any of these ads), but I'm an apatheist. Not sure what to do...ERROR-ERROR-ERROR

No, wait. I'll stop worrying and get on with my life.

DarnoKonrad: a group of atheists plans to buy transit ads questioning the existence of God.


Why?

All I want is a toaster, that for once, doesn't produce images of the Christ. As an atheist myself, it's getting old.

Well, if you stopped making your grilled cheese sandwiches so heavenly in taste, Jesus will stop appearing on them.

Everyone believes in the Divine, Providence, God.

For some, it is a transcendental, omnipotent, all-loving Creator.

For others, it is themselves, their egos, their wants.

CrankMyBlueSax: I enjoy baiting the religtards as much as the next guy, but spending money on an ad seems a bit extreme. I don't believe a lot of things. Who really cares what I think?

As has been pointed out in each of these threads, the aim is to let closet atheists know they're not alone. People who grow up indoctrinated in religious households often think there's something wrong with them for not being able to believe in the mythology of their family and friends.

attackingpencil: I don't really get the point of the atheist ads. Is it to piss people off? Get them to not go to church? Actually convert someone?

Isn't this just doing the exact same thing as Christians putting up billboards (a practice which I would describe as mildly irritating)?

From what I saw, the Atheist ads were to counter the Christian ads that said that you should choose god and whatnot. So, its not like the Atheist ads started this first.

I believe that's what the story has been so far. Does anyone have the article for it?

ramathorn83: For others, it is themselves, their egos, their wants.

You've met my ex-gf too, eh?

CrankMyBlueSax: I enjoy baiting the religtards as much as the next guy, but spending money on an ad seems a bit extreme. I don't believe a lot of things. Who really cares what I think?

With all the churches and crap out there, it is sometimes nice to see a reminder that not everyone is a member of the Jesus King's Kids Club. I know sometimes religious people mistakenly believe that atheists have no morals or feelings, but unfortunately, we lack these super powers and are occasionally susceptible to things like loneliness or feeling slightly ostracized.

aden_nak: Smacky the Frog: Oh and there's these guys I saw on TV one time, reenacting the crucifixion:

Rope? Pffffft, pussies! Let me know when they're using real nails and I'll come help.

Here's one:


And another:


And another:


However, all of these take place in other, more hardcore, Christian nations. Christians in the US are pussies when it comes to crucifixion reenactments and self-flagellation.

Smacky the Frog: Oh and there's these guys I saw on TV one time, reenacting the crucifixion:

Yeah, but they're Mexican so they get a pass.

ramathorn83: Everyone believes in the Divine, Providence, God.

For some, it is a transcendental, omnipotent, all-loving Creator.

For others, it is themselves, their egos, their wants.

And, for some, it's Lemmy.

I think every religion should get its own bus, atheists get one too.

So that would be like 5000 different religious buses and one atheist one.

NeverDrunk23: Well, if you stopped making your grilled cheese sandwiches so heavenly in taste, Jesus will stop appearing on them.

Remember...Jesus said "Eat of my flesh and drink of my blood." He did not say, "eat me"