The American Atheists have billboards posted again. Here is this year’s:
This is better than last year’s design, but it still isn’t that great. The devil guy on the right makes the whole thing ugly, plus he is featured very close to the word “atheists”, which is printed in a similar red font. All it does is serve to associate atheism with the magic evil that Christians and other religidiots think exist. If they changed the font color and inserted an alternative myth in the final panel, I would say this is an excellent ad.
What I think is hilarious about this whole thing, though, is the CNN article I used as my source. This is what I get when I go to the page:
Under review
The following contains content that has been flagged as inappropriate, and is currently under review. Do you want to continue?
It’s actually a straight forward report. It does only cite those who support the message, but I can’t say that’s all that upsetting. After all, when Christians have some message to put out there, I don’t see the media running out to talk to any atheist organizations.
Of course, we all know why this was flagged. A handful of Christians can’t deal with the fact that some other group would dare not show them the utmost respect – “respect” being code for “shut the hell up, atheists”. It’s sad and pathetic, if anything. But who knows. Given the actions of these people, I guess I could see Jesus being an Internet troll if he was still kickin’ today. At least then a lot of his followers would be consistent with who he is for a change.
Update: The article has apparently been reviewed. And gasp! it’s appropriate.
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For the Sake of Science 
I don’t like the billboard; to me, it’s overtly antagonistic. I think there’s a place for uncompromising criticism of religion, and even the occasional place for mockery. But this just seems like a great way to reinforce the generally misguided belief that atheists are all a bunch of assholes.