The atheist bus campaign was done with two goals in mind: get people talking about not believing and help them to stop needless worrying. Of course, the second point to that was unlikely to occur, but the intent was at least there. Now some Christian groups, instead of desiring to improve the lives of their fellow humans, just want to take petty jabs.
Beginning Feb. 9, three separate Christian groups will launch advertisements on more than 200 of London’s buses to convince pedestrians of God’s existence. “It may be unpopular and unpleasant, says David Larlham, the assistant general secretary of London’s Trinitarian Bible Society, a group that distributes bibles worldwide, “but there is a whole lot of truth in the bible that people need to get to grips with.” His organization has paid $50,000 to display posters on 125 of London’s red double-decker buses that quote Psalm 53: “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.”
Wouldn’t this organization’s time be better spent telling people something at least intended to be useful? With the atheist message – “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life” – there is the clear intent of easing the stress induced by all the nutty bus messages telling people they’re going to burn in hell. For these Christians, the message is “You’re an idiot if you don’t believe in magic.” They have no interest in doing any good. As with most Christians, their bread and butter issues are really just petty interests with no real concern for other human beings.
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