Apologies for the original post, it wasn't very polite of me and pretty rude in places. I seem to make a habit of turning up every few months drunk or hungover and trying to fill a big word quota.Sterling wrote:I'm not advocating putting signs of the side of the bus saying "God exists! Glory Be!". Neither am I a religious guy. I'm simply taking a stance against what is obviously hate speech. You can dress it up any way you like, with technicalities and whatnot, I know when I am being talked down to by these types of organisations. Furthermore, you mention not targeting children. Exactly who do you think the FFRF are going after with their Santa Claus imagery?Hei Long wrote:yada yada yada
When I talk about atheists understand I'm referring to a select group who form groups like that and make it their life's mission to accuse everyone of being backward pagans who believe in fairy tales and tear down nativity scenes from the local mall, and force people to call Christmas "the Winter Festival". Just as I'm sure you understand the extremist factions of religion you are talking about are the minority.
You want to see something that's genuinely ridiculous and offensive? This is the new religion, I'm serious. Perhaps even a cult.
I don't think it is hate speech to say God doesn't exist the same way I don't take it as hate speech towards myself if someone said that God does exist. I don't think the bus thing was particularly dignified compared to say the ones over here (http://www.atheistbus.org.uk/) and you had a very good point about the santa imagery but I think I defended it because I agreed with the general theme that it's good to question these things. Just crudely executed.
That winterval thing was proven to be tabloid nonsense but I get your point.