More atheist Advertising Reach Out

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http://www.examiner.com/x-8776-Boston-Atheism-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Atheist-Ad-Campaign-hits-Boston

Atheist Ad Campaign hits Boston

All across the country and in other parts of the world, atheist ad campaigns have been popping up on city buses and trains. Now Boston is taking part with signs showing up on MBTA trains with ads stating, “Good without God? Millions of Americans are.” These words are part of a multi-organizational campaign to raise awareness about atheists, non-believers, and secular humanists. The website on the ad, BostonCoR.org, is a great resource for finding local atheist and humanist groups, of which the Boston Atheists are a member.

http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=18950
New T ads reach out to Hub’s nonbelievers

by David Abel
The Boston Globe

Beside ads beckoning believers to explore Islam, attend services at the Boston Chinese Evangelical Church, or learn about the healing powers of Christian Science, the walls of the city's subway cars will make room this month for another creed: nonbelief.

A group called the Boston Area Coalition of Reason has spent $11,000 to buy ads on more than 200 subway cars on the Red Line and Green Line to raise awareness about people who believe that God is a myth. Surveys suggest that they account for an increasing number of Americans.

The ads, which were unveiled yesterday and will be up for the next month, are set in a background of blue sky with puffy clouds. The bold-lettered message reads: "Good without God? Millions of Americans Are.''

"The point of this 'Good without God' campaign is to reach out to the millions of humanists, atheists, and agnostics living in the United States,'' said Fred Edwords, head of the United Coalition of Reason, which is sponsoring the campaign in Boston, as well as similar efforts in New York, New Jersey, and Chicago. "Nontheists sometimes don't realize there's a community out there for them, because they're inundated with religious messages at every turn. So we hope this will serve as a beacon and let them know they aren't alone.''

Woot!

-Cindy in Fort Lauderdale

[Soylent Brice]

1. good. that makes

Boston
Chicago
New York

where else so far?

i know they were doing something similar in London before all of these.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

2. Make room for "another creed"?????

Here's the definition of Creed from dictionary.com:

creed  –noun
1. any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
2. any system or codification of belief or of opinion.
3. an authoritative, formulated statement of the chief articles of Christian belief, as the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, or the Athanasian Creed.

Atheism has not ever and never will be a "creed" as it's used in the common vernacular. Even when writing an allegedly non-opinionated piece, they use terminology that accuses us of being "just another religion".

Maybe I'm just sensitive?

[Warpy]

3. It's a creed

like not collecting stamps is a hobby.

[Soylent Brice]

4. damn that's funny.