Way short! They needed 4,678 pledges but only got 877:
Campaigners hoped to raise the raise the £23,400 necessary to buy a prominent two-week slot on a "bendy bus" by collecting £5 pledges from atheists online.The ad was in response to a Christian campaign that run ads on the sides of the bus quoting Scripture:They even made a mock-up photo of a bus carrying their chosen message: "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and get on with your life."
The religious adverts carry Biblical quotes such as: "When the son of man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" and direct readers to the JESUSsaid.org website.When I read this I wondered if there really aren't as many Atheist fundamentalists as they think there are or if they just aren't willing to pay to proclaim their message that there is no God. It's easy to sit on the Internet and blather on about helping the delusional but it's another thing to actually foot the bill for it.
Maybe they didn't like the fact that the sign said "probably." I've never read an atheist online who was that tentative about it.
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*Sigh* You'd think that people would get what current events blogging is all about but no, they think that I need to blather on for pages for this blog to be read. It's as if no one has ever heard of Instapundit.
"they are militant than the run of the mill atheist who doesn't really care what you believe, they just want to be left alone. Those guys would be the ones that I think would want to pay for a sign to proclaim their view"
so... does that go the same for the christians who want to pay to advertise on the sides of buses and on blogs and in books and on billboards across the country? militants who will pay to proclaim their view.
"so... does that go the same for the christians who want to pay to advertise on the sides of buses and on blogs and in books and on billboards across the country? militants who will pay to proclaim their view."
No, they are being evangelical. I would use the word "evangelical" with the atheists but it means "one who proclaims good news" and I don't think their message is good news.
So, if an atheist and a Christian do the exact same thing.. one is 'militant', the other is 'evangelical'.
No different standards there. Naw...
They have well over 4 times the amount needed now, so they can have more busses, in more cities. Enjoy.
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