Wed Dec 12, 2012, 05:34 PM

DaniDubois (154 posts)

Holiday message: Atheists dub Jesus a 'myth' on Times Square billboard

Keep the MERRY, Dump the MYTH

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Holiday message: Atheists dub Jesus a 'myth' on Times Square billboard (Original post)	DaniDubois	Dec 2012	OP
Here's one of the best things I saw on Facebook:	Zoeisright	Dec 2012	#1
That sums up nicely...	agtcovert	Dec 2012	#2
Come on, it all makes perfect sense	Arugula Latte	Dec 2012	#3
I was religious when I was younger	marlakay	Dec 2012	#68
hrmm...	nobadeeftw	Dec 2012	#327
Zombie.	DireStrike	Dec 2012	#4
Technically, he's a lich	pokerfan	Dec 2012	#40
Very educational!	DireStrike	Dec 2012	#45
Thanks to xchrom!	pokerfan	Dec 2012	#58
Bloody brilliant n/t	white_wolf	Dec 2012	#71
Someone that understands undead.	MrSlayer	Dec 2012	#126
Each of the undead is special in his or her own way	Politicub	Dec 2012	#172
So basically he was Voldemort?	hifiguy	Dec 2012	#223
This message was self-deleted by its author	backscatter712	Dec 2012	#227
J.K. Rowlng's take on a traditional lich's phylactery	white_wolf	Dec 2012	#248
I know what a Horcrux is, I was just wondering what Jesus would use as a Horcrux.	backscatter712	Dec 2012	#255
Hmm maybe a part of the cross?	white_wolf	Dec 2012	#256
D'oh! I self-deleted the wrong post!	backscatter712	Dec 2012	#259
The nails would be good!	backscatter712	Dec 2012	#285
Voldermort was loosely based off the concept of a lich.	white_wolf	Dec 2012	#229
Wikipedia has a lich list	pokerfan	Dec 2012	#244
No. Zombies eat people.	musical_soul	Dec 2012	#92
And Xians eat the (symbolic) body & blood of Jeebus.	stopbush	Dec 2012	#257
inaccurate	nobadeeftw	Dec 2012	#323
It makes you wonder doesn't it? I can't wrap my head around it, but know many who do and	DaniDubois	Dec 2012	#5
Freaking Perfect	malaise	Dec 2012	#7
so much women-hating in old religions.	Liberal_in_LA	Dec 2012	#21
Love it!	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#44
+1000000	Taverner	Dec 2012	#83
That's perfect!	Politicub	Dec 2012	#169
Just copied and pasted (with light editing) for my FB timeline. Many	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#331
So keep the commercial and dump the spiritual	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#6
Sounds rather Republican, doesn't it?	cordelia	Dec 2012	#8
It sounds very corporate-facist, actually	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#9
So, if Santa didn''t exist, there wouldn't be a reason to buy presents for lived ones?	brooklynite	Dec 2012	#265
Without Santa Claus mythology, there would be no reason for kids to have unreasonable expectations	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#266
well actually	nobadeeftw	Dec 2012	#324
Yes makes you wonder who thought of it. Spiritual is not popular in our society.	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#273
Sounds Republican? Republicans are all about jesus and spirits.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#47
You can "make merry" and spend little or no money	obamanut2012	Dec 2012	#11
Ah, but the Cratchit's were religious.	cbayer	Dec 2012	#12
Yes, they were	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#15
There is more to the holidays than black Friday and Jesus Christ.	progressoid	Dec 2012	#24
The atheists who put up that sign would disagree with you	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#29
From the posts you have made, it would seem that it is you who are not informed.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#49
Actually, the atheists who put up that sign are not informed that there is an alternative	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#114
I really do not see what you do.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#121
You see two myths; I see two value systems.	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#284
No,	progressoid	Dec 2012	#66
The "merry" on their sign is not about family, friends, or giving. It's about Santa Claus, a symbol	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#115
Strange semiosis you have there	dmallind	Dec 2012	#147
The semiotics of the Coca-Cola created Santa image is very clear	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#286
Santa is only about that if you let it	liberal_at_heart	Dec 2012	#292
It should be noted	theKed	Dec 2012	#148
The precursors to the corporate Santa did not require parents to buy tons of gifts in his name	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#287
Uh Oh.	progressoid	Dec 2012	#167
You may wear whatever you wish	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#288
Yeah, they must be idiots.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#90
Their poster speaks their opinion. I don't have to read their minds.	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#116
I agree. I think this billboard was not well thought out.	cbayer	Dec 2012	#25
It's quite simplistic in its thinking, actually	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#31
Much better. Something like, one doesn't need christ to share the spirit	cbayer	Dec 2012	#38
I agree.	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#42
Yeah, and I have some beachfront property in Nevada to sell you, too.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#50
That makes no sense	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#117
Sure it does, it's just over your head.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#157
Ad hominem arguments don't help your case	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#197
HA HA HA HA HA OMG LOLOLOLOL	Skittles	Dec 2012	#208
You're an avowed and outspoken Theist	tkmorris	Dec 2012	#204
I am? Wow.	cbayer	Dec 2012	#207
I think you've been very measured and respectful in your responses	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#212
Thank you. And those that make assumptions about what or who I am have their	cbayer	Dec 2012	#214
It's not just about you, I think	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#216
I know of what you speak. I am a hostess in the Religion group.	cbayer	Dec 2012	#217
Unfortunately, I think you're right	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#221
Someone who is not a theist (an atheist or agnostic) would also be lacking in objectivity	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#211
Sure, if you're dumb	jeff47	Dec 2012	#62
^^^THIS^^^	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#113
Look at the sign itself. Their message is clear.	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#118
Or you could actually look at the sign instead of making assumptions	jeff47	Dec 2012	#134
Santa Claus as we know him is a corporate invention	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#198
Santa	Laochtine	Dec 2012	#262
Christianity pre-existed Santa Claus, and unlike the American Santa, is anti-greed	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#268
Santa Claus as you know him is a corporate invention	jeff47	Dec 2012	#275
Read the history of Santa Claus in America	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#280
Again, corporations only get to define him if you want them to.	jeff47	Dec 2012	#299
Just because corporate entities have co-opted Santa doesn't mean Santa = Corporatism	MessiahRp	Dec 2012	#142
So... are you dumb, then??	Ghost in the Machine	Dec 2012	#124
The holidays do not have to be different.	jeff47	Dec 2012	#133
Santa does not automatically equal commercialism.	MessiahRp	Dec 2012	#145
Well, the important thing is that you figured out a way to make yourself feel superior to everyone.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#160
That's my favorite thing about the season. I don't get	Politicub	Dec 2012	#175
Except Santa isn't in that at all	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#218
Companies abuse Santa because there's no trademark.	jeff47	Dec 2012	#274
No reason except for reality	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#279
According to corporations and the media	jeff47	Dec 2012	#300
Really?	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#303
There's a difference between expecting gifts and expect a mountain of gifts.	jeff47	Dec 2012	#304
Please show me where I claimed that.	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#306
Can't read your own thread responses?	jeff47	Dec 2012	#308
"I apologize" would have been the correct response	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#311
Not when you're the one that's wrong.	jeff47	Dec 2012	#314
You claimed I said something I didn't	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#315
Santa is all about sharing and helping others. Santa is a hippie. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#301
The only thing Santa does	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#305
That's sharing or giving and you just didn't hang out with the right hippies, or maybe you	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#309
That spiritual part has been working so very, very well so far, too!	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#46
Dump the commercial and dump the spiritual.	NYC Liberal	Dec 2012	#60
Asking people to dump their religion is not the answer	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#282
Don't see how you could get that from the ad unless you were looking for it. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#125
Didn't have to look, it was there.	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#283
Wow. I think you are projecting here. I'm not angry in the least, but you seem to be rather hostile.	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#289
I stand by my comments to you	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#290
Well, I went back and looked at the OP, then at my reply and I still think it is you	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#291
it doesn't actually say that nt	Deep13	Dec 2012	#276
I don't care whether it's 100% accurate; I love the story.	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#10
It's probably because they see so many things like this all year long	DaniDubois	Dec 2012	#13
OK, I never saw those billboards before, but they are just as stupid if not more so.	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#14
There are thousands of billboards just like those	Mariana	Dec 2012	#23
THOUSANDS? Really?	Bake	Dec 2012	#69
Me neither. Atheistic evangelism is obviously a bigger business than I realized (nt)	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#74
Have never seen this billboards. Where do you live?	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#16
I live in a very conservative area	Terra Alta	Dec 2012	#34
That makes sense	GiaGiovanni	Dec 2012	#36
Even in the areas where they're relatively more common	Mariana	Dec 2012	#97
the funny thing is, the Christians who whine about the billboard in the first post	Terra Alta	Dec 2012	#20
Wow, that's fucking stupid	sakabatou	Dec 2012	#26
I spent a good part of 2011 as an Over The Road trucker traveling the lower 48. Never saw a single	cherokeeprogressive	Dec 2012	#101
If God and I are different, then a larger 'understanding' is needed for us to have a relation	sanatanadharma	Dec 2012	#103
Why do religious people feel threatened by atheists?	Logical	Dec 2012	#32
I don't. But some certainly do.	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#37
There's no need to travel all that way to find them.	Mariana	Dec 2012	#41
Read the sign and re-ask the question	Ter	Dec 2012	#65
Nobody likes being mocked or insulted. I think it's that more than	pnwmom	Dec 2012	#70
If you believe in mythical sky beings, prepare to be mocked LOL	snooper2	Dec 2012	#140
Why do athiests feel threatened by religious people (namely Christians)? nt	Skip Intro	Dec 2012	#93
Because Christianity has a two thousand year history one can research.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#146
So, in 2012, athiests fear mobs of Christians will murder them?	Skip Intro	Dec 2012	#193
Any question prefaced with a "So,..." creates a Straw Man.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#200
How about a mob	Laochtine	Dec 2012	#264
Yes, and Stalin was a warm cuddly guy in the name of atheism. (nt)	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#220
Reaction to Imperial Rule backed by the Orthodox Church.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#242
Lots of Atheists used to be involved in the church or even ministry	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#247
And you claimed he killed in the name of Atheism. That's not true.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#249
Didn't you just say	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#250
And he did the same to Marxists, supporters of Lenin, and Communist Party members.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#252
George W. Bush is a Christian,	yortsed snacilbuper	Dec 2012	#254
Madelyn Murry O'Hair said it well;	A HERETIC I AM	Dec 2012	#258
I believe you're confusing "threatened" with "annoyed"	Union Scribe	Dec 2012	#237
It is from that single story that has sprung one of the most destructive forces known to humanity.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#51
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#61
Good point.	randome	Dec 2012	#72
"With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil..."	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#106
Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth.	white_wolf	Dec 2012	#77
And good point.	randome	Dec 2012	#80
That's my problem with moderate Christianity.	white_wolf	Dec 2012	#81
I hear you but most do NOT accept the Bible as the word of God.	randome	Dec 2012	#82
But they DO accept it that way, for exactly the reasons you listed.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#108
Oh bloody hogwash -	LTX	Dec 2012	#162
You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how wilfully ignorant it may be.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#177
Remarkable -	LTX	Dec 2012	#178
Maybe not, but only because believers broke the irony meter eons ago.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#180
I don't know why that's relevant to the point, but	LTX	Dec 2012	#188
I am not very familiar with that.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#191
All depends on your definition of supernatural.	LTX	Dec 2012	#194
"A cult like devotion where one's family should be cut off if they don't believe."	cherokeeprogressive	Dec 2012	#102
Scary, isn't it.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#107
Zactly. We differ on which we believe is the worst though...	cherokeeprogressive	Dec 2012	#111
You just may be right.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#112
I've noticed that too	liberal_at_heart	Dec 2012	#293
Do we really need to go through the exercise where I rebut you with terrible things from the bible..	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#105
That's all well and good	theKed	Dec 2012	#151
None of which are original or unique to Christianity	jberryhill	Dec 2012	#159
You seem to be reversing cause and effect	jberryhill	Dec 2012	#158
This is traditionally the point where someone brings up the Crusades (nt)	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#166
While ignoring the fact that Damascus was invading Europe before the Crusades pulled them back.	ieoeja	Dec 2012	#183
There were no wars prior to the Crusades?	jberryhill	Dec 2012	#184
Organized religion, and especially christianity, has brought more death, destruction, and suffering	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#174
How is your point made?	jberryhill	Dec 2012	#186
that is the most absurd thing I have ever read, other than that billboard	nobadeeftw	Dec 2012	#320
Greed and nationalism based on imaginary lines on map?	LanternWaste	Dec 2012	#235
Agreed ^^	nobadeeftw	Dec 2012	#321
Lol.	Union Scribe	Dec 2012	#241
evangelizing atheism! now that's got some irony!!	yawnmaster	Dec 2012	#17
it's all about freedom of speech.	Terra Alta	Dec 2012	#22
hmmmm....if the myth is dumped as they ask, they have gained a convert!	yawnmaster	Dec 2012	#43
Convert to what?	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#53
To atheism! there is even an organization and a website! eom	yawnmaster	Dec 2012	#206
!	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#263
Allowed to, sure	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#222
Yup. There are fundie atheists, too,	pnwmom	Dec 2012	#30
Well, if it makes you feel better to tell yourself that...	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#54
I think you are a prime example.	kwassa	Dec 2012	#76
Judge not lest ye be judged?	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#109
Hi. Why are you so persistently contentious, belittling and dismissive in any discussion	pinto	Dec 2012	#86
I know you don't.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#110
Sorry.	truebluegreen	Dec 2012	#63
Yeah except fundie atheists carry books and microphones.	white_wolf	Dec 2012	#79
lemme fix that for you	theKed	Dec 2012	#152
Or you can say evangelizing science...	snooper2	Dec 2012	#141
huh?? your point is not clear. plus what is the spirit energy the contains atoms?? eom	yawnmaster	Dec 2012	#209
Why is that ironic?	ieoeja	Dec 2012	#185
you see, evangelism is usually equated with religion, yet this billboard is clearly...	yawnmaster	Dec 2012	#210
All advertising for a cause of some sort is technically evangelism.	Bradical79	Dec 2012	#215
definition two below	yawnmaster	Dec 2012	#239
Fox News didn't like it one bit	pokerfan	Dec 2012	#18
Are you surprised?	Terra Alta	Dec 2012	#27
For some people, that's one of the benefits of being a Christian.	Mariana	Dec 2012	#35
This message was self-deleted by its author	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#67
Atheists wrap Anchorage buses in ads saying "Imagine no religion"	Blue_In_AK	Dec 2012	#19
I can imagine a world with no religion, and in it...	yawnmaster	Dec 2012	#48
True, but the less tools for destruction we have at our disposal, the better.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#55
it won't make any difference. The unintended consequences alone are not worth it. eom	yawnmaster	Dec 2012	#205
why?	Enrique	Dec 2012	#28
I see no reason to dump the myth	theKed	Dec 2012	#153
I'm not appalled by religious people believing absurd things.	baldguy	Dec 2012	#33
Saying Jesus doesn't exist is no more or less offensive	RedCappedBandit	Dec 2012	#39
This is why I don't call myself an atheist.	randome	Dec 2012	#52
I say I'm not a theist. Or a deist. Or a skiist. nt	valerief	Dec 2012	#56
What about a 'bee-ist'? What's not to like about bees?	randome	Dec 2012	#57
I love me some honeybees! I'm a beeist, for sure. :)	valerief	Dec 2012	#59
Very mean and militantly hostile for no reason	Ter	Dec 2012	#64
....or they made a few realize that there is, in fact, no god	Taverner	Dec 2012	#84
No. No they didn't. What they did do is create	cordelia	Dec 2012	#95
Those people were already hostile to atheists	Warpy	Dec 2012	#98
And this badly thought out sign is going to help?	cordelia	Dec 2012	#132
We can see that it revealed YOUR hostility, so it really was well thought out, wasn't it.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#165
I just object to creating churn where and when it's	cordelia	Dec 2012	#182
There it is! There is that christian love I hear so much about.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#190
You don't get it	Warpy	Dec 2012	#246
That hostility already existed. If it did anything, it pulled back the curtain on that hostility.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#164
I don't see how someone who is not hostile toward atheists would suddenly be filled with rage.	Bradical79	Dec 2012	#219
Oh, I see	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#224
Thing is, logically, if you spell it out, there is no god	Taverner	Dec 2012	#232
You belief in God or not is irrelevant	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#236
I was converted to a composter because of a billboard	Taverner	Dec 2012	#251
you don't make someone realize there is no God anymore than Christians make people realize	liberal_at_heart	Dec 2012	#294
I agree. nt	Skip Intro	Dec 2012	#89
This atheist agrees	loyalsister	Dec 2012	#104
I'll Tell You Why...	WiffenPoof	Dec 2012	#120
there is a difference in fighting for you freedoms and trying to eradicate religion	liberal_at_heart	Dec 2012	#295
Here's one answer to your question	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#122
Not seeing the connection to what I was talking about	loyalsister	Dec 2012	#149
Anything short of utter silence on the part of atheists leads to pain and defensiveness among theist	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#161
Jeez	loyalsister	Dec 2012	#173
You know I've never knowingly met another atheist?	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#230
Really?	loyalsister	Dec 2012	#260
talk to some young people	liberal_at_heart	Dec 2012	#297
"Their mythology is their business." - If that were the reality of the world, you would have a point	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#168
A public she sign is directed at public consumption	loyalsister	Dec 2012	#201
your post is the best post of the thread	liberal_at_heart	Dec 2012	#296
Oh gimme a break.	backscatter712	Dec 2012	#131
That's fine those fucking idiots are a dying breed...	snooper2	Dec 2012	#143
"Very mean and militantly hostile"	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#163
You can't see it	Union Scribe	Dec 2012	#243
Stop it Smalls, you're killing me!!!	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#261
Of course, how could we have missed it for so long! It's the atheist's fault.	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#302
BTW the Obamas have no less than 54 Christmas Trees (not "Holiday Trees") in the White House,	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#73
Don't tell the religious right that.	musical_soul	Dec 2012	#94
I have heard right wingers	treestar	Dec 2012	#310
Well, I guess the 54 Christmas trees could be to throw us off the scent.....	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#313
Whatever.	mn9driver	Dec 2012	#75
As a christian I have no problem with this board. The locals complaining should spend their time	hrmjustin	Dec 2012	#78
I wish I could rec this post	Marrah_G	Dec 2012	#135
Isn't the Crucifixtion more of an Easter thing?	Bok_Tukalo	Dec 2012	#85
It would, but people view the Nativity scene with such affection that	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#88
There's a parade where I live close to Thanksgiving and Easter.	musical_soul	Dec 2012	#99
Ermmm.. have you seen where atheists rank in tests of religious knowledge?	dmallind	Dec 2012	#150
god, protect me from your followers!	yortsed snacilbuper	Dec 2012	#87
Isn't it funny.....	musical_soul	Dec 2012	#91
Few adults base their political opinions on a profound belief in Santa Claus	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#123
The difference is one is a fairy tale people know is made up, the other fairy tale	snooper2	Dec 2012	#144
How many laws have been	Laochtine	Dec 2012	#267
Is this really the most positive message?	SpartanDem	Dec 2012	#96
Some group ran that kind of ad on buses	Mariana	Dec 2012	#100
Oh the horror!! The poor Christians must feel so put-upon.	gtar100	Dec 2012	#119
Oh my, how sensitive the fantasy believers are.	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#127
Santa is weird choice for the first pic, because Santa is a myth. nt	ZombieHorde	Dec 2012	#128
Good Evidence That Jesus Was A Myth Created By The Romans	cantbeserious	Dec 2012	#129
I have no problem with the board but why feed the idiots at FOX?	gordianot	Dec 2012	#130
This message was hidden by jury decision.	Puzzledtraveller	Dec 2012	#136
Ah, capitalism	gollygee	Dec 2012	#137
Everyone has "myths," even atheists. Not polite to rub it in people's faces.	yellowcanine	Dec 2012	#138
Really? Like what? What myths do atheists share?	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#170
Not saying atheists share the same myths. How did you get that?	yellowcanine	Dec 2012	#199
That they're smarter than everyone else, for starters.	Union Scribe	Dec 2012	#238
The myth is the date, place and holiday.	mmonk	Dec 2012	#139
What evidence is that? apart from the Bible that is?	hobbit709	Dec 2012	#154
Here are some links. Mind you, the historical Jesus was just a person, not a god.	mmonk	Dec 2012	#179
I tend to lean towards him existing, but the links are pretty worthless on their own.	Bradical79	Dec 2012	#231
no evidence what so ever that he was some sort of magical being......	bowens43	Dec 2012	#155
This is true. I did not claim there was.	mmonk	Dec 2012	#156
The date, place, holiday, miracles, words he supposedly said...	Bradical79	Dec 2012	#225
Words that contradict the message or are problematic	mmonk	Dec 2012	#228
Not sure I understand	Bradical79	Dec 2012	#233
The Gospels, letters, etc. have many	mmonk	Dec 2012	#245
There is? Can you point me to where I might see this ecidence for myself?	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#171
Here ya go.	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#181
.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#189
More (actual books as opposed to the internet)......	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#192
They all use the bible as a source.	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#269
Amongst historians, the Bible is considered a valid secondary source....	LanternWaste	Dec 2012	#271
I would challenge any historian that used the bible as a valid source to support an assertion	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#278
That's a false conclusion	nobadeeftw	Dec 2012	#328
It's not just bible sources there are Roman historial	SpartanDem	Dec 2012	#312
Christians will point to the Annals by Tacitus.	yortsed snacilbuper	Dec 2012	#317
+infinity!	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#319
This is why atheists continue to have an image problem.	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2012	#176
Point taken	nobadeeftw	Dec 2012	#326
So only religious people should advertise their beliefs but atheists should never speak up?	Arugula Latte	Dec 2012	#333
Score one for the good guys!	datasuspect	Dec 2012	#187
Do they have one for Hanukkah as well? Or are they afraid of Israel?	The Straight Story	Dec 2012	#195
Judah Macabee was arguably a violent extremist, but he likely had an objective historical existence.	Warren DeMontague	Dec 2012	#203
Why?	mmonk	Dec 2012	#213
I like truth in advertising	moobu2	Dec 2012	#196
ZOMG!!! TEH FIEEEENDS! ZOMG O NO	Warren DeMontague	Dec 2012	#202
The money for that billboard could have gone to the Atheist soup kitchens,	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#226
Lol.	Union Scribe	Dec 2012	#240
There certainly are a lot of people telling me how best to celebrate a holiday...	LanternWaste	Dec 2012	#234
'atheists' who would bother to spend the money for this aren't really atheists. IOW: "Who cares?"	Bill USA	Dec 2012	#253
no true scotsman nt	Deep13	Dec 2012	#277
It would be nice to define one's own beliefs without dumping on someone elses	Matariki	Dec 2012	#270
What about church signs that tell us we're going to burn if we don't believe?	Arugula Latte	Dec 2012	#316
Those are so common, they don't attract much attention.	Mariana	Dec 2012	#318
Are you five years old?	SpartanDem	Dec 2012	#322
You know what? I'm nearly 50, and I've been hearing neverending noise about how "GOD IS REAL"	Warren DeMontague	Dec 2012	#329
I'm just pointing out that there is poutrage over one sign in NYC	Arugula Latte	Dec 2012	#332
What if somebody put up a billboard saying Santa Claus wasn't real?	undeterred	Dec 2012	#272
I prefer the Good without God signs	liberal_at_heart	Dec 2012	#281
Christianity has survived a lot more than silly signs.	Zax2me	Dec 2012	#298
Too bad that can't be said for so many other religions and their practitioners that xtianity	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#307
True	nobadeeftw	Dec 2012	#325
Right, and no one ever tells them to shut up.	Arugula Latte	Dec 2012	#334
TEH FIENDS!~!!!!	Warren DeMontague	Dec 2012	#330
I wonder if Joe McDonald knows about this one?	yortsed snacilbuper	Dec 2012	#335

Response to DaniDubois (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 05:48 PM

Zoeisright (7,805 posts)

1. Here's one of the best things I saw on Facebook:

Christianity: Sending telepathic messages to a Jewish ghost letting him know that you will accept him as your master and ask him to remove a magical curse that was passed down to you because an old woman that was made from the rib of her partner ate a piece of magical fruit from a magical tree because a talking snake told her to.

As me again why I'm an atheist?

Holiday message: Atheists dub Jesus a 'myth' on Times Square billboard

1. Here's one of the best things I saw on Facebook:

2. That sums up nicely...

3. Come on, it all makes perfect sense

68. I was religious when I was younger

327. hrmm...

4. Zombie.

40. Technically, he's a lich

45. Very educational!

58. Thanks to xchrom!

71. Bloody brilliant n/t

126. Someone that understands undead.

172. Each of the undead is special in his or her own way

223. So basically he was Voldemort?

248. J.K. Rowlng's take on a traditional lich's phylactery

255. I know what a Horcrux is, I was just wondering what Jesus would use as a Horcrux.

256. Hmm maybe a part of the cross?

259. D'oh! I self-deleted the wrong post!

285. The nails would be good!

229. Voldermort was loosely based off the concept of a lich.

244. Wikipedia has a lich list

92. No. Zombies eat people.

257. And Xians eat the (symbolic) body & blood of Jeebus.

323. inaccurate

5. It makes you wonder doesn't it? I can't wrap my head around it, but know many who do and

7. Freaking Perfect

21. so much women-hating in old religions.

44. Love it!

83. +1000000

169. That's perfect!

331. Just copied and pasted (with light editing) for my FB timeline. Many

6. So keep the commercial and dump the spiritual

8. Sounds rather Republican, doesn't it?

9. It sounds very corporate-facist, actually

265. So, if Santa didn''t exist, there wouldn't be a reason to buy presents for lived ones?

266. Without Santa Claus mythology, there would be no reason for kids to have unreasonable expectations

324. well actually

273. Yes makes you wonder who thought of it. Spiritual is not popular in our society.

47. Sounds Republican? Republicans are all about jesus and spirits.

11. You can "make merry" and spend little or no money

12. Ah, but the Cratchit's were religious.

15. Yes, they were

24. There is more to the holidays than black Friday and Jesus Christ.

29. The atheists who put up that sign would disagree with you

49. From the posts you have made, it would seem that it is you who are not informed.

114. Actually, the atheists who put up that sign are not informed that there is an alternative

121. I really do not see what you do.

284. You see two myths; I see two value systems.

66. No,

115. The "merry" on their sign is not about family, friends, or giving. It's about Santa Claus, a symbol

147. Strange semiosis you have there

286. The semiotics of the Coca-Cola created Santa image is very clear

292. Santa is only about that if you let it

148. It should be noted

287. The precursors to the corporate Santa did not require parents to buy tons of gifts in his name

167. Uh Oh.

288. You may wear whatever you wish

90. Yeah, they must be idiots.

116. Their poster speaks their opinion. I don't have to read their minds.

25. I agree. I think this billboard was not well thought out.

31. It's quite simplistic in its thinking, actually

38. Much better. Something like, one doesn't need christ to share the spirit

42. I agree.

50. Yeah, and I have some beachfront property in Nevada to sell you, too.

117. That makes no sense

157. Sure it does, it's just over your head.

197. Ad hominem arguments don't help your case

208. HA HA HA HA HA OMG LOLOLOLOL

204. You're an avowed and outspoken Theist

207. I am? Wow.

212. I think you've been very measured and respectful in your responses

214. Thank you. And those that make assumptions about what or who I am have their

216. It's not just about you, I think

217. I know of what you speak. I am a hostess in the Religion group.

221. Unfortunately, I think you're right

211. Someone who is not a theist (an atheist or agnostic) would also be lacking in objectivity

62. Sure, if you're dumb

113. ^^^THIS^^^

118. Look at the sign itself. Their message is clear.

134. Or you could actually look at the sign instead of making assumptions