Kickstarting Atheist Baby Shoes

[rug]

Cory Doctorow at 12:51 pm Mon, Oct 28, 2013

David from Berlin's Atheist Shoe Company sends us, "a Kickstarter for Atheist Baby Shoes - super snuggly handmade shoes, the soles of which are screenprinted with homages to the only higher powers babies know... Our slightly peculiar video explains all - highlights are the 'Atheist Baby Experiment' at the 1:40 mark and the 'Booby' power-ballad at 5:37."

We're pretty sure all babies are born atheists and, rather than commit them to some religion before they're old enough to have a say (let alone control their pooping functions) we'd rather celebrate their undoubted belief in Mummy, Daddy and breasts.

The shoes are basically a mini version of our grown-up Atheist Shoes, handmade with a lot of love in Berlin.

We'll alo have them for same sex couples... with "I believe in Daddy & Daddy" and "I believe in Mummy & Mummy" sole pairings. And we'll have a vegan-friendly version.

http://boingboing.net/2013/10/28/kickstarting-atheist-baby-shoe.html



8:35 video at link.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1497254033/atheist-baby-shoes

[xfundy]

1. Just groveling.

It gets tiresome.

[rug]

3. What's groveling?

[Niceguy1]

2. I believe in boobyies, too lol

[cbayer]

4. Be careful. This could be seen as childhood indoctrination.

[rug]

5. Check the video at 1:50.

[cbayer]

6. No video at this time. But the pictures are pretty priceless.

[rug]

7. The whole thing is pretty funny. Check it out when you arrive at civilization.

At 1:50 begins "The Atheist Baby Experiment". The put the baby on the ground, his parents on one side, a picture of God on the other side. He crawls toward his parents. Voilà!

[cbayer]

8. OK. That sounds hilarious.

I will be moving further and further away from civilization as we know it.

Our current reception does include Fox News in english though!

[WovenGems]

9. What???

A picture of God?

[rug]

10. Yup, the picture is blurred but it's a depiction.

[Gore1FL]

11. The bastard wouldn't pose for me.

I had to settle for taking a picture of Muhammad.

[struggle4progress]

12. Learning that Mummy and Daddy are less wonderful than imagined will be a rude-awakening

I suspect Mummy and Daddy may not enjoy Baby Shoes' adolescent years