It may be illegal to post about this down here in the so-called Bible Belt, but here goes. Atheists are putting up billboards in London:
It's the first mass marketing of atheism in Britain – and many in the community of faith say that's just fine. On Jan. 6 some 800 British red "bendy" buses carried the sign: "There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life."
The Atheist Bus Campaign organizer, a young comedienne named Ariane Sherine, took exception last June to several London buses swathed with biblical quotes, placed by Christian fundamentalists. Her idea to fund a few challenge ads took off; donors sent in $200,000 in two days. Ms. Sherine was joined by Oxford zoologist Richard Dawkins, a leading British atheist and author of "The God Delusion."
. . Sherine says she conceived the ads after visiting the fundamentalist website of Christians who sponsored the pro-God bus ads last year. She was shocked to hear that in their interpretation of the Bible, unbelievers would "burn in a lake of fire."
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