All aboard the atheist bus

Well I have just pledged by 5gbp to this quite funny little idea.

Politically and intellectually is probabaly (likely) quite a useless move. But its damn funny and thats enough for me

Do you ever get annoyed by those religious ads you see? TV comedy writer Ariane Sherine does, so she wrote an amusing article for The Guardian suggesting that atheists club together and pay for their own.

She worked out if 4,680 atheists contribute £5 that would pay for an ad on a London bendy bus for a two weeks. The slogan: "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and get on with your life."

Original idea here: Freethinker

Facebook pledge point here for those on facebook: Facebook apps

And I beleive pledges can also be made: here

If it's a bendy bus, that's quite likely.

Hmmm... Shouldn't that be more of an agnostic bus than an atheist one?

I'd prefer: There is no god. Now stop worrying...

Regardless, I've pledged.

Scroll through the archives of any news service.

It's always busloads of pilgrims that go off some mountain road, crash into swollen rivers, leap the parapet of some gorge-spanning bridge or burst into flames after colliding with another busload of pilgrims.

I know which bus I'm on.

yeah, the athiest bus would be decked out with rollbars, cattle catcher, and a monster grille. because you only live once!!!

and some speakers on the outside, like tom wolfe

This thread is just more pablum for theophobic bigots.

Yes, it is. If you are an atheist, honk ! <HONK>

You could probably ride in one of these buses for a discount.

In that case...

Yep, but at least we don't try to foist our views on you.

You do realise you're an athiest too, right? We just go one god further.

Er...wrong thread BB?

No, if you're theophobic and a bigot...then Nobama is the perfect target for you. Besides, he likes to throw his friends under buses.

Read the ad, Bad, read the ad.

Probably. Nice word. No great claim to being the one conduit for the eternal truth being made there. Hardly qualifies as foisting. Not really on a par with a belief system that damns everybody who does not believe in exactly what I believe in.

Why don't you "probably" contribute?

Seems religious beleif precludes a sense of humour. Regardless Im glad I got at least one person to pledge

Come on all you facebookers. Stick on a pledge, if only to annoy our resident bible basher-cum-conspiracy theorist.

Love to continue this...but the atheist/agnostic mods have once again modified/deleted some of my brilliant posts...so I'm out of this thread. May it die an atheist death.

I pledged.

I would rather pledge and donate to a decent cause.

Like buying BadBob an intellect?

More about putting your money where your mouth is if you really believe in something, as opposed to pledging money for something thats not going to happen.

I think getting the cash together is entirely plausible. 4600 odd people isn't that many in the world of the intarwebs

My pledge was just a vote. If they actually get enough people together then that is just a bonus! Meanwhile hopefully it narks the god botherers a bit.

Meanwhile watch this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7484662.stm

It's about the new private $20M Citation Jet used by a church in the USA for ski trips. They land it on their own private church runway.

pledge to buying badbob a coloring book.

Im more interested to see what the backlash will be like. Since it is a directly religious message.

Take for example the recent Cute Police Dog story. Something that had nothing to do with religion actually caused a huge amount of outrage. So imagine how much news this will make.

I would actually suggest a different message if it was up to me but the idea itself is both interesting to see how people take it, and just damn funny to boot.

I wonder how many atheists are among the disciples of [insert name of politician here], chanting slogans, waving flags, carrying balloons and gazing on their chosen one with rapture!

probably not many as every politician has to get onto the church bus.

There is not enough money in the whole world.

Sin:

Still building the death ray for BondJamesBond?

Ah! Your naïvety is more than my 5-year old son's. Bless you, and thanks for the laugh.

Well its back. The first attempt at this failed and then it was realised that the London bus companies quoted too high a figure. So everything has been fixed now and they are trying again with a smaller target this time.


and the reason it will work this time:


At last count they were just short of 2000. So over 25% of the way there in only a few hours.

Information here.

And we have 50%!

We're going to be on the news, wohoo

Target matched and at this time exceeded by 852,98 GBP. Thanks all

From the organisers:

£7,832.48, brilliant.

£ 8,997.48

I am impressed to see AC Grayling just threw in 500 big ones.

haha.. £ 12,268.00.. it just keeps going up.. such a noble cause it makes you feel good just looking at it...

OUTRAGE!! WTF. I hadnt heard of this and just read it. Thats fucking appalling!

"His incredible world-wide popularity - he has attracted record visitor numbers to our website - led us to believe Rebel could play a starring role in the promotion of our non-emergency number."

Perfectably acceptable for the vast majority of the population but once again PC Britain bowing down to a minority of idiots who feel they should have a platform.

"A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman's hat advertising a Scottish police force's new telephone number has sparked outrage from Muslims. "

Is it a surprise that the BNP is on the rise if a small puppy used in an advert can cause "outrage" amongst a minority-recent-immigrant group???

What about the Andrex Puppy?

Like almost always in these cases, it is likely to be a very small number of people that took offence. But it gets people like yourself all riled up and therefore makes a good story and sells. That's why we have to here about such nonsense all the time.

Just sent a bulk email to friends in the states for this.

u idiots would believe anything

Well, at least the the filthy, unclean mutt was trying to clean itself with bog paper...

Fixed it.

Fixed what? Seems to me you have just edited a quote? Isnt there some legal comeback on doing things like that?

That line would look good on the atheist bus.

The Times

All LIES, LIES, LIES...

Edit:

If there is no God then we are to blame for all the shit we cause and do... which would be a lot of crap.

Actually, even if there is a God we are still to blame for all the shit we cause and do...

I still dont see why labrador puppies should feel the wrath of that though

Anything that will run off with bog paper just as you need it deserves all it gets....

Over 22 grand now. http://www.justgiving.com/atheistbus

If Atheists can afford that much they should be taxed more. Not being a religion - no tax exemption

Excellent, religions advertising on telly that they are the cheapest church to support.

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