The Ad Campaign
The campaign is in England and they have been trying the same thing in Edmonton, atheists are buying ad spaces on buses that read, “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”
To the horror of a lot Christians, I have little problem with the ad campaign. I live in a free country, people can say what they like. I’m not going to get in the way because I don’t want anyone getting in the way when I talk to someone about Jesus.
But there are 2 things that I’d like to point out about the ads, each one expresses a certain amount of hypocrisy. And before I start it needs to be noted that it is not agnostics putting up the ads, it is atheists.
First, The ad claims that people who struggle to believe in God worry and don’t enjoy life – so they should give up that struggle. The problem with this is that first it’s a gross generalization also the head of the campaign in England (Richard Dawkins) is a scientist who would champion the quest for knowledge and truth, not give up on it – like the ad suggests.
Second, the slogan uses the word ‘probably’. This is equivalent to a Christian saying, “Jesus probably died for our sins”. These are atheists and yet instead of advertising what they really believe they’ve softened it up.
Why?
Well, agnosticism is an easier sell and because, just like theism, atheism is impossible to prove. They may have felt that they’ve taken the intellectual high ground, but they’ve compromised their beliefs to sway people to their ‘acceptable’ standard instead of their ‘ideal’.
Here’s my suggestion: If your going to put out an ad campaign sell your own brand (atheism), not someone else’s (agnosticism)
