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What is this, like a competition or a race or something?
Atheism is the absence in belief in any god. Not the claim that someone is better than someone else or that someone is guilty.
People want to communicate their ideas, we're a social species.
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My point was some athiests take offence to religions spreading thier message. All I did was show the opposite side of the coin and what athiests are doing now.
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Atheism has a negative stigma in our society to the point that people have to hide it to keep their jobs and families. I don't see how a little affirmative action in the form of billboards to try and raise awareness and let non-believers know they're not alone is a bad thing.
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I wasn't aware of the stigma attached to atheism. I had always assumed Christians were of the minority in todays societyand suffered the abuse. If what you say is true ( I don't doubt what you say) then I can see why they would want some affirmative action. That and open discussion is always good.
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I've got no problem with Christians or any other religion putting up billboards, though a lot of them I think are tasteless and push a morally bankrupt philosophy, but I think the "All religions are fair tales" billboard is tasteless as well.
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I can appreciate some not having problems with billboards and such. I was never one to talk about my beliefs to my friends. Noone even knew I attended a church at one time. Didn't feel it was right to preach to others.