"The sides of some of London's red buses will soon carry ads asserting there is "probably no God," as nonbelievers fight what they say is the preferential treatment given to religion in British society.
Organizers of a campaign to raise funds for the ads said Wednesday they received more than $113,000 in donations, almost seven times their target, in the hours since they launched the project on a charity Web site. Supporters include Oxford University biologist Richard Dawkins, who donated $9,000."
Well they sure have their freedom of speech. That's good. I'm not really buying into this being good for Christians; promoting dialogue, initiating a discussion, or whatever else.
I'll say what I've always said, if people are leaving the Church in a free society, it's a failure of the Church. If the Church can't put rational and reasoned apologies for the Faith against atheism or any other world view, people will leave. It's that simple.
Meanwhile Richard Dawkins didn't think they went far enough:
"Dawkins said that as an atheist he "wasn't wild" about the ad's assertion that there was "probably" no God."
-Steve K.
Organizers of a campaign to raise funds for the ads said Wednesday they received more than $113,000 in donations, almost seven times their target, in the hours since they launched the project on a charity Web site. Supporters include Oxford University biologist Richard Dawkins, who donated $9,000."
Well they sure have their freedom of speech. That's good. I'm not really buying into this being good for Christians; promoting dialogue, initiating a discussion, or whatever else.
I'll say what I've always said, if people are leaving the Church in a free society, it's a failure of the Church. If the Church can't put rational and reasoned apologies for the Faith against atheism or any other world view, people will leave. It's that simple.
Meanwhile Richard Dawkins didn't think they went far enough:
"Dawkins said that as an atheist he "wasn't wild" about the ad's assertion that there was "probably" no God."
-Steve K.
