'No God' campaign draws complaint

[Abdul Alhazred]

Secondly, it refers to a very well known ad campaign, in the UK, for Carlsberg lager which has the tag line, "Probably the best lager in the world" ...

Copying beer ads wouldn't work in the USA:

Atheism is the one "ism" to have, when you're having more than one ...

 

[Sunstealer]

The ultimate irony is the total fecklessness of the atheist ad campaign.

Probably no God.

It's like they stuck in probably to satisfy agnostics and nitpickers. Rather than project confidence.

Because no one is going to be lured away from religion by being told to "enjoy life".

Think about it.

Er no. Why do I think that is what you would like to be the case, however, if you'd bothered to do some research before projecting then you would have seen that it was to satisfy the regulatory body.

Some supporters of the movement, which has now paid for 800 bendy-buses across Britain to carry the posters for a month as well as placing 1,000 adverts on Tube trains, had wanted a stronger slogan that denied God's existence categorically. But the word "probably" was included in order to meet ASA rules.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...ead-to-watchdog-ruling-on-Gods-existence.html

 

[Undesired Walrus]

Because the British government already offically acknowledges the existence of God through the existence of the State religion, Church Of England. The Queen is the head of both the British government and the titular leader of the faith.

For the court to rule against the existence of God, is to rule itself out of existence

You exaggerate. All these things are in name, tradition only, and there is little to no enthusiasm for the Christian God in Britain anymore. There are hardly any religous members of the cabinet, and in comparison to the one in the United States, the British Government is a secular paradise.

The Queen is on one side, but remember the face on the other side of the Ten Pound Note.

 

[MetalPig]

I don't like the atheist slogan at all. It implies that those that aren't convinced of god's non-existence tend to worry and not enjoy their lives. I don't think that's true at all.

 

[jjramsey]

Must be great minds. I was going to say picture the scene from "Miracle On 34th Street" In my other post

Which version of Miracle On 34th Street? I found four on IMDB:

1. The 1947 original, when Natalie Wood was still a little kid.
2. A 1959 version that I hadn't even known had existed until I searched IMDB.
3. A 1973 version with Sebastian Cabot as Santa Claus that I had heard of but not seen.
4. A 1994 version that I wish I'd never seen and thought was woefully inferior to the original.

I know that the court scenes in the original and the 1994 versions are different. The first "proved" that Kris Kringle was Santy Claus because the U.S. Postal Service mailed all the Santa letters to him, while the last version had the defense lawyer arguing from the "In God We Trust" on our paper money.

Hmm, this is starting to look more like an post for the Movies, TV, Music, Computer Gaming, and other Entertainment forum. Oh, well.

 

[arthwollipot]

I'd rather have an atheist bulldozer...

I'd rather have an atheist teapot...

 

[Aitch]

I'm not sure about my teapot. It dribbles a lot - what does that say about it?

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

I'm not sure about my teapot. It dribbles a lot - what does that say about it?

It's getting old? Maybe a checkup is in order?

 

[slingblade]

It's holey, and needs worshiping.

 

[Darat]

Anything that can contain The TEA is worthy of worship!

 

[arthwollipot]

The Tea that can be seen is not the true Tea.

 

[DeusPhasmatis]

Did the Tea Maker send his only Tea Bag to be steeped for our sins?

 

[Evolved Wookie]

The Tea Maker - the Lord Russel Hobbs - sent his prophet Twinings to the world, who begat two children whose names were called as 'Lord Grey' and 'Lady Grey'.

And lo, many did come on the face of the tea-tray and spake of the daemon PG-Tipps and the Prince of Styrofoam, Yorkshire Tea himself.

There are many sects, but the Path of the Lord and the Lady are the true path. Search your heart; you know it to be true.

 

[Big Les]

HERESY!!!!!!!!!!! There is no god but the one true Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Assam! Worship the Assam!!!!!

But I love the idea of a tea-based religion. Hell, based upon my consumption levels, I can go right in at prophet level and skip all that unseemly grovelling.

Surely there must already be a parody religion based on the Celestial Teapot?

This is brilliant - Ariane Sherine giving a secular Humanist "Thought for the Day" on Radio 4, and doing one hell of a job IMO.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/ipm

 

[INRM]

The only thing that worried me about those signs was that the particular wording about "Stop Worrying and Enjoy Your Life" -- It sounded as if to some people it would be interpreted as "Stop worrying about behaving ethically and enjoy your life"

I am not saying that Atheists are amoral/immoral/unethical, etc (I know a lot of people who are atheists are really sensitive about that) -- It just sounded like the billboard was suggesting that people stop worrying about behaving ethically.

God or No God -- if people stopped behaving themselves ethically, society would cease to exist.

 

[DeusPhasmatis]

That's why there are laws.

 

[gdnp]

HERESY!!!!!!!!!!! There is no god but the one true Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Assam! Worship the Assam!!!!!

But I love the idea of a tea-based religion. Hell, based upon my consumption levels, I can go right in at prophet level and skip all that unseemly grovelling.

Not if you use tea bags, which are An Abomination in His Sight.

Loose tea is the only true tea.

 

[Evolved Wookie]

Not if you use tea bags, which are An Abomination in His Sight.

Loose tea is the only true tea.

Don't you understand that Whittard scolded his fingers for your tea? Sennt to Earth to usher in the new age and discard the past. Tea-bags are fine in the modern church, although I admit that I still maintain a stock of loose tea for special festivals.

You see, I KNOW beyond a doubt that this is true; all you have to do is trust me.

 

[ScepticMike]

The only thing that worried me about those signs was that the particular wording about "Stop Worrying and Enjoy Your Life" -- It sounded as if to some people it would be interpreted as "Stop worrying about behaving ethically and enjoy your life".

It could be interpreted in that way by some but I doubt that will be a significant group.

I think the subtle and non confrontational wording will connect with the large numbers of those that have doubts but are perhaps too timid or uncertain to voice their views. That has to be the target population (you know the meek lot that’ll inherit the earth) because the really religious people are a bit of a lost cause as are most of us to religion (with exception of the Tea religion which seems to be converting Atheists at an alarming rate).

If the adverts make a couple of thousand people think about the principle behind the message or gives a handful of people the courage to admit that they don’t believe, it will be worth it.

In some towns, the local church puts up a big cross on a hillside and lights it up at night, I was wondering what Atheists should put up in response, a black hole? Oh hang on, that’s what we are doing with the Large Hadron Collider.....

 

[Rasmus]

But I love the idea of a tea-based religion. Hell, based upon my consumption levels, I can go right in at prophet level and skip all that unseemly grovelling.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/ipm

If bad people die, do they go to starbucks?