All aboard the atheist bus

Zillah

boringteetotal wrote: »

-''All the ways of man are right in his own eyes but the Lord weigheth the spirits''
Proverbs 16:2

Ah, but:

"Then the Blessed One taught, incited, animated, and gladdened the Mâgadha king Seniya Bimbisâra by religious discourse; and the Mâgadha king Seniya Bimbisâra, having been taught and gladdened by the Blessed One by religious discourse, rose from his seat, respectfully saluted the Blessed One, passed round him with his right side towards him, and went away."
Vinaya Texts, Part I, Second Khandhaka

condra

The false generalisations she makes about atheists would be libel if about any individual.

Instead she manages to write hateful lies about a whole group of people, with a pompous conceited disdain, and no doubt she'll get away with it.

Utterly sickening that there is a place in a major Irish newspaper for such blatent hateful propaganda.

Shame on her.

lostexpectation

she's the female harris

Dades

Anyone of you lads write this one?

This is the only letter of response I can find online.

Pompey Magnus

Dades wrote: »

Anyone of you lads write this one?

This is the only letter of response I can find online.

Thats me .

Dades

Galvasean

Charco wrote: »

Thats me .

As promised I owe you one pint at the next A&A beers/meet-up.

rockbeer

Top effort, good one

Fanny Cradock

Dades wrote: »

Anyone of you lads write this one?

This is the only letter of response I can find online.

Good letter!

Goduznt Xzst

Charco wrote: »

Thats me .

Nice closing paragraph... really brought the whole piece together and is sure to sting when Mary reads it.

Aldebaran

Charco wrote: »

Thats me .

I tip my bonnet to you, well done.

Pompey Magnus

Galvasean wrote: »

As promised I owe you one pint at the next A&A beers/meet-up.

I'm gonna hold you to that.

The wierd thing is that I signed my email off as C. O' Ceallaigh but somehow they still managed to get my first name right. Was it just a lucky guess or is Gareth37 not the only one being bugged :eek:.

Galvasean

Charco wrote: »

I'm gonna hold you to that.

The wierd thing is that I signed my email off as C. O' Ceallaigh but somehow they still managed to get my first name right. Was it just a lucky guess or is Gareth37 not the only one being bugged :eek:.

When you receive an email the name you signed up to the email account as pops up in the 'from' section.

Ooof, you're in Cork. Gonna have to come to Dublin if you want that pint.

Dave!

Is your first name in your email address by any chance? ¬_¬

Pompey Magnus

Galvasean wrote: »

When you receive an email the name you signed up to the email account as pops up in the 'from' section.

That'd be the explanation, good thinking Batman.

Galvasean

Charco wrote: »

That'd be the explanation, good thinking Batman.

How did you know about Batmobile Galvasean!?!?!?

Pompey Magnus

Galvasean wrote: »

How did you know about Batmobile Galvasean!?!?!?

Gareth has turned us all paranoid .

studiorat

http://richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=64586

Dunno if this' been posted yet.

Goduznt Xzst

Funnily enough, this blog recently talked about the misconception that religious cultures are more moral.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/11/faith_hurts.php

Galvasean

It seems the After hours thread has taken off again.
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055408507&page=8

Apparently we're the bad guys now.

studiorat

Galvasean wrote: »

Apparently we're the bad guys now.

Aw'right!

Fallen Seraph

To be fair, we ARE only using the ad campaign as a yet another method to entice people into the servitude of our glorious master Satan. Lets call a spade a spade here.

studiorat

We? paleface.

condra

Fair play Charco

pH

I tell you what, this bus thing sure has rattled a few cages, now from the Telegraph :

£35,000 of taxpayers' cash given to 'atheist bus' group
An atheist group planning to put adverts on London buses declaring that "there's probably no God" has been given £35,000 in taxpayers' money.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3521024/35000-of-taxpayers-cash-given-to-atheist-bus-group.html

Highlights include:

"Critics say it is wrong for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to give taxpayers' money to a controversial organisation whose stance would be found objectionable by many members of the public."

"Neil Addison, a Roman Catholic barrister who specialises in religious discrimination, said: "It's a bit like paying the Taliban to lecture on women's rights."

It's pathetic, as far as I know 35K is the total grant to the BHA, not the amount that BHA are spending/donating to the bus campaign. The money is distributed under the banner of "ending discrimination", and judging by the tone and dishonesty of that article it's probably needed.

Galvasean

telegraph.co.uk wrote:

The BHA could not be contacted for comment last night.

Yeah, try ringing them when their offices are open. :rolleyes:

eoin5

pH wrote: »

"Critics say it is wrong for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to give taxpayers' money to a controversial organisation whose stance would be found objectionable by many members of the public."

"Neil Addison, a Roman Catholic barrister who specialises in religious discrimination, said: "It's a bit like paying the Taliban to lecture on women's rights."

Fantastic! they should put those on the next load of busses, especially that first one.

Let me have a go:

"Critics say the Red Cross should provide aid to the upper classes instead of poor african people whom many members of the public would deem as 'slackers'."

rockbeer

pH wrote: »

...a controversial organisation whose stance would be found objectionable by many members of the public.

They could have been talking about the Catholic church.

Galvasean

rockbeer wrote: »

They could have been talking about the Catholic church.

They could have been talking about ANY organization on Earth.

Pompey Magnus

Another letter to the Indo:

Atheism made a scapegoat for ills