Press Release: NZ Atheist Bus Campaign Seeks Donations to Spread Message
10.12.09 | simon | 
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The New Zealand Atheist Bus Campaign plans to put ads carrying atheist and humanist messages on buses in major NZ cities, encouraging Kiwis to think critically about their beliefs.
Following the success of the original UK campaign and other campaigns around the world, a positive message of atheism and humanism will soon be travelling around on NZ buses.
Buses will feature the same slogan that was used in the UK campaign “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”
The campaign will be entirely funded by donations from the public, with administrative support provided by the Humanist Society of New Zealand. People are able to make donations online at http://nogod.org.nz/.
“While New Zealand is by and large a very tolerant and inclusive society, there is still stigma associated with an atheistic position. At the same time we have recently seen the growing influence of radical religious groups such Brian Tamaki’s Destiny Church. With this campaign we hope to encourage positive debate on these issues – religion should not be a taboo topic.” said campaign spokesperson Simon Fisher.
The Atheist Bus Campaign is designed to get people to think critically about their religious beliefs, and rationally about the world in general. The campaign promotes a positive humanist world view, and the affirmation that there is no need to believe in a supernatural being to live a full and rich life.
For further information about the campaign see the website at http://nogod.org.nz/.
ENDS
December 11th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Religion was our first and worst try at accounting for our beginning. Science looks for evidence and changes a position if and when new evidence comes to light – it has no bias. Religion, on the other hand, is stuck with its Bronze Age fables, unable to change and with no evidence at all, shows it up for what it is – “man made”.
December 11th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Really? There is stigma attached to being an atheist? Where? What was the last occasion in which you admitted you didn’t believe in God and were stigmatised for it? I’m really interested in this.
December 12th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Your message has already been spread too far -there is stigma attached to being a Christian, not to atheism.
If you don’t believe in God, why worry about being “condemned to everlasting separation from God and then spend[ing] all eternity in torment in hell”, since God doesn’t exist!
If you do believe in God, you don’t have a problem – you won’t spend eternity in torment either.
So your whole campaign is based on false logic (as well as an error of fact, since God does exist).
December 13th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
what error of fact? show us the evidence, wish thinker.
December 13th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
“Wish thinker”? I am afraid that I can only debate this subject in English.
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:55 am
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