Atheist Ads on Buses in Brazil

[highwaystar101]

Seihyouken said:

highwaystar101 said:

I always think it's funny when atheists and Christians argue about Hitler. I mean, there is strong evidence pointing many ways, so it's all a little unclear; but I always find the situation of "No he's yours!", No, he's yours!" a little funny.

He was clearly raised as a Catholic and had many Catholic influences in his life. But then again he clearly rejected Catholicism at later points in his life. But I don't think he was an atheist either. He often used to use atheism as propaganda against the soviets and socialism, and was certainly very hostile to atheism and atheists on a number of occasions and was massively opposed to state atheism.

I don't know what he was, but I'm pretty certain he wasn't either atheist or christian.

Well with Atheism it's pretty black and white. You either believe there is a higher God or you don't. It's worth pointing out that the ad doesn't call Hitler a Christian or a Catholic. It simply states that he believed in God, which is pretty much universally agreed upon by historians. And that's the point of the ad. Brazil along with many other Latin countries are extremely religious compared to the U.S., Canada, U.K, Australia, etc. If you openly proclaim that you don't believe in God in Brazil, you will most likely be discriminated against.

Yeah, I knew that. I was just commenting on the Hitler's religion situation in general lol.

As for your second part, I think I'm quite lucky to live in the UK in that respect because we seem very tolerant of religious views. I sometimes think the discrimination against atheists in the USA is bad, but I know it can be so much worse in other parts of the world. It's a little depressing really.