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O-D-C on 07 April 2009

This is the slogan of a new atheist advertising campaign now making its way across Canada, its already been accepted in Vancouver, Calgary (?) and Toronto, but in Ottawa the city decided to ban the add saying it might offend thsoe with religious sensibilities.

Now my marketing teacher asked us this:

is this a good ad? (I answered yes btw)

is this an offensive ad? (I answered yes, to certain groups including myself)

is it right to offend people to get your message across (I answered yes but couldent back it up)

what do you think?



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Tyrannical on 07 April 2009

Atheists spend way too much time talking about God. They're as bad as the Jehova Witnesses.



Yet, today, America's leaders are reenacting every folly that brought these great powers [Russia, Germany, and Japan] to ruin -- from arrogance and hubris, to assertions of global hegemony, to imperial overstretch, to trumpeting new 'crusades,' to handing out war guarantees to regions and countries where Americans have never fought before. We are piling up the kind of commitments that produced the greatest disasters of the twentieth century.
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stclam on 07 April 2009

I'm an atheist
If the church advertising that there is a god above, it wont offend me





The Fury on 07 April 2009

The question is, why are they advertising? What have they to gain by promoting atheism. They aren't part of a Church that needs funding.

And who says religious people don't enjoy life?



Hmm, pie.

Tyrannical on 07 April 2009
The Fury said:
The question is, why are they advertising? What have they to gain by promoting atheism. They aren't part of a Church that needs funding.

And who says religious people don't enjoy life?

 

 

I think Atheism is like one of those new age self help religions, like modern Budhddism or Scientology.



Yet, today, America's leaders are reenacting every folly that brought these great powers [Russia, Germany, and Japan] to ruin -- from arrogance and hubris, to assertions of global hegemony, to imperial overstretch, to trumpeting new 'crusades,' to handing out war guarantees to regions and countries where Americans have never fought before. We are piling up the kind of commitments that produced the greatest disasters of the twentieth century.
 — Pat Buchanan – A Republic, Not an Empire

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highwaystar101 on 07 April 2009

Well, I certainly don't believe in a god or gods, so I am not offended by it. Every time I walk down the main street in my city lately it seems that I get lambasted by three or four groups of people with an amplifier and mic telling me I will go to hell if I don't accept Jesus. I hate it when people say that to me or in general, they don't know me. This is a far less offensive method than that IMO.

I'm all for it.



GamingChartzFTW on 07 April 2009

In a distant future, all religious people will eventually be secular or atheist.
I doubt Human Cyborgs would believe in the myths and fables that religious people do identify with.

The ads are allright. Good humour too! I really like those ads.



The Fury on 07 April 2009
Tyrannical said:

I think Atheism is like one of those new age self help religions, like modern Budhddism or Scientology.

The fact you compared atheism to a religion is funny enough.

 

highwaystar101 said:
Well, I certainly don't believe in a god or gods, so I am not offended by it. Every time I walk down the main street in my city lately it seems that I get lambasted by three or four groups of people with an amplifier and mic telling me I will go to hell if I don't accept Jesus. I hate it when people say that to me or in general, they don't know me. This is a far less offensive method than that IMO.

I'm all for it.

Do you not see it as bad as them though? atheists are pushing their view onto others, just like the preachers in the street. I have a religious friend to also hates those people, mainly because he doesn't like the whole pushing religion on people but for them to come to accept their faith on their own.



Hmm, pie.

highwaystar101 on 07 April 2009
The Fury said:
highwaystar101 said:
Well, I certainly don't believe in a god or gods, so I am not offended by it. Every time I walk down the main street in my city lately it seems that I get lambasted by three or four groups of people with an amplifier and mic telling me I will go to hell if I don't accept Jesus. I hate it when people say that to me or in general, they don't know me. This is a far less offensive method than that IMO.

I'm all for it.

Do you not see it as bad as them though? atheists are pushing their view onto others, just like the preachers in the street. I have a religious friend to also hates those people, mainly because he doesn't like the whole pushing religion on people but for them to come to accept their faith on their own.

I don't see it as intrusive to be honest, there is a difference. I agree it is the same basic principle as the guy in the street, but if the church started a bus campaign it would bother me because it is not some guy screaming in my ear.



kirby007 on 07 April 2009

the "probably" makes it a smart add, but religious people won't like it anyhow



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