Godless Atheists, Agnostics and Humanists Invade Tempe, Sponsor Godless Billboard

By STEPHEN LEMONS - PHOENIX NEW TIMES
Added: Sun, 31 May 2009 23:00:00 UTC

Thanks to Crapsquire for the link.

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2009/06/godless_atheists_agnostics_and.php

blank Here's something guaranteed to tick off the faithful, or at least give them something to pray about: a group of atheists, agnostics and humanists are set to convene in Tempe this week, and they're bringing their godless message to a highway near you. You know, in a spot where hopefully your impressionable tykes will get to read it.

The group is the American Humanist Association, which will be having its 68th Annual Conference at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, June 5-8, where I'm guessing they will not be kicking things off with an invocation, the Eucharist, or ye ol' fire and snake dance. See, humanists are mostly "nontheists," either atheists or agnostics or "none of the above." In fact, if one of their tribe sneezes, they have to say, "Nobody bless you."

So, Yahweh ain't their thing, and to drive home the point, they're gonna have at least one billboard up in the Valley with the verbiage, "Don't believe in god? You are not alone." It's a message the humanists have peddled in Denver, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Moscow, Idaho, of all places. Some organization called the Arizona Coalition of Reason is co-sponsoring the billboard.
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Kenan Malik - Pandaemonium 15 Comments

But in the real world where societies are plural, then it is both inevitable and important that people offend the sensibilities of others. Inevitable, because where different beliefs are deeply held, clashes are unavoidable. And we should deal with those clashes rather than suppress them. Important because any kind of social change or social progress means offending some deeply held sensibilities. The right to ‘subject each others’ fundamental beliefs to criticism’ is the bedrock of an open, diverse society.