By HEMANT MEHTA - FRIENDLY ATHEIST
Added: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:04:23 UTC

It’s amazing that anyone would find the Center For Inquiry’s billboard campaign controversial, but it’s already been ejected from Knoxville, Tennessee and it’s the subject of a lot of media attention in other places.

This is the billboard CFI put up in several cities:

“You don’t need God — to hope, to care, to love, to live.”

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, just look at how some of the coverage has been:

… when it comes to discussion, billboards can also bring a whole host of topics parents may or may not be prepared to handle, like sex or religion. But child psychologists say parents shouldn’t shy away from the tough stuff.

“If the child is old enough to ask and formulate the question, I think we as parents should be able to answer the question, the amount of information we provide may depend on the kid`s age,” said Dr. Steven Pastyrnak, of Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.

Sending your children to Sunday School? Not controversial.

Exposing children to the fact that you don’t need a god to be good? Controversial.

TAGGED: CHILDREN, MEDIA, SECULARISM