Wednesday 12 October 2011

Delusional bus advert of the week

I've always thought that the people who make the best case for Richard Dawkins and the "new atheists" are their critics, with their rather feeble counter-arguments. So there's some pretty stiff competition out there for the title of Worst Attempt to Refute Richard Dawkins. Ever. I think I've found a clear winner, though.

Step forward Premier Christian Radio. In 2009, you'll remember some atheists paid for a bus advert that read:

There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life. 

Umbrage was taken by faith groups. But having had two years to think up a devastating reposte, Premier Christian Radio have stepped up to the plate with their own bus poster. This is what it says:

There’s probably no Dawkins. Now stop worrying and enjoy Oct 25th at the Sheldonian Theatre.


So, take that, Professor smarty-pants Dawkins. You think God doesn't exist. Well, we at Premier Christian Radio think you don't exist, so there. And you smell. There, that told him.

Well, if nothing else, it's fresh and original. I look forward to more crazy adverts from Premier Christian Radio, fearlessly challenging the reality of other people and things we'd previously thought it reasonable to accept as actually existing:

There's probably no Bill Gates. Rafael Nadal and Oprah Winfrey are just figments of your imagination. Only a fool would believe that Steven Spielberg is a real person. Giraffes, they're not real. Nobody seriously thinks that chickens exist. Cows ain't real. Gravity's just a fairy story and there's no such thing as aluminium. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.
The event at the Sheldonian Theatre is an appearance by Christian philosopher William Lane Craig, who's touring the country on a debating tour, hoping to take on a few academic atheists (Dawkins was invited to attend but presumably decided he had better things to do, a decision validated by quality of the publicity for the event).

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