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From: "Mario Goveia" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:54:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Samir Kelekar <[email protected]>
.....atheism because it is obviously and rightly so an intellectual
concept
unlike religion which banks on fear and faith.
Obviously religion and God(or Gods as Hartman would like to put it though
he was a bit "scared" to say so) is a retrogade concept and the earlier it
is gotten rid of, the better, irrespective of the irrational reactions
that it may invoke.
Mario responds:
a) No one has been able to prove that God does not exist, so there is
faith involved in atheism as well, not to mention HOPE, because they will
be in heap big trouble if they are wrong:-))
***I found this posting which perhaps could help us all.
Regards.
Fr.Ivo
Priest welcomes atheist advertising campaign
Posted by: "Ancy S DSouza Paladka" [email protected]
Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:33 pm (PST)
Priest welcomes atheist advertising campaign
A London priest has welcomed an atheist advertising campaign on public
transport which was launched last week.
Fr. Stephen Wang, from Allen Hall Seminary said: "I think it is great to get
people thinking. I love the idea of this bus winding its way through the
streets of London, and someone stopping to think, 'Mmm...Maybe there is no
God...But maybe there is'.
"Many people simply never think about God or religion as a serious question,
and if this prods them a little bit, then that's great"
Fr. Stephen said: "My only sadness is that these posters betray such a
negative view of religion - as if religious believers are walking around
oppressed by worry all the time. Religion is meant to free us from
unnecessary anxiety; it's about living life to the full, living as it is
meant to be lived; and knowing that life has a meaning beyond death too".
He added that the campaign's slogan: 'There's probably no God. Now stop
worrying and enjoy your life' was "pretty weak", and full of its own doubts.
|It's almost saying" 'There probably isn't a God, but maybe there is; think
about it more; and think what a difference it would make to your life if
there is, " he added.
"Hard-line atheism doesn't make sense. It's simply not rational to say, for
example, that there is no ultimate cause behind the whole universe, or that
there is no deeper meaning to our lives. I like this advert because it is so
hesitant, and in its own casual way it opens you up to very serious
religious questions."
A total of 200 bendy buses in London and 600 buses across England, Scotland
and Wales will carry the ads. The campaign was set up following a
fundraising drive prompted by a suggestion from comedy writer Ariane
Sherine, who received support from the British Humanist Association and
atheist campaigner Richard Dawkins.
Ms Sherine had objected to a set of Christian advertisements running on
London buses in a piece she wrote for the Guardian in June.
Source: ICN
