I have never attempted to force my spirituality on anyone because that is not my place, but I believe that the atheists, agnostics or others who have an issue with organized religion, are trying to hijack what people have a right to believe in. According to Fox News ads proclaiming, “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake,” will appear on Washington, D.C., buses starting next week and running through December. The American Humanist Association unveiled the provocative $40,000 holiday ad campaign Tuesday. The Washington-based group lifted lyrics from “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.”
“We are trying to reach our audience, and sometimes in order to reach an audience, everybody has to hear you,” said Fred Edwords, spokesman for the humanist group. “Our reason for doing it during the holidays is there are an awful lot of agnostics, atheists and other types of non-theists who feel a little alone during the holidays because of its association with traditional religion.”
Edwords said the purpose isn’t to argue that God doesn’t exist or change minds about a deity, although “we are trying to plant a seed of rational thought and critical thinking and questioning in people’s minds.” Fox News
According to Fox News, the group defines humanism as “a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism, affirms our responsibility to lead ethical lives of value to self and humanity.”
Okay, so why haven’t the Roman Catholics, in particular spoke out about this? They are foaming at the mouth to take on Barack Obama for his views on abortion. Where is the evangelicals that favored John McCain over Barack Obama to be their next president? So, I guess they pick their fights conveniently. I have no real problems with the sign on the bus, but I will say, while one is free to their own beliefs, don’t try to force it down my throat. Do I hear a word from ultra-conservative religious fanatics Pat Robertson or John Hagee? Of course not.
Filed under: Agnostic, American Humanist Association, Atheism, Barack Obama, John Hagee, Pat Robertson, Washington D.C.
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