onto bus shelters in time for Christmas. More about the campaign here. Churches are being encouraged to buy a bus stop for £100, and CAN will do the rest. It'll be interesting to see if there's a parody of the ads by the agnostibus crew, in the slightly embarassing way Christians picked up on last years bus ads. They do have a book to promote, after all.
This cracking bit of art was around last year, but the most excellent 30-second nativity overshadowed it a bit, so I'm glad it's being recycled. It'll also fit perfectly with one of the carol services I'm involved with, at Yeovil College, on a theme of Poverty and Christmas.
Personally I found the Atheist bus ads quite encouraging, not because they were profound or anything but because it was a confirmation that there are people out there who hold the same views as me. However, even as an Atheist I do like the way these images juxtapose a traditional nativity scene with the modern reality etc. its a strong message, I'm not sure about the idea that we're talking about Christmas already though, i.e. it's only October :)
ReplyDeleteI see that half the book profits will go to charity so I'll be buying one (primarily because of that if I'm honest) - is "atheist Christmas book" an oxymoron??
Speaking of Dawkins I see that he is debating the ex-Bishop of Oxford later in November at Wellington College - I have my seats booked, two highly intelligent men, should be a civilised debate hopefully :)
You would think that with the gold that family got they could afford a taxi.
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