Comments on: Getting the Devil to Market Christianity http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/12/05/getting-the-devil-to-market-christianity/ Atheism with Positivity Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:52:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Epistaxis http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/12/05/getting-the-devil-to-market-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-250286 Epistaxis Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:26:01 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=6532#comment-250286 I was trying to figure out if Satan even reads the submissions, but then he had to say "I know your IP address!" and I was creeped out because I'm more afraid of these folks than Satan. I was trying to figure out if Satan even reads the submissions, but then he had to say “I know your IP address!” and I was creeped out because I’m more afraid of these folks than Satan.

]]> By: mark http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/12/05/getting-the-devil-to-market-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-250192 mark Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:05:43 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=6532#comment-250192 A: (at work, working hard, minding his own business) C: hey watcha doing A: working so i can make a living and provide for my family C: Oh...why dont you pray for money... A: because that is stupid. god is not real, the bible is a fairytale. and the bus ads are not offensive to christians. its reaches out to non believers, merely saying you are not alone. if you saw a billboard that said "suffer from migraines, Your not alone" would you be offended if you do not suffer from migraines, no because it is stupid. if you can put up ads then so can we its in the FIRST ammendment. that means if you actually ever read the constitution it wouldn't take you very long to realize that your argument is retarded. A: (at work, working hard, minding his own business)

C: hey watcha doing
A: working so i can make a living and provide for my family
C: Oh…why dont you pray for money…
A: because that is stupid.

god is not real, the bible is a fairytale. and the bus ads are not offensive to christians. its reaches out to non believers, merely saying you are not alone. if you saw a billboard that said “suffer from migraines, Your not alone” would you be offended if you do not suffer from migraines, no because it is stupid. if you can put up ads then so can we its in the FIRST ammendment. that means if you actually ever read the constitution it wouldn’t take you very long to realize that your argument is retarded.

]]> By: Awesomesauce http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/12/05/getting-the-devil-to-market-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-250171 Awesomesauce Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:27:57 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=6532#comment-250171 Poor Satan, the most infamous scapegoat in this country. I'd feel bad for him/her if s/he existed. Poor Satan, the most infamous scapegoat in this country. I’d feel bad for him/her if s/he existed.

]]> By: Ted Faraone http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/12/05/getting-the-devil-to-market-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-250055 Ted Faraone Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:56:41 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=6532#comment-250055 Guys, Really, it's just an ad campaign. My PR firm was hired by the ad agency to promote the campaign to the ad trade press. It more or less got a life of its own and was featured on CNN. I have no idea what the religious opinions of anyone involved in the creative are except for mine. Cheers, Ted. Guys,

Really, it’s just an ad campaign. My PR firm was hired by the ad agency to promote the campaign to the ad trade press. It more or less got a life of its own and was featured on CNN. I have no idea what the religious opinions of anyone involved in the creative are except for mine.

Cheers,
Ted.

]]> By: Eliza http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/12/05/getting-the-devil-to-market-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-250049 Eliza Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:45:42 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=6532#comment-250049 Why don't Xians seem to follow Xian teaching when it comes to Satan? Turn the other cheek Give him the cloak off their backs Pray for him Hate the sin, not the sinner Why don’t Xians seem to follow Xian teaching when it comes to Satan?

Turn the other cheek

Give him the cloak off their backs

Pray for him

Hate the sin, not the sinner

]]> By: noodleguy http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/12/05/getting-the-devil-to-market-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-250048 noodleguy Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:18:26 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=6532#comment-250048 I think Chas has had the best idea yet. Turn Mac/PC ads into Christian/Atheist ads. I think the possibilities are endless. <em>The scene opens. On a blank white background there are two people. One of them is a dirty looking fellow who hasn't shaved in several days. He is wearing a red T-shirt with a hammer and sickle on it. In the other corner is a nice looking guy wearing a suit.</em> C: Hello, I'm a Christian. A: And I'm an Atheist. [Atheist is sitting at a table with a pile of money, and is counting it] C: Hey Atheist, what are you doing? A: Well, I'm counting how much it will cost for my super-expensive and unnecessary offensive Bus Ad campaigns to run. C: But Atheist, shouldn't you be spending that money in donations to the communist campaign, MoveOn.org? [Atheist's jaw drops] C: Silly Atheist. [Christian shakes his head and smiles winesomely] I would watch those ads :lol: I think Chas has had the best idea yet. Turn Mac/PC ads into Christian/Atheist ads. I think the possibilities are endless.

The scene opens. On a blank white background there are two people. One of them is a dirty looking fellow who hasn’t shaved in several days. He is wearing a red T-shirt with a hammer and sickle on it. In the other corner is a nice looking guy wearing a suit.

C: Hello, I’m a Christian.
A: And I’m an Atheist.
[Atheist is sitting at a table with a pile of money, and is counting it]
C: Hey Atheist, what are you doing?
A: Well, I’m counting how much it will cost for my super-expensive and unnecessary offensive Bus Ad campaigns to run.
C: But Atheist, shouldn’t you be spending that money in donations to the communist campaign, MoveOn.org?
[Atheist's jaw drops]
C: Silly Atheist.
[Christian shakes his head and smiles winesomely]

I would watch those ads :lol:

]]> By: Jen http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/12/05/getting-the-devil-to-market-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-250039 Jen Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:51:20 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=6532#comment-250039 "Satan you're my lady, Stick me with your pitchfork thing" I am perfectly willing to be that actor atheist. "I don't want to go to X Church because they are sooo Godly, and I am soooo evil, and I am going to party all night with beer and sex and sinful card playing and have a hangover on Sunday and not go to X Church. They are sooo Godly." I think this would be the role of a lifetime, especially since I would have all sorts of new friends on Saturday nights. “Satan you’re my lady,
Stick me with your pitchfork thing”

I am perfectly willing to be that actor atheist. “I don’t want to go to X Church because they are sooo Godly, and I am soooo evil, and I am going to party all night with beer and sex and sinful card playing and have a hangover on Sunday and not go to X Church. They are sooo Godly.” I think this would be the role of a lifetime, especially since I would have all sorts of new friends on Saturday nights.

]]> By: Sean the Blogonaut http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/12/05/getting-the-devil-to-market-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-250035 Sean the Blogonaut Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:36:39 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=6532#comment-250035 Don't give the xtians ideas, they have form for stealing good ideas you know :) Don’t give the xtians ideas, they have form for stealing good ideas you know :)

]]> By: Milena http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/12/05/getting-the-devil-to-market-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-250034 Milena Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:34:44 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=6532#comment-250034 Well, the way I see it, Satan is a really classic choice for Christians. I mean, how can you have good, if you don't have the evil against which to measure it. Christianity needs Satan as the representative of evil, so that God or Christ can be the representative of good. Isn't an atheist supposed to be a fool, blinded by Satan into not believing? Why advertise with a proxy when you can have the big boss? Of course, advertising with athests does have the advantage that at least they'd be real people. Well, the way I see it, Satan is a really classic choice for Christians. I mean, how can you have good, if you don’t have the evil against which to measure it. Christianity needs Satan as the representative of evil, so that God or Christ can be the representative of good. Isn’t an atheist supposed to be a fool, blinded by Satan into not believing? Why advertise with a proxy when you can have the big boss? Of course, advertising with athests does have the advantage that at least they’d be real people.

]]> By: Secular Planet http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/12/05/getting-the-devil-to-market-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-250014 Secular Planet Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:51:19 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=6532#comment-250014 It must be a marketing campaign sold to a lot of churches. It's almost identical to one I blogged about here in Orange Park, Florida: <a href="http://www.secularplanet.org/2008/09/reverse-stupidity.html" rel="nofollow">Reverse Stupidity</a>. It must be a marketing campaign sold to a lot of churches. It’s almost identical to one I blogged about here in Orange Park, Florida: Reverse Stupidity.

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