In response to the recent billboards the the American Atheists put up, i have sent them this message. I am repeating it on the blog because i think it a lot of people can identify with my sentiment:
I am an adamant atheist. I admire the work of this organization and I support everything you guys do. I don't however, see how your recent billboards are helping. WE NEED PEOPLE TO LIKE US. You don't get people to like you by attacking them. Come on guys, really? We need billboards that show admirable, and well known and liked atheists, like Einstein, Hemmingway, Jefferson, et al. YOU KNOW WHO IM TALKING ABOUT. How about something like, "what do these people all have in common? Atheists" or "Atheist? welcome to the club." We want people who are on the fence to look at us and say, "thats a really great bunch of people there, maybe its not so bad to think like them." What we dont want them to say is, "wow those guys are a bunch of assholes, even if Mormonism is stupid as hell."
We need to help our brand guys! How do you think that a hateful religion such as Christianity can be so revered? cause they have branded themselves as nice! if they can fake their way into being nice, we sure as hell can, seeing as we are oredominantly a loving group of people. But with Billboards like this you do nothing to increase the standing of atheists anywhere. It just reinforces the stereotype that you need religion to be a good person. We need to build up, not tear down. We need to become a group that politicians aren't afraid to associate with. What sane politician can defend those signs? none, thats who. Lets change things the way MLK did: with love and compassion. We need to preach love, because you get more bees with honey. Please get your act together and stop impeding the progress that so many of us are out on the front lines fighting for.
Paper Plato
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