From The Blaze
“It’s Christmas time, again, which means that American Atheists (AA), an activist non-profit, is back with yet another overtly-offensive holiday billboard. In 2010, the group posted a message in New Jersey calling the Christmas story “a myth” (The Catholic League erected a response). And in 2011, AA followed that up with another campaign, featuring Jesus, Satan and Santa.
Now, there’s yet another billboard alleging that Christ’s story is a fable — and this time, it’s proudly displayed in New York City’s Time Square.”
“If you know God is a myth, you do not have to lie and call yourself Christian in order to have a festive holiday season,” Silverman [president of American Atheists] said. “You can be merry without the myth, and indeed, you should.”
While AA would argue that the billboard is intended to inspire atheists to “come out,” others will likely see it as offensive. The message will run through Jan. 10.
So, the American Atheists are OK with the purely fictional Santa but want to encourage people who are “trapped in their family’s religion to dump the God of yesteryear?”
I think that atheists are confusing Christians with well, atheists in their assertion that we are lying about God existing.
“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse” Romans 1:20
Christmas must be a hard time of year for God deniers and those who attempt to reduce Jesus to nothing more than a fictional character that has been borrowed from pagan mythology.
“As noted resurrection expert Gary Habermas said, he could count on one hand of the 2,000 or so publications that he surveyed from French, German, and English written during 1975 to the present of how many scholars attribute the story of the resurrection of Jesus as being borrowed from pagan mythology.” (CARM)
I wonder what it is that is so offensive to these anti-Christians. Is it love? Is it service? Is it honesty? Is it faith, hope or charity? I’m sorry, but I just don’t see why they want to extinguish the light and the life of the world. Would they prefer misery, hate, murder, robbery, burglary, assault, adultery, selfishness, racism, and terrorism? Perhaps these folks ought to read the Sermon on the Mount and decide what kind of a world they really prefer. I know they are dumb, but can they be dumb enough to miss the advantage of following the Master?
Posted by Linus | December 14, 2012, 6:34 amIt’s a new kind of atheism. They used to mourn over the idea there was no God, the new generation hates God.
Posted by J. Alfred | December 14, 2012, 6:37 amDid you ever notice that it’s only Christianity they go after? There’s almost as many Muslims as Christians but I never see the atheists hanging up Dump Mohammed signs. I wonder why that is?
Posted by Cyclops Jack | December 17, 2012, 3:25 pmI have noticed. This is from the thinking of noted atheist Christopher Hitchens who’s number one enemy was Christianity.
Posted by J. Alfred | December 17, 2012, 3:36 pm