Leading uber-athesist and the person most in need of a hug in the whole wide world, Richard Dawkins is at it again. So what does a non-God fearin' author of the best seller The God Delusion (which in a nutshell says that God doesn't exist and those who believe He does are delusional) do for a follow up?
You guessed it! Attack mass transit!
Dawkins is funding a major drive (punny!) to have the first "atheist buses". These bundles of sunshine will have signage on them declaring "there's probably no God", and will soon be travelling through the streets of London after the prominent atheist agreed to help pay for them.
I assume they will still be driven on the wrong side of the road and smell horrible, just like the "religious" buses do.
When asked why he did it, Mr. Sunshine replied, ""Religion is accustomed to getting a free ride (more punny-ness!) – automatic tax breaks, unearned 'respect' and the right not to be 'offended', the right to brainwash children. Even on the buses, nobody thinks twice when they see a religious slogan plastered across the side. This campaign to put alternative slogans on London buses will make people think – and thinking is anathema to religion."
Whoa. Can someone please give Mr. Grumpy a hug? Richard, my man, I certainly haven't written any best selling books, and I can't use big words like 'anathema' in regular conversation, but I do like to think. And I believe in God. The two aren't mutally exclusive.
But here's something for you to think about, Rich. If God doesn't exist, why are you going to so much trouble? I mean seriously, why go through all the trouble and expenses of disproving something you say isn't there? What's next? Are you going to start taking out billboards that deny the existence of The Easter Bunny, or hire airplanes to fly over soccer stadiums with banners that let everyone know there is no Snuffeluphagus?
Even though there totally is.
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