Subway System Is "Good Without God"

Unbelievable: An anonymous donor is spending $25,000 to plaster the subway system with ads promoting atheism. Which seems like a waste of money, because didn't God give up on the subway system long ago? Starting next Monday, the monthlong advertising campaign will saturate a dozen Manhattan subway stations with the slogan "A Million New Yorkers Are Good Without God. Are You?" Besides advertising Godlessness, the campaign is also promoting a new book called Good Without God, by Greg Epstein.

The ads are being coordinated by "New York City Coalition for Reason," an umbrella organization comprised of local atheist groups, City Room reports. According to their website, "All Big Apple COR organizations share common ground—promoting wider acceptance of a more rational and realistic view of the universe—but each has its own particular emphasis. Some advocate for scientific knowledge, reason, and skeptical inquiry. Some focus on the promotion of dogma-free humanist ethics, and an appreciation for life and the lives of other persons."

The subway ad campaign is an unrelated follow-up to a bus campaign that ran on Manhattan buses in July, reminding New Yorkers, "You don't have to believe in God to be a moral or ethical person." We look forward to seeing a "Cool with Christ" counterattack ad soon enough.

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By John Del Signore in News on October 19, 2009 3:29 PM

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wow 14th street

The real truth when we die with the eternal afterlife story

is that we new yorkers turn into squirrels and pigeons.

Amanda Harletsch

let's have a war in the name of god!

that is new!

Amanda Harletsch

"spiritually bankrupt pagan society" as opposed to "spiritually rich dogmatic society"?!

You can have a "spiritually rich pagan society",

or a "spiritually bankrupt dogmatic society"! the latest being the most bellicose type here or else where.

War as means of conversion!

Have you ever think of that?

And then based in your "anti-pagan" dogmas kill humans by the thousands!

How superior of you!

S.K.

Expect more subway missionaries to counter these ads. Gee, thanks atheists.

TheMactastic

Read the article you losers.

"promoting a new book called Good Without God, by Greg Epstein."

This isnt some profound message about religion, its a PROMOTION FOR A BOOK!

Amanda Harletsch

a book in deed, about no other than... RELIGION.

Sharon

Perhaps the other 7 million will be good too once they give up the god myth!

felixthecatSUX

FREE COUNTRY. GET OVER IT. GEEEETTTT OOOOVVVEERRRRR IIIIITTTTTTTT

Guest

What would Jesus do?

S.D.

Don't see what the big deal is, people pay to publicly express their beliefs/opinion all the time.

This is NYC. I doubt anyone but the occasional tourist will care one way or the other.

oinonio

I wonder how fast these posters will be vandalized by righteous graffiti?

The Lord

So I was wandering around the internets for some morning reading and what do thine see with mine own eyes? A thread full of sinners! Blasphemy!

When shit starts to hit the fan and Muslim extremists start blowing shit up, don't come crying to me asking "Why god why???". I'll be busy saving those more WORTHY of my awesomeness.

Mr. Shankly

Perfect 69th post.

marc with a c

joan osbourne is going to hate these adverts.

NannyState

God botherer.

S.K.

Where did these walking, talking, pieces of flesh and bone, get the number one million? Maybe these atheist ads will inspire missionaries to return to the subways.