Daedalean's_Sun
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And when one of those trades on Christmas in a way that is antithetical to the Christian celebration that will mean something.
So do you oppose all non-christian religious billboards during Christmas season?
And when one of those trades on Christmas in a way that is antithetical to the Christian celebration that will mean something.
If by "dissemble" you mean correcting the woefully ignorant, then you would be right, but no one but you would use that word to mean that.It shows how much you like to dissemble.
No, there was not a single thing Christian about the question you asked.It's a very Christian thing to ask.
Something Atheists like to do to sow doubt, yes.It should prompt some Christian introspection.
Christians do not go around speculating that billboards can cause Christians to be so filled with rage that they will crash their cars.Maybe some Christians would be that filled with rage. Something to think about, for sure.
What overreaction to the billboard are you seeing in me?Christians should be able to pass that billboard without the overreaction I'm seeing from you.
Sure it does, spell it out for us.Why? It doesn't impact or reach the point.
Slot it yourself for us.Do you think people tend to complain when something annoys them on a scale of 1 to 10 at your particular slotting? lain:
Don't know, I don't get invited to many parties since that one time at the lake.How many Robert E. Lee parties were there this year? How many billboards were erected along you interstate with, "Don't believe in celebrating slain civil rights leaders? You're not alone"?
I don't miss the point at all, YOU take offence at the mere existence of the Atheists.Atheists don't come into the world any more than Christians do. But those particular atheists deliberately chose the week before Christmas and it takes a willful sort of naivete to miss the point of that,
So what should the December Atheists billboard say that will not offend you?the foreseeable impact of it and the press waiting to be generated by it. Clever? Certainly and as certainly in poor taste.
We're talking about why Town finds it tasteless that Atheists would have a billboard in December.
Rather the implication was possible but unintended.Fair enough. Though it was implied...
Actions between opposing parties rarely are.and the terms explicitly used are certainly not complimentary.
I suggested it more to serve the stated purpose of gathering isolated members of that mindset and giving them time to prepare for what is apparently an emotional onslaught for them. Waiting until the week of doesn't seem particularly suited.More to the point...a November ad would save you unwanted consternation...or would it?
Because nothing screams tyranny quite like finding a thing not being prohibited to be in poor taste. And majority isn't a dirty word any more than minority holds inherent virtue. Pedophiles are in the minority and the majority of people I know have a pronounced disdain for racism, by way of illustration.Though some bask within the tyrannical realm of the majority.
Coin of the realm.Though I'm digressing.
Apt illustration. I'm not speculating about my reaction nor am I in noting that there are occasions where the freedom to act isn't in question, but the value of the action can be.Mere speculation...
You could add tyrannical, but you'd be wrong and without a leg to stand either on.short-sighted I might add.
Don't project my projection unless you're going to quote me so you'll know it exists outside of your noggin.Don't project a lack of value to that which you personally refuse to find any.
Whether or not you should pick your nose at the dinner table is also a matter of personal taste and upbringing, of the context regarding appropriateness. Very little of what we value and act upon arises out of objective necessity, so the distinction doesn't trouble me.This rationale would be plausible if your assessment was more than merely a matter of personal taste.
I don't read an entire thread thats this long before responding usually, do you?
I still see the need to update the ops concern, if thats ok with you?
No, we're talking about why it's in poor taste for atheists to launch a contrary message in a billboard the week of Christmas. A bit different.
If by "dissemble" you mean correcting the woefully ignorant, then you would be right, but no one but you would use that word to mean that.
Maybe that's your problem. Maybe you don't ever stop to check yourself, check your motivations, question whether or not you're on the right track. And if you're that susceptible to doubt, that's a problem. You should do some introspection.No, there was not a single thing Christian about the question you asked.
Something Atheists like to do to sow doubt, yes.
But you know you were the one with the low expectations. I expected much better from Christians than you did.Christians do not go around speculating that billboards can cause Christians to be so filled with rage that they will crash their cars.
Atheists might speculate on that because of their low opinions of Christians, but Christians would not.
What overreaction to the billboard are you seeing in me?Please provide quotes of my exact words of overreacting to the billboard.
It is a churlish act anytime during the year, but it is a boorishly churlish act during Christmas.
No, but they deliberately put up a billboard during Christmas just to screw around with Christians, and you know it.
Because of the churlishness implicit in the timing of the billboard to coincide with Christmas time, the answer is, "Yes, but you already knew that, so stop being an idiot."
It is churlish because it is similar to yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre to see if you can provoke a reaction.
I can see why you've taken the word "churlish" to heart.If you can't provide those quotes, please get your eyes checked and then see a psychiatrist with your problem of seeing things that are not there.
I would never do that.
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Too Muslim sounding for you?It's "the dominant culture's religious holy month."
Rather, they shouldn't aim their advertising for the week of Christmas unless they mean to trade on that and when or if they do it's in poor taste.Atheists should put their billboard up in say, May when it would be "just a peculiar billboard you see in route to Spring Break."
You should start a thread on that. Christians should be offended by that sort of activity from anyone among the faithful. How often is that happening? How many billboard erecting atheists have died or been seriously injured so far? I haven't heard of it, but given how infrequently I watch the news...Problem solved. *Except for the regular death threats and vandalism and whatnot when atheist billboards go up. (But that was probably Muslims. Right? I mean, Je Suis Charlie).
"Don't believe in a god? You're not alone" is a message that runs contrary to the context of Christianity. It is in its nature antithetical even if it isn't as aggressive as others. Pushing that agenda is anyone's right. Scheduling that advertisement the week of Christmas is needless and the obvious reason for it is tasteless.Not a contrary message.
You are welcome.
Freedom of religious expression is in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
It is churlish because it is similar to yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre to see if you can provoke a reaction.
Going to play devils advocate here about the billboard in the op. Its pretty non descript (meaning in context to the other one i posted which mocked Christianity clearly).
I can see how in secular atheistic thinking, that it could be seen as reaching out in this way-
Consider this, loads of people are alone at Christmas and can be depressed especially at that time of year and some even commit suicide at Christmas time, and i would think a great many atheist are estranged from family and or friends at Christmas time because of their lack of belief.
So, i could understand that (the one in the op) billboard as simply being a way to reach out to those without faith who are alone and feeling alone and it being nothing more than that.
Personally i would just drive right by a billboard like in the op and think nothing more of it than any advertisement, since its not going out of its way to offend, or mock Christians and Christianity.
The other one that i posted though, i would be angry if i saw it in person - because its intend is clearly to inflame and in bad taste and its sole purpose imo is to target children and trash Christmas and Christianity.
Huge difference.
"Don't believe in a god? You're not alone" is a message that runs contrary to the context of Christianity. It is in its nature antithetical even if it isn't as aggressive as others. Pushing that agenda is anyone's right. Scheduling that advertisement the week of Christmas is needless and the obvious reason for it is tasteless.
FTFY.
verb (used with object), dissembled, dissembling. 1. to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of:
That's whatyou doannabenedetti does.
See, there you go doing it again.Here's the thing: you're totally incensed about a billboard you didn't even have to drive past.
FTFY.
See, there you go doing it again.
Haven't read much Heinlein have you.
Isn't it amazing that an Atheist like you and a self-proclaimed "Christian" like annabenedetti have the same low opinion of Christians?Perhaps Christians have such a negative reaction to this billboard that they begin to swerve off the road and crash, and mountains upon mountains of cars pile up around the radius of the billboard like some sort of spontaneous junkyard :crackup:.
Isn't it amazing that an Atheist like you and a self-proclaimed "Christian" like annabenedetti have the same low opinion of Christians?