Take That, Atheists: Believers Plan Own Bus Ads

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 4, 2009 7:40 PM CST

(Newser) – Christian groups in London have decided not to turn the other cheek: In response to a much-publicized ad campaign by atheists on city buses, the groups plan to take out ads of their own in the next two weeks, the Guardian reports. Their theological retort,... Read full story »

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