Atheist Ads to Hit NYC Subways

Ad campaign for nonbelievers reaches coast to coast

(NEWSER) - Got God? You're not alone if you don't, and a new California ad campaign wants you to know that's OK. The agnostic/atheist organization United Coalition of Reason 's ads reassure nonbelievers that millions share their position, and has now officially reached more than a dozen cities coast-to-coast from Manhattan and Baltimore to Sacramento and San Diego. More»

(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, delivered via mass transportation, will argue: "There definitely is a God. So join the Christian Party and enjoy your life." More»

Complaints say campaign breaks requirements of 'truthfulness and substantiation'

(NEWSER) - A series of pro-atheism ads on London buses have prompted nearly 150 complaints to Britain’s advertising regulator, the Guardian reports. The complaints largely claim that the ads, which declare, “There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life,” are offensive to monotheists and break the advertising code requirements of substantiation and truthfulness. More»

The evolutionary biologist says he isn't totally sure

(NEWSER) - World-famous atheist Richard Dawkins said in a debate this week that he's at least a little bit agnostic, the Telegraph reports. Sharing an Oxford University stage with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, Dawkins said he was “6.9 out of seven” certain of his atheism. “I think the probability of a supernatural creator existing is very, very low,” he said. More»

Handful apply to be humanist leaders, thus far without success

(NEWSER) - The nonreligious may make up just a fraction of the military, but they say their beliefs are as valid as those of their religious counterparts—and the military should recognize them. Some dozen troops are currently applying to become humanist lay leaders—joining the lay Christians, Muslims, and Jews who assist military chaplains—as a way of offering support to other members of the military who don’t believe in God. But it hasn’t been an easy process, they tell the Baltimore Sun . More»