Thursday, October 23, 2008

The god they don't believe in isn't God

Gene Edward Veith has noted that atheists in Britain are going to place this slogan on London buses:

“There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life”.

He comments:
It strikes me as odd that atheists think believing in God is a cause of worrying and not enjoying life. It supports my impression that many atheists are running away from God because of their guilt. They reject God so that they do not have to feel guilty, there being no one to judge them. That view of the God they do not believe in is sad, a reaction against a legalistic, law-only view of religion. They probably find it incomprehensible that belief in God–whom Christians see as gracious, forgiving, Incarnate, and redeeming–actually enables people to stop worrying and to enjoy their lives.
The BBC reports that:
The atheist posters are the idea of the British Humanist Association (BHA) and have been supported by prominent atheist Professor Richard Dawkins.
Atheist evangelism — Cranach: The Blog of Veith, BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | 'No God' slogans for city's buses

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