The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that the atheist bus ads are not in breach of the Code.
Predictably, Christian Voice are outraged and assert it’s all a plot by the evil Secularists and Homosexuals (that’s us!)
KAFIR (noun) someone who "reject[s] and den[ies]... Allah... and His messages". This seems like the best word in Arabic, and I want to claim it: I AM someone who quite deliberately and consciously, denies that there is any truth whatsoever in Islam as a religion, or as a political system. A blog about politics, religion (especially Islam and Christianity), philosophy and science, especially as these areas intersect. I approach these issues as an atheist, liberal (nearly libertarian).
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that the atheist bus ads are not in breach of the Code.
Predictably, Christian Voice are outraged and assert it’s all a plot by the evil Secularists and Homosexuals (that’s us!)
Good old Stephen Green. He really knows how to liven things up.
If you don’t know about the “Atheist Bus” campaign, go here and here.
Stephen Green of Christian Voice is challenging the ads on the basis of the lack of substantiation and the alleged inaccuracy of the ads, which read:
I suspect that Stephen’s Irony Meter is broken.
The whole of the press release from Stephen Green is here. In fact, his whole website is good for a laugh!