The Wheels on the Atheist Bus go Round and Round...

You gotta love London because they can get away with things like the Atheist bus....

If that's their motto then I am beginning to suspect I am atheist... (although i like to think not in such a 'Terminator' vehemently anti-religion sort of way)

This article will tell you a bit more about why the Atheist bus exists, and why Londoners could raise a whopping 140,000 pounds to fund this campaign as response to religious slogans on buses that condemn non-believers to damnation. I suspect that the first ad that triggered it all off was this one:

Because i did like the founder of the Atheist Bus campaign, and i clicked onto the Jesussaid website, and i found out what will happen to the heathen non-believer (Kaafir!) such as myself:

He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16b-18).

What are the consequences if you reject the answer?

God’s wrath includes the prospect of eternal punishment – it is appointed to men to die once and then comes the judgment (Hebrews 9:27). You will rise from the dead and will face the Judge and know that you rejected His kind and merciful answer. You will be condemned to everlasting separation from God and then you spend all eternity in torment in hell.(!!!) Jesus spoke about this as a lake of fire which was prepared for the devil and all his angels (demonic spirits) (Matthew 25: 41).

Gah! It all sounds like biased treatment at the moment. If you believe in me, I won't judge you (therefore it doesn't matter what you do?) and if you don't believe in me, you're doomed (therefore it doesn't matter what you do?)... What happened to kind and merciful?

Maybe that explains why there have been so many religious crusades and wars for God and what not. 'Cos the final accountant closes one eye when it comes to people who know him? Pardon me, but i still have issues with religions that invoke fear rather than cultivate good.

*sigh*

Anyway, I hope this isn't seen as a giant stab in the side of monotheistic religion. See it like this (following paragraph from aforelinked article):

The theology thinktank Theos welcomed the campaign, saying it was a "great way" to get people thinking about God. "The posters will encourage people to consider the most important question we will ever face in our lives. The slogan itself is a great discussion starter. Telling someone 'there's probably no God' is a bit like telling them they've probably remembered to lock their door. It creates the doubt that they might not have."

And, to cap it all off, a slogan taken up by The American Humanist Association on their bus advertising campaign that speaks to my heart:

Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake!