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<\/a><\/p>\nFrom here<\/a>:<\/p>\n A church advertising campaign that depicted atheists as stupid has been banned by a watchdog in South Africa.<\/p>\n Officials ruled a billboard that suggested non-believers considered their existence to be accidental was likely to be found offensive.<\/p>\n [\u2026..]<\/p>\n the ASA noted that it was obliged to consider the advertisement’s content after it received a complaint from a non-Christian member of the public.<\/p>\n Laying out its judgement on the matter, the authority stated that the complainant, Eugene Gerber, felt offended by the suggestion he was stupid.<\/p>\n The ruling stated: ‘In essence, the complainant submitted that the billboard offends him as an atheist as he does not consider his existence to be an accident.<\/p>\n ‘Secondly, the depiction of a man with an empty head communicates that atheists are stupid.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n A few points:<\/p>\n First, I can\u2019t see anything wrong with offending atheists. After all, Richard Dawkins has made a career out of offending Christians.<\/p>\n Second, if there is no God, \u00a0Eugene Gerber is a product of unguided evolution: an accident. An unfortunate accident, perhaps, but an accident nevertheless.<\/p>\n Third, a vast number of atheists, particularly the new atheists and those who have fallen under their spell, are<\/em> stupid. They are incapable of applying the critical reasoning that they think demolishes religion to their own belief system: that is stupid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This billboard was removed from outside a Johannesburg church because an atheist was offended. From here: A church advertising campaign that depicted atheists as stupid has been banned by a watchdog in South Africa. Officials ruled a billboard that suggested … Continue reading