{"id":55,"date":"2009-02-10T02:35:48","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T07:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=55"},"modified":"2009-02-10T02:37:41","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T07:37:41","slug":"billboard-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"Billboard Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser \/> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--> Probably since the concept of billboards came about to advertise products, Tax exempt Christians organizations and Churches have paid to advertise God\u2026 as if an all powerful creator of the universe needed advertising. Isn\u2019t he God, can\u2019t he stop the sun from moving across the sky or something? In any case, while some of those Christian billboards have been along the lines of \u201ccome to our church and pay us money\u201d type advertising, most are of the vain of \u201cYou are going to be tortured for all eternity unless you give us money,\u201d type.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few years, atheist organizations have been trying to raise money to put up some billboards of our own which are designed to make people think critically about religion and to reach out to atheists who don\u2019t know that atheist organizations actually exist. Our billboards have had such messages as, \u201cDon\u2019t believe in God? You are not alone,\u201d \u201cBeware of Dogma,\u201d \u201cImagine no religion,\u201d \u201cIs belief in God necessary? Let\u2019s be good for goodness sake,\u201d and \u201cThere\u2019s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy life.\u201d And every time one of our less than eternally damning billboards goes up there is always controversy. In fact, now Christian organizations have been using this competitive billboard war as a way of suckering more money from their faithful believers.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is that we have toned our billboards down because we want to be defensible to the public. But many of these Christian groups don\u2019t care about defensibility. So now we need to work together. I need your help. I would like to compile photos of the worst Christian billboards you can find. So if you are in a more religiously brainwashed area of the country or the world and you see a Christian billboard, snap a photo and e-mail it to me at DangerousTalk@gmail.com. Let me know where this billboard was found (city and state) and so next time one of our billboards is challenged by Bill O\u2019Reily or Father Morris, we will be able to give them a little comparison\u2026 not that it will matter to them. 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