You have to love the British Humanist Society and Richard Dawkins’ bus advertising stunt that has us all chattering about the existence or otherwise of God. Irritated by pro-Christian advertising the Humanists booked a £140,000 four week run on bus sides in England, Scotland and Wales. While the ads themselves are pretty lame, the debate has been entertaining. Naturally, all the papers covered it. And the online editions have been inundated with readers’ comments. The TV news picked it up, and the radio. Bloggers have tuned in too, sharing their opinions and adding to the debate. You can even follow the fun on Facebook and Twitter where you can keep up with AtheistBus en route to Edmonton Green.A second burst of PR coverage came quickly too as the Christian Voice dafties struck back led by the permanently indignant Stephen Green who thinks the ads should be banned on the grounds that they violate ASA codes on ‘substantiation and truthfulness’. Mr Green reckons that while there is no evidence that there isn’t a divine power looking after us all, ‘there is plenty of evidence for God, from people’s personal experience, to the complexity, interdependence, beauty and design of the natural world.’You couldn’t make it up. So while I’m enormously sceptical about the value of bus advertising this tale proves beyond doubt that a good story in our interconnected world just spreads like wildfire.
Alan Munro
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