Disagree? You must be a fool. February 7, 2009
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Miscellany , trackbackRecently, the British Humanists have been running a low-key advertising campaign in buses and on the tube. Like the humanists, its undogmatic and doesn’t take personal pot-shots at anyone. This, on the tube, with a quote from Katharine Hepburn, is about as offensive as it gets.
But even that was enough to cause some people to become very unhappy, including one bus driver who refused to drive a bus with the slogan ‘There’s Probably No God. Now, stop worrying and enjoy you life’ (though he was presumably happy enough to drive buses advertising violent movies).
And today, while waiting at a stop in Camberwell Green, what do I see, but two buses with that wonderful quote espousing goodwill to all, Psalm 14.1 “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God”. It’s the Trinitarian Bible Societies response.
Just in case you were wondering, the rest of the verse is pretty unfriendly as well.
1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Delightful. Can you imagine the furore if the humanists had said ‘Only fools believe in God’? Can you imagine Transport For London accepting that as an advertisement? That’s not something I’d say, or indeed believe, but I really don’t like being called a fool.
No, I’m not going to complain. They’re welcome to say what they like. It does make you think though, not an activity encouraged by this Bible Society at least.
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