Like I need an atheist to tell me to be good. They’re just as preachy as the Christians 🙂 Though, I have to say in this debate with Bill Donahue, the atheist comes off as much more reasonable (and all the atheists in the house go, “Well, yeah”).(via)Here’s what the arguing is about:

Ads proclaiming, “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake,” will appear on Washington, D.C., buses starting next week and running through December. The American Humanist Association unveiled the provocative $40,000 holiday ad campaign Tuesday.[…]”We are trying to reach our audience, and sometimes in order to reach an audience, everybody has to hear you,” said Fred Edwords, spokesman for the humanist group. “Our reason for doing it during the holidays is there are an awful lot of agnostics, atheists and other types of non-theists who feel a little alone during the holidays because of its association with traditional religion.”To that end, the ads and posters will include a link to a Web site that will seek to connect and organize like-minded thinkers in the D.C. area, Edwords said.Edwords said the purpose isn’t to argue that God doesn’t exist or change minds about a deity, although “we are trying to plant a seed of rational thought and critical thinking and questioning in people’s minds.”

Yes, it’s much more rational to believe all this complexity was created from nothing, that one day the entire plant burst forth into existence and not only the planet but other planets as well and stars and they all just happened to follow a pattern of rotating around the sun which also just appeared one day. And of course I needed to see that ad to begin the “critical thinking” process and it was so brilliant that it planted a “seed of rational thought” that I’m sure I’ll give up twenty years of thought and study to “be good for goodness sake.” Sorry but after all the years of studying God’s character and revelation I’m going to need something more than an invitation to be good, as if Christianity is summed up and refuted by ethics alone. If there is no God, I‘m partying like it’s 1999! The heck with being good!