The BBC is reporting that the advertising banner that is appearing on some buses in England, paid for by the British Humanist Association, is still upsetting a lot of people and the latest is that a bus driver has walked out and refused to drive a bus with it on the side .
The man, Ron Heather, says that he “felt that I could not drive that bus, I told my managers and they said they haven’t got another one and I thought I better go home, so I did. I think it was the starkness of this advert which implied there was no God…”
No pun intended but Jesus Christ, man! For a start the banner reads There Probably Is No God. Now Stop Worrying And Enjoy Your Life. Did you notice that, Mr Heather? Probably.
Are the religious amongst us so sensitive that they can’t even handle the suggestion that there might not be a God? The BHA could have easily made it read There IS No God but they were open-minded enough to go with Probably so what is the big deal exactly?
The problem is when you base your belief system on something that comes from “elsewhere” (ie not determined by your own moral and ethical compass) you are in an incredibly fragile position should anything come along to question any aspect of it. Because you haven’t arrived at the conclusionsyourself you lack the full capability of defending those conclusions and this is a fine example of it.
To the BHA I say don’t be so accommodating next time and to Richard Dawkins I say keep up the good work …
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