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Help creating Atheism pamphlets and billboards
joebbowers:
--- Quote ---I suppose you could merge some of these topics (ike "Why Atheists Do Not Worship Satan" & "What is Atheism, and Who Are Atheists") into an umbrella topic titled "Top X Misconceptions Of Atheists/Atheism".
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I agree. I will merge those. The standard pamphlet will be a single sheet, trifolded, which makes 6 panels for content. The front cover will be mostly graphics and titles, which leaves 5 pages, so there is a lot of flexibility in the amount of text each one can have.
joebbowers:
Is there a limit to how many times a post may be edited? It won't allow me to modify my original post anymore. >:(
C:
I believe that there is a time limit rather than the amount of times you can modify your post.
joebbowers:
So far all of the pamphlet topics I've suggested are directed at theists. I would also like to create a couple for atheists as well, perhaps one about coming out to their family and friends, one about how to deal with the loss of God for the recently deprogrammed, and one about um.... oops. I forgot the third one. ;D
Oh yeah, I remember. A list of top arguments from theists and how to refute them.
One Above All:
--- Quote from: joebbowers on November 27, 2011, 05:55:55 AM ---Is there a limit to how many times a post may be edited? It won't allow me to modify my original post anymore. >:(
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Like C said, it's a time limit. Two hours, IIRC.
On-topic: Assuming that this would be in the USA, pamphlets would not be very effective, IMO. We should focus on billboards, even though they are (a lot) more expensive.
Pamphlets tend to be thrown in the trash (or even the middle of the street) as soon as someone sees that they disagree with what's written on it. Also, there are three groups who might read a "Why God Is Imaginary" pamphlet (for example): Fundies (very low probability, unless they want to use those against us; twisting it around as some sort of "Atheists are trying to destroy this country" thing), atheists (who already agree) or liberal christians (who would say something like "Let's agree to disagree").
Billboards and bus signs, on the other hand, are "huge"[1] and people have a tendency to read them, regardless of what's written on them. There's always the risk of vandalism (you know how "good christians" are, right?), but that's a risk we'd have to take either way. Distributing pamphlets, although harmless, could spark a few physical encounters with the fundies (once again, "good christians" are awesome[/sarcasm]).
On that note, I think that mocking them might also not be the best tactic. Mocking causes violent thoughts, which in turn causes violence towards the people distributing the pamphlets. Fundies are particularly prone to this. I'm all for this, but I'd much rather not have to get beaten up by fundies (and most likely ignored by the police and surrounding people, given the fact that a very large percentage of my country is christian and/or retarded) to achieve this goal.
That said, billboards and bus signs also have the downside of being too small for a very long message; we'd have to come up with short phrases to put on them. However, I think that a short phrase that makes people think is more effective than a large pamphlet with many rational arguments against theism.
--- Quote from: joebbowers on November 27, 2011, 08:02:58 AM ---So far all of the pamphlet topics I've suggested are directed at theists. I would also like to create a couple for atheists as well, perhaps one about coming out to their family and friends, one about how to deal with the loss of God for the recently deprogrammed, and one about
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They would have to be very well written, and we shouldn't advise those with fundamentalist parents to come out to them unless they're safe (on their way to college or not living with them anymore, for example). Fundies are not above killing their kids or completely cutting them off. We would also have to offer advice to those who would choose to come out either way.
--- Quote from: joebbowers on November 27, 2011, 08:02:58 AM ---A list of top arguments from theists and how to refute them.
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C (IIRC) made such a topic a while back. 13 (IIRC) top arguments from christians (and their respective refutation). 1. I'll explain why I wrote it this way below.
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