Road Trip
6 February 2008 by Bob
Came across these cool billboards while surfing…
Turns out the one from Jersey actually made the paper, which, I guess is pretty cool — although I doubt the other xian ones needed coverage.
Also turns out it didn’t stay up there that long — but hey, one step at a time, folks…
Now this one is around Columbus, Ohio:
A 14×48-foot “stained glass” billboard bearing the message, “Imagine No Religion,” is going up Saturday morning, February 2, for the month of February on the southeast corner of East Broad St. and Lancaster Ave, Reynoldsburg (suburban Columbus). The Foundation, the nation’s largest membership association for freethinkers (atheists and agnostics), is using a national billboard campaign to take its irreverent message state-by-state to what it calls the “unmassed masses.” The billboard also carries the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s name and its website, ffrf.org. “Our goal is to place a freethinking billboard somewhere in every state,” says Annie Laurie Gaylor, Foundation co-president.
Another funny video about all this shit can be found here, from Greta Christina’s Blog.
I have to get around to putting Greta in our “Other Atheist Blogs” section. One incredibly cool atheist chick.
(If intellectual freethought isn’t a turn-on, then I don’t know what is…)
7 February 2008, on 4:38 am
There is a site that collects real road signs, including of course some about religion as seen below.
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/signs/burrito.htm
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/signs/video.htm
The next one is rather ambiguous.
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/signs/spaghetti.htm
Do they mean “advanced biology” or “advanced spaghetti”. In the latter case the FSM will be pleased. The site has many more.
7 February 2008, on 10:20 am
Here’s one that is in several places around Chicagoland
http://www.WhyIslam.org
and this one
and yet another one Looking for Peace?
Just what we need…evangelical Muslims as if we don’t have enough evangelicals of other sorts.
Then you have the hypocritical xian fundie signs bashing fundie islam.
7 February 2008, on 11:19 am
And even some churches are using sex to “sell”
http://www.barenakedtruthOnSex.com
7 February 2008, on 1:33 pm
Hmmm…
Perhaps an appropriate combination of signs for the Fundie idiots (strategically placed, of course) would be the “Bare Naked Truth” sign, followed closely by the “Jesus is Watching You” sign?
A future sign, to be added later, might be a picture of Jeebus with an animated “Thumbs up; Thumbs down” (rating?).
That could be followed by one with Satan smiling whilst stoking a little Hell fire scene; perhaps even with sound effects:
[Background Chorus constantly repeating]: “Guilt, Fear, Guilt, Fear”…
[with overdubbed sinister 'Satanic' laughter]: “Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-HA-HA!”
Oh wait…that would be noise pollution; and a waste, since most people drive with their windows up.
I haven’t quite figured out an appropriate way to mix in the Islamic version of lunatic signs in all this. [Like I'm really trying!]
Any suggestions?
However…
A little ways after all the religious bullshit could be a series of totally ‘Guiltless’ Freethinker signs…you get the (ridiculous) picture.
Yeah…Just what we need…more roadside, VISUAL, noise pollution!
Please excuse…I’m getting a bit of cabin fever ‘after-effect’ from all the Chicagoland blizzard-like weather we’ve been having! And I haven’t shoveled my car out yet, either.
7 February 2008, on 4:22 pm
Here is another site that has real signs. This is one of my favorites.
http://www.headlinehumor.com/signs66.htm
8 February 2008, on 4:09 pm
Love the FreethoughtAction billboards!
**OT** but worth a chuckle:
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=27323
Although not a huge fan of Andy’s, I have to give him credit for speaking up!
10 February 2008, on 1:15 am
Talk about disturbing billboards, check this one out!
11 February 2008, on 5:56 pm
^ Psychological terrorism, thy name is xianity…
11 February 2008, on 11:48 pm
Stardust, that is downright terrifying…