This is an interesting ad campaign...

TarJak · 05-28-11, 03:01 AM

http://www.smh.com.au/national/hes-n...527-1f8j2.html

Popcorn anyone?

Betonov · 05-28-11, 05:34 AM

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The bishop said he would pay for billboards to counter those of MyPeace if he could afford it, and ''maybe the atheists should run their billboards as well''.

The end is really near

Free Quorans, that's a lot of money for something almost completely useless. But hey, free toilet paper

Platapus · 05-28-11, 07:22 AM

What the billboard states is true. As much as the word true can be used in the context of religion.

Educating people that christantity and islam have a lot in common is a good thing.

You are never going to affect the truly dumb people, but maybe this will help some others.

Jimbuna · 05-28-11, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

http://www.smh.com.au/national/hes-n...527-1f8j2.html

Popcorn anyone?

Crikey!....you lot are getting as mad as us lot

Sailor Steve · 05-28-11, 03:13 PM

I liked the Bishop's comparison:

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But the billboard was not offensive, he said. "They've got a perfect right to say it, and I would defend they're right to say it [but] ... you couldn't run a Christian billboard in Saudi Arabia."

I agree with both of his statements and that illustrates the real difference between the Western world and the Middle-East.

On the other hand he kind of put his foot in it:

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The Anglican Bishop of South Sydney, rob Forsyth, said it was "complete nonsense" to say Jesus was a prophet of Islam. "Jesus was not the prophet of a religion that came 600 years later."

Does that mean that Jeremiah wasn't a prophet of Christianity?

JU_88 · 05-28-11, 03:32 PM

God I wish these people could stop shoving their beliefs in other people faces.
Atheist, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, scientologist? good you've found what works for you, enjoy! now kindly shut up about it and let everyone else do life their own way.
I cant stand anyone who truley belives that everyone should be forced or even encouraged to be like them, the arrogance of it is incredible.
Most people will simply believe what they were taught as children and they will NEVER change.

Those who convert to - or abandon a system of faith tend to do so because of some unpleasent crap has happened to them or they got very bored of life.
If you feel ok about life and are happy with who you are, then you dont usually get the burning desire to change anything.

Posters like this are waste of time and do nothing other than stir the pot. Its like the atheist posters we had in the UK saying 'there is probably no god'
Im already an atheist but....why? why do that? what is the point?

Sailor Steve · 05-28-11, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by JU_88

God I wish these people could stop shoving their beliefs in other people faces.

They can't. If they're right they have to do it. If you knew your apartment building was on fire, but no one else could see it, would you not feel compelled to tell everyone, whether they believed you or not? If the Christians are right then they have to try to save everyone. If they don't they're not following God's instructions, not being good Christians and opening the possibility that they're not truly saved themselves, since "By their fruits you shall know them".

It's a conundrum, for them and for you, but there it is.

JU_88 · 05-28-11, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

They can't. If they're right they have to do it. If you knew your apartment building was on fire, but no one else could see it, would you not feel compelled to tell everyone, whether they believed you or not? If the Christians are right then they have to try to save everyone. If they don't they're not following God's instructions, not being good Christians and opening the possibility that they're not truly saved themselves, since "By their fruits you shall know them".

It's a conundrum, for them and for you, but there it is.

I know Steve..... but still I WISH

let me dream a little.
Just to day there was a group of muslims promoting Islam in the high st where I live. I scanned their flyer and it said everything I knew it would.
I noticed virtually every muslim guy at the stand (about 12 of them) was engaged in some sort of civilised debate with various non-muslim passers-by, no one was about embrace or renounce Islam. Some people just like a good argument i guess....

05-28-11, 03:01 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	This is an interesting ad campaign... http://www.smh.com.au/national/hes-n...527-1f8j2.html Popcorn anyone?

05-28-11, 07:22 AM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	What the billboard states is true. As much as the word true can be used in the context of religion. Educating people that christantity and islam have a lot in common is a good thing. You are never going to affect the truly dumb people, but maybe this will help some others. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-28-11, 03:32 PM	#6
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	God I wish these people could stop shoving their beliefs in other people faces. Atheist, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, scientologist? good you've found what works for you, enjoy! now kindly shut up about it and let everyone else do life their own way. I cant stand anyone who truley belives that everyone should be forced or even encouraged to be like them, the arrogance of it is incredible. Most people will simply believe what they were taught as children and they will NEVER change. Those who convert to - or abandon a system of faith tend to do so because of some unpleasent crap has happened to them or they got very bored of life. If you feel ok about life and are happy with who you are, then you dont usually get the burning desire to change anything. Posters like this are waste of time and do nothing other than stir the pot. Its like the atheist posters we had in the UK saying 'there is probably no god' Im already an atheist but....why? why do that? what is the point? Last edited by JU_88; 05-28-11 at 03:51 PM.