And... HOW exactly do these ads RUIN xmas for people? Do they really shatter people's beliefs so much that they say: "I can't celebrate anymore! *sob*". Whatever. The only people that get offended by something are the ones who want to be offended.

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Very editorialised voiceover - Do these adverts really "mock" theists as the anchor says??
I really don't think so.

I have to disagree that these types of adds are "mocking religion" in any way. It is only Christians that would see them as "mocking".

Also, Christians claiming that this is THEIR holiday is just stupid. It is everyone's holiday season. Jews, Pagans, Christians ancient Germans and every other recent society had a "winter solstice" celebration. What Christians fail to realize is that what they know as Christmas was just a stolen Pagan tradition that was adopted over time as a local custom. Slap a Jesus myth over the top of it and now they think they own it. Balderdash!

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And... HOW exactly do these ads RUIN xmas for people? Do they really shatter people's beliefs so much that they say: "I can't celebrate anymore! sob ". Whatever. The only people that get offended by something are the ones who want to be offended.


And it is their right to be offended...
Steve Hughes says it best

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TheSluiceGate, Hive13, take another look at the Santa Claus billboard at 1:21. You have to admit that that one is quite mocking. Funny though.

Edit: Better yet just view it here:
http://www.ffrf.org/uploads/images/SantaKinghighres.jpg

And then go look at the full collection here:
http://www.ffrf.org/press/high-resolution-images/

Now if you put up bilboards everywhere that denied the existance of Santa, that could cause some X-mas trouble.

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slicked-back pony tail, nice job guy

@Hive13 says it... it's NOT THEIR FRICKEN HOLIDAY. This bullshit of 'Christmas is because of the birth of Christ' is utter, utter rubbish. The bible makes NO MENTION AT ALL as to the date of the birth of Jesus, it's a Pagan festival, f*ck off Christians with your f*cking holier than though attitude, and the 'meaning of Christmas'. F*ck you whole fricken heartedly.

I LOVE Christmas, it is my favourite time of year. The decorations, the music, the food, the gatherings with family. The magic of Santa with the kids... It is a truly wonderful time. And anyone should be more than free to attach whatever importance they want to the period. And Christians can bugger off with this 'It's our holiday, and if you're celebrating it, then you are celebrating the birth of Jesus'. No we're not, we're celebrating the MUCH more important things of Family, Friends, Joy, Peace, and all round good will.

THAT is what christmas should be about, Peace on Earth and Good Will to All Men. No religion, no preaching, just happiness and magic.

"Remember the reason for the season" is fine for them to tell us, but it's offensive for us to disagree. Got it.

nice, another fucking commercial. Its disgusting how the internet is slowly being disguised as television. mute button and, go onto other things for a couple minutes, simple but still bullshit to have to do.

Fuck you fat cats.

mmm yes.. Excellent.

Agreed with the "our season" being bullshit. So, just because they have decided that their lord was born on that specific day, the rest of us have no right to a different opinion and we must fall in line with their way of thinking for about two fucking months, no dissent?

Also, the billboard put up by the christian group in retaliation is a decent way to go about it. Except that the idea of retaliation is kind of silly considering that there are already about 20 gazillion bits of christian/christmas propaganda out there already.

If they want a war, we'll get it on with them. Haha...athiests make love not war.

Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown.>> ^spoco2:

we're celebrating the MUCH more important things of Family, Friends, Joy, Peace, and all round good will.
THAT is what christmas should be about, Peace on Earth and Good Will to All Men. No religion, no preaching, just happiness and magic.

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TheSluiceGate, Hive13, take another look at the Santa Claus billboard at 1:21. You have to admit that that one is quite mocking. Funny though.


Sorry, I still don't see how it's "mocking" religion. Who cares if Santa is telling the state of Virginia there's no god?

Atheists trying to organize are the same weak minded mob-seeking people that just so happen to not believe in god.

Learning things is good, there are no good or bad seasons to learn. Great work by those involved with the billboards and TV adds etc

Telling someone that they are wrong isn't always mocking them. Sometimes it's simply an attempt to point out a fact, raise their awareness, or take away some ignorance. Yet this can still be embarrassing, and therefore can easily be seen as mocking. Everyone likes to be right, some are just more reasonable to accept the alternative based on proof and move on.

However, religions should be mocked as there is no scientific proof of a god's existence at this point in time, and nothing other than religious scriptures and scientific facts are needed to achieve this to a near perfect art.
Note: "doesn't need to be proven" is not a reasonable stance for any argument. Try it in any other subject and watch how fast it fails.

All statements need to be substantiated beyond reasonable doubt, else they should be discarded with any other unproven opinions.

Thomas Jefferson: "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions"

PS: besides, the gods in the Abrahamic religions are a bunch of ass holes, why would anyone in their right mind want to appease any version of them?

In the UK, we already had this tit-for-tat exchange last year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4141765/Atheist-buses-denying-Gods-existence-take-to-streets.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xazsadB_TN8

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