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100,000 Atheist Britons Seek ‘De-Baptism’ from Christianity

100,000 Atheist Britons Seek ‘De-Baptism’ from Christianity: “Some of these atheists argue that they were baptized when they were too young to make the decision, and now that they’re able to make a choice, they want to renounce their Christian baptism.

‘We now produce a certificate on parchment and we have sold 1,500 units at three pounds ($4.35) a pop,’ said National Secular Society (NSS) president Terry Sanderson to Agence France-Presse.

NSS’ de-baptism initiative follows closely behind the British Humanist Association’s ‘There’s probably no God,’ bus ads. Dozens of buses across England carried the atheist ad that encouraged people to stop worrying and enjoy their life since there is probably no God.”

(Via Christianpost.com.)

Atheists have started advertising - ‘There’s probably no God’

‘There’s probably no God’: “Atheists have started advertising. The most talked about ad campaign in England, now plastered across the outside of 800 British buses, declares: ‘There’s probably no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life.’ The campaign opened last week with rousing speeches by Richard Dawkins and representatives of the British Humanist Association, after a less aggressive campaign (240 buses) in Washington, D.C. back in November. The American Humanists chose the interrogative rather than the declarative mode for their message: ‘Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake.’ After the great success of Dawkins’ book The God Delusion and Hitchens’ God is Not Great, atheism is taking the next step and forming itself into an organized movement.”

(Via Financial Post.)