Comments on the blue fish project (dave bish): There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enj...

Hi Alan,Yeah it's a helpful article - naturally no...

2009-01-15T21:55:16.098Z

Hi Alan,

Yeah it's a helpful article - naturally not going to agree with all his points. The evidence point needs some response, but remembering that people don't believe in God, don't see the need to, and don't start out thinking that the bible is worth listening to etc is helpful.

It is disturbing the way that we basically use interuption techniques - which on the one hand can be fine, but can be horrendous, desperate and rude.

Dave, Thanks to dmk, I had an interesting link on ...

2009-01-15T21:19:10.962Z

Dave, Thanks to dmk, I had an interesting link on my blog with Joe the Peacock — a reflective US good guy atheist, on what things Christians do that impress him and what things they say and do that don't: http://bishopalan.blogspot.com/2008/11/evangelism-spam-versus-living-it.html . Really constructive and chalenging. Any ideas there to help?

For my notes:Nick Spencer: The truly wonderful thi...

2009-01-12T08:20:28.559Z

For my notes:

Nick Spencer: The truly wonderful thing about the campaign is that it does that most un-English thing. It mentions God in public. Research has shown that most Christians are willing to talk about their faith if the subject comes up. Reluctant to introduce it themselves (presumably for fear of being labelled a "fundamentalist"), they are quite happy to "do God" if a friend mentions him, provoked, say, by a passing bendy bus.

hey dave. I've found it helpful to ask myself & ot...

2009-01-12T00:13:27.994Z

hey dave.

I've found it helpful to ask myself & others why this campaign raised £20k in a single day.

Because people obviously feel that without God, the first thing to go would be “worrying”, and the first thing to start would be “enjoying”. What a tragedy, given Jesus' bus campaign in Matthew 6, that we've got a heavenly father who loves us like crazy.

Also worth mentioning that at his discussion with John Lennox in October, Dawkins publically regretted the exact phrasing - he didnt like the slack, laissez-faire implication at all, but nonetheless, had already gone to press expressing his support:
"This campaign to put alternative slogans on London buses will make people think - and thinking is anathema to religion

Interestingly, theos think tank also sponsored it, and the sociologist, Nick Spencer (who's co-authored with Michael Green) wrote his two pence in the Guardian.

couple of links on my blog in a post I did yesterd...

2009-01-11T22:20:54.275Z

couple of links on my blog in a post I did yesterday on research about belief in God and happiness, if you wanted to take that angle.