"There is probably no God. Now enjoy your life and stop worrying"

As I was scanning my daily RSS feeds, I noticed this article. The attitudes of the two sides are interesting.

Atheists:
Hanne Stinson, chief executive of the British Humanist Society, said the society supported the right of religious groups to post their messages but said the advertisements were "dogmatic and declaratory, leaving no room for reason and debate.""Our ads were undogmatic and funny, with the addition of the 'probably' in line with the continuing openness of humanists to new evidence," she said in a statement on the British Humanist Association Web site.

Christians:
"The atheist campaign has been something of a red rag to Christians and was begging for a response," said George Hargreaves, the head of the Christian Party, a religious group that fields candidates for elections to the European Parliament. "I got tired of seeing these messages on buses driving past my window and want to give people the chance to read something with hope."

Fear of rationalism sure makes some people upset.

Another Christian group has also joined the campaign, with a more confrontational message from Psalm 53:1, which reads: "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."

That Psalm passage (btw) fully reads: The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none who does good.

No wonder the Christians are scared of the atheists.