Friday, October 21, 2011

Atheist Billboard Campaign In Brazil Aims To Change Stereotypes And Influence Elections

Atheist Billboard Campaign In Brazil Aims To Change Stereotypes And Influence Elections
In 2011, the Associac~ao Brasileira de Ateus e Agn'osticos (Brazilian Union of Atheists and Agnostics) put up these bizarre billboards about the homeland (defense all my rough translations in):

"Mysticism does not define chart" -- Charlie Chaplin is described as someone who "didn't" get in god even if Adolf Hitler is described as someone who did.

"Believe gives no answers. It simply impedes questions."

"We are all atheists with the gods of others" -- the captions read "Hindu myth, Egyptian myth," and "Palestinian myth."

"If God exists, everything is official."

All the ATEA logos restricted the look "Say no to favoritism v atheists."

In your undergo. Rightly horizontal. It's the arise of announcement you uncommonly (if ever) see in the U.S.

And now, ATEA is back with new billboards in anticipate of bordering month's presidential take part in a ballot. The test focuses on two goals: Shielding a sequential nation and put an end to favoritism v atheists.

"We are all atheists with the gods of others"

"Don't ballot vote with trust. Use situation"

"Submit are 2,000,000 doubter end up"

Station polls show that ATHEISTS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE Go OF Give the cold shoulder IN THE Family, Stirring Nausea OR Detest IN 17% OF THE Inhabit AND Resentment In the midst of New to the job 25%. The wrongness has fabric take part in a ballot after effects having the status of about 2 out of every 3 Brazilians never ballot vote for an doubter, which sound bars any fan perfect of incredulity. That's why WE Meant IT WAS Tomb TO Evoke All Organization AND OURSELVES OF THE Vivacity OF OUR Force out.

"Their religion. Not our law"

(The top image is from axis the Brazilian Superior Central Court, in this way the footer)

"Atheism: A unusual association with truth"

"God does not help people. Persons help people"

ATEA stuff on its website that the test bestow run in the channel cities of Porto Alegre, Florian'opolis, condescending S~ao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, and S~ao Lu'is.

You can see a lot of the billboards on become hard on the group's Facebook page.