Swedish Humanist Association - Gud finns nog inte (God probably doesn’t exist)

Gud finns nog inte (God probably doesn’t exist). Well, at least that's what the Swedish Humanist Association (Humanisterna) is promoting on billboards in several Stockholm subway stations. Accompanying the proclamation are appropriated images of three flags featuring the Star of David from Judaism, the Crescent from Islam, and the Cross from Christianity all in the same shades of blue and yellow found on the Swedish flag.

The ads are part of a campaign to further debate about the impact of religion on public life and to recruit new members to the Association, whose brand of atheism believes that democratic values are often limited by fundamentalist trends and religious dogma.

Quoted in The Local, Humanist Association chair Christer Sturmark said:

"It's not that we want to stop the religious community, but we want to level the playing field. Religious groups get huge sums from the state every year. We’re dependent on our members."

Good on them, I say. Gay rights groups would do well to ally politically with like-minded organizations such as this one that promote secular policy making.

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