Atheist billboard goes up above church bilboard.
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 4:52PM 
Funny thing. I used to live in this area many years ago. I am actually quite surprised that clear channel would allow this, I hear they are a very christian company.
The station wanted to come interview me and get a comment on what our reaction was to the billboard, both its message and its placement. At first, I thought it was sad that it was placed right above ours (though the United Coalition of Reason representative said that was coincidental). I also thought it was sad that they would be encouraging people to live life without God. However, as I was thinking about what my on-camera response would be (I had about an hour to come up with something to say!), I began to think about it in terms of opportunity rather than conflict.
Seeing this billboard will not make any Christians re-think their position on Christianity. But seeing this billboard may cause someone who is searching and exploring whether there is more to life than this to reflect. Any opportunity to get people thinking about God and the possibility of a life where Jesus Christ is at the center is a good thing. To get people to explore the message of the Gospel and take a closer look at all that a life with Christ offers - love, forgiveness, salvation, grace, peace, community - is good for Christianity and for us here at Central. You can watch the news story here.
Here is a link to the rest of the story which is on the terribly unfortunate named web domain of CUMRodgers.com
Reader Comments (1)
That's great that the freethought group gets top billing. I bet ClearChannel is getting angry phone calls and emails. I think in the past FFRF billboards have been taken down after complaints (I'd have to check if it was them or CBS Outdoor).
Although the reaction in the church's article is better than them being outraged or demanding the freethought/atheist sign being taken down, it's sad that they're apparently so brainwashed that they actually think their god loves everyone. They must have stopped at John 3:16 and not read that unbelievers are condemned to hell in John 3:18. How loving.
That's funny about their "terribly unfortunate named web domain", you'd think someone would have thought of it or told them, if not when the church started using those initials then at least when they did the domain name.