{"id":4336,"date":"2009-02-09T15:04:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T15:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/02\/response-to-atheist-bus-ads-in.html"},"modified":"2009-02-09T15:04:20","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T15:04:20","slug":"response-to-atheist-bus-ads-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/02\/response-to-atheist-bus-ads-in.html","title":{"rendered":"Response to Atheist Bus Ads in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you seen this<\/a>? What do you think of the approach? The Bible verse chosen? What verse or verses would you choose?<\/p>\n

The word of God is on the move in London — literally. Beginning Feb. 9, three
\nseparate Christian groups will launch advertisements on more than 200 of
\nLondon’s buses to convince pedestrians of God’s existence. “It may be
\nunpopular and unpleasant, says David Larlham, the assistant general
\nsecretary of London’s Trinitarian Bible Society, a group that distributes
\nbibles worldwide, “but there is a whole lot of truth in the bible that
\npeople need to get to grips with.” His organization has paid $50,000 to
\ndisplay posters on 125 of London’s red double-decker buses that quote Psalm
\n53: “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.”<\/i>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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