The American Humanist Association has spent $40,000 on an advertising campaign that will start next week in Washington, D.C. just in time for the coming Christmas season. Oops! Did I write Christmas? Of course I meant to say the upcoming Winter Festival season. The ad states "Why believe in a God? Just be good for goodness' sake."
Each year I promise myself, to no avail, that I will not allow politically correct liberal attempts to denigrate the Christmas season annoy me and each year I find my blood pressure going through the roof right around this time.
One could argue that the intent of the ad is well meaning as it simply puts forth the argument that people should be good. I would argue that if that were the case, why involve a question that makes suspect an individual's belief in a higher power? The ad could have been just as compelling if it simply said "Just be good for goodness' sake."
The organization's web site greets each visitor with a banner proclaiming "Join us and help promote progressive, dynamic values!" I have always been amused by the fact that, over the past several years, the left has abandoned the term "liberal" for the more palatable "progressive" descriptor.
Oh yes! As an aside, in the spirit of the Christmas season, perhaps the $40,000 could have been better spent in these tough economic times? A donation to a charity, a women's shelter, a homeless outreach organization...?
Notwithstanding the above, in closing I wish the Humanist "progressives" of this world a Merry Christmas and I will keep them in my prayers!
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