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Atheist Billboard Campaign Calls Church 'Fake News'

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An atheist group launched a new billboard campaign encouraging Americans to skip church.

The signs were put up by the group American Atheists. One billboard features a manger scene and encourages people to skip church, calling it the original 'fake news.'

Another advertises the American Atheists national convention in Oklahoma City, depicting the Oklahoma City skyline with Santa's sleigh flying overhead and says, "Just like Santa Claus, the Atheists are coming to town!"

 

 

"Everyone knows that the stories we're told in church aren't the truth," said David Silverman, president of American Atheists.   

"People ignore that fact because they enjoy the community, the friendship, and the traditions that go along with religion. But we're here to tell them that churches don't have a monopoly on any of that. There's a fantastic and vibrant community of atheists all across the country creating their own traditions and lifelong friendships," he continued.

On Twitter, American Atheists said they had pitched another billboard idea but it was deemed to be too controversial and an "attack."

 

 

The Billboards will be up for the month of December in Albuquerque, NM., Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX., and Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK.
 

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Caitlin Burke serves as National Security Correspondent and a general assignment reporter for CBN News. She has also hosted the CBN News original podcast, The Daily Rundown. Some of Caitlin’s recent stories have focused on the national security threat posed by China, America’s military strength, and vulnerabilities in the U.S. power grid. She joined CBN News in July 2010, and over the course of her career, she has had the opportunity to cover stories both domestically and abroad. Caitlin began her news career working as a production assistant in Richmond, Virginia, for the NBC affiliate WWBT