"Thank God you are wrong."

This digital billboard was unveiled in New York City today.

Answers in Genesis Reaches Out to Atheists with a Message of Hope
October 7, 2013
Layman

This is the news release that was sent to the national media this morning and has been slightly adapted for the web. PETERSBURG, Ky., October 7, 2013—Residents and tourists in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area can view new unique billboards this morning, with Los Angeles and Hollywood following in a few days with several similar boards. Answers in Genesis (AiG), sponsor of the billboards, is engaging atheists and other secularists with a cordial message that encourages them to visit AiG’s website to read articles and watch a video that present the case for God’s existence.

Much damage has been done to the cause of the gospel by telling the world that they will go to Hell "because they don’t believe in Jesus." This makes no sense to the ungodly. It seems unreasonable that God would eternally damn them for not believing something. However, this can be explained this way: If a man jumps out of a plane without a parachute, he will perish because he transgressed the law of gravity. Had he put on a parachute, he would have been saved. In one sense, he perished because he didn't put on the parachute. But the primary reason he died was because he broke what has often been called "the law" of gravity.

If a sinner refuses to trust in Jesus Christ when he passes through the door of death, he will perish. This isn’t because he refused to trust the Saviour, but because he transgressed the Law of God. Had he "put on the Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 13:14), he would have been saved; but because he refused to repent, he will suffer the full consequences of his sin. Sin is not "failing to believe in Jesus." Sin is "transgression of the Law" (1 John 3:4).

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OLAADEGBU:

"Thank God you are wrong."

This digital billboard was unveiled in New York City today.

Answers in Genesis Reaches Out to Atheists with a Message of Hope
October 7, 2013
Layman

This is the news release that was sent to the national media this morning and has been slightly adapted for the web. PETERSBURG, Ky., October 7, 2013—Residents and tourists in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area can view new unique billboards this morning, with Los Angeles and Hollywood following in a few days with several similar boards. Answers in Genesis (AiG), sponsor of the billboards, is engaging atheists and other secularists with a cordial message that encourages them to visit AiG’s website to read articles and watch a video that present the case for God’s existence.

Today, one large "digital spectacular" in Times Square in downtown Manhattan and three billboards in the Bay Area are proclaiming the message:

"To all of our atheist friends: Thank God you’re wrong."

Ken Ham, president of AiG and the Creation Museum, stated:

In a friendly way, we want to reach out to people in secularized parts of the country and share the hope we have in Christ. Atheists live in a world of ultimate meaninglessness and purposelessness. But the good news is that God sent His Son to offer the free gift of salvation. There is purpose and meaning in life. And we thank God for that.

When visitors go to AiG’s website, they will see AiG’s article "How Do We Know There Is a God?" and one of Ham’s videos.
With the Times Square "digital spectacular," the animated image will be visible for 15 seconds every 2 minutes. Located at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in the heart of Manhattan, it measures a whopping 45 feet by 90 feet.

Across the country in California, a billboard went up today in the state's third most popular tourist attraction: Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. The second of three Bay Area boards is now visible at the heavily travelled east entrance of the Bay Bridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYC7vZLQPWU

In the Los Angeles area, 6–7 billboards will soon be posted this month. AiG obtained two high-profile static bulletins on Sunset Boulevard, which are superb locations. Another board is on the busy Santa Ana Freeway, one of the most highly trafficked freeways in all of America.
According to AiG’s agency of record, JDA, there will be at least 17 million impressions over the next several weeks as drivers and pedestrians see these striking boards. View the 15 second Times Square digital video board.

In Times Square, a Friendly Jab at Atheists
By MARC SANTORA
Published: October 7, 2013

If the evangelical organization Answers in Genesis was looking to take its message to a secular audience, it would be hard to do better than the heart of Times Square at noon on Monday.
Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times

A Christian group’s digital billboard at Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street.

Wedged amid an advertisement urging revelers to take a trip to Atlantic City, promotions for the new CBS drama “Hostages” and a promotion from Google was a 15-second video directed at New York City’s atheists.

“To all of our atheist friends: Thank God you’re wrong,” the digital billboard blared on the corner of 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue.

As the lunchtime crowd passed by on the streets below, few gave it more than a passing glance, perhaps distracted by the frightening, blood-soaked photograph promoting the horror movie “Carrie” above the theater next door.

Or, perhaps, religious billboard battles between believers and nonbelievers just do not have the punch they once did.

After all, last week Pope Francis made headlines after sending a missive to one of Italy’s best-known “nonbelievers,” Eugenio Scalfari, the co-founder and former editor of the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, offering a conciliatory tone in discussing the Roman Catholic Church’s attitude to atheists.

“Given — and this is the fundamental thing — that God’s mercy has no limits, if He is approached with a sincere and repentant heart,” Pope Francis wrote, “the question for those who do not believe in God is to abide by their own conscience. There is sin, also for those who have no faith, in going against one’s conscience. Listening to it and abiding by it means making up one’s mind about what is good and evil.”

Of course, billboards do not often deal in shades of gray.

Usually, though, they spring up closer to Christmas, when they are more likely to attract news media attention.

In recent years, atheist groups have paid for a number of provocative billboard advertisements that were obviously meant to prompt a reaction from Christian groups, often succeeding.

For instance, when an advertisement appeared above the Lincoln Tunnel on the New Jersey side in 2010 that said, “You Know It’s a Myth: This Season Celebrate Reason,” it was quickly countered with another billboard on the New York side of the tunnel which read, “You Know It’s Real: This Season Celebrate Jesus.”

The holiday season seems to have started a bit early, with messages directed at atheists being sponsored in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.

The latest salvo in the billboard battles was waged by Answers in Genesis, which attracted attention in 2007 when it announced the opening of the $27 million Creation Museum in Kentucky.

The museum, among other things, featured what was meant to be a glimpse at the world just after man’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden, a time when dinosaurs walked the earth alongside humans, adhering to the group’s interpretation of the Bible.

The driving force behind the museum was Ken Ham, an Australian who believes human reason should confirm the Bible rather than reinterpret it.

Whatever one thinks of his message, Mr. Ham has shown a knack for spreading his views. His ministry includes a radio program broadcast over more than 1,000 stations, and a magazine with a circulation of 70,000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/nyregion/in-times-square-a-friendly-jab-at-atheists.html?_r=3&

if not from our deluded friend, who actually think bunch of ancient illiterates make sense than modern science, then who?

the question is, why are you thanking your god that we are wrong, were you ever in doubt of your god or something?

ooman:

if not from our deluded friend, who actually think bunch of ancient illiterates make sense than modern science, then who?

the question is, why are you thanking your god that we are wrong, were you ever in doubt of your god or something?

Thank God that you are wrong.

OLAADEGBU:

Thank God that you are wrong.

does that re-enforce your faith, mister?

And do you realize that your picture did not answer any question, instead, it raised more questions. What is wrong with you?

ooman:

does that re-enforce your faith, mister?

ooman:

And do you realize that your picture did not answer any question, instead, it raised more questions. What is wrong with you?

Read all about it here:

http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2013/10/07/thank-god-youre-wrong/

OLAADEGBU:



Read all about it here:

http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2013/10/07/thank-god-youre-wrong/

oh pls, your link only explained their current dubious actions, it doesnt answer the questions raised in the picture you posted. so read it and answer it

jesus freaking christ - you deleted the picture.

you are going straight to hell

dubious thing

i still remember the questions,

1. there are probably more gods than 1

2. does god exist in the universe or outside the universe

3. you cannot really prove there is a god, even if he came down, since we already rejected jesus

and more, so pls paste answers dude, from where you do your copy and paste job

ooman:

oh pls, your link only explained their current dubious actions, it doesnt answer the questions raised in the picture you posted. so read it and answer it

It's either you can't read or wouldn't read the suggested link. I'll give you an excerpt that will save you the pain of clicking on the link.

We decided on this billboard campaign that will last a month, with a cordial and engaging message: “To All Our Atheist Friends: Thank God You’re Wrong.” We trust this billboard campaign will give many of you an opportunity to witness to people—to proclaim the truth of God’s Word and the gospel. Here is why we chose the wording we did for the billboards:

1. First of all, we are not angry at the atheists at all—we are burdened for them as people who will be lost for eternity, unless they receive the free gift of salvation. We want them to know that Christians love them as humans made in the image of God—but sinners in need of salvation.

2. These atheists should thank God that they can receive the free gift of salvation and be saved for eternity. Yes, they need to thank God they have been wrong and turn to the truth.

3. Those of us who have received the free gift of salvation and are truly born again as the Bible teaches can thank God the atheists are wrong—we thank God for our salvation and look forward to an eternity with our Creator and Savior.
I think of the verse that says, “if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9).

http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2013/10/07/thank-god-youre-wrong/

OLAADEGBU:

It's either you can't read or wouldn't read the suggested link. I'll give you an excerpt that will save you the pain of clicking on the link.



http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2013/10/07/thank-god-youre-wrong/

just why did you delete the picture if you werent dubious? criminal

ooman:

jesus freaking christ - you deleted the picture.

you are going straight to hell

dubious thing

i still remember the questions,

1. there are probably more gods than 1

2. does god exist in the universe or outside the universe

3. you cannot really prove there is a god, even if he came down, since we already rejected jesus

and more, so pls paste answers dude, from where you do your copy and paste job

Thank God you're wrong.

OLAADEGBU:

Thank God you're wrong.

dubious criminal

ooman:

dubious criminal

Thank God that you are double wrong.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYC7vZLQPWU

OLAADEGBU:

Thank God that you are double wrong.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYC7vZLQPWU

Is it me or Christianity seems to be the only religion most bothered about atheism?

Jesus' blood's drying up...

aManFromMars: Is it me or Christianity seems to be the only religion most bothered about atheism?

Jesus' blood's drying up...

That's true love, bro.

CHECKMATE ATHEISTS!

wiegraf: CHECKMATE ATHEISTS!

Checkmate Folykaze

OLAADEGBU:

Thank God that you are double wrong.

what of those not afraid/willing to go to hell? they wont be there alone. i'm sure billions of souls will be there

Shawnmayor: what of those not afraid/willing to go to hell? they wont be there alone. i'm sure billions of souls will be there

like me, you dont know how much i wanna dance with the devil...

ooman:

like me, you dont know how much i wanna dance with the devil...

lmao

ooman:

like me, you dont know how much i wanna dance with the devil...

you'll get your time. An eternity in fact.

Joshthefirst: you'll get your time. An eternity in fact.

Hmm

Joshthefirst: you'll get your time. An eternity in fact.

i look forward to it

Shawnmayor:

what of those not afraid/willing to go to hell? they wont be there alone. i'm sure billions of souls will be there

ooman:

like me, you dont know how much i wanna dance with the devil...

ooman:

i look forward to it

You say all these because you don't believe in the biblical concept of hell and your understanding of of the nature of God is wrong. The slow-witted criminal thinks that the electric chair is a place to put up his feet for a while and relax. You are playing russian roulette with your lives guys.

OLAADEGBU:





You say all these because you don't believe in the biblical concept of hell and your understanding of of the nature of God is wrong. The slow-witted criminal thinks that the electric chair is a place to put up his feet for a while and relax. You are playing russian roulette with your lives guys.

Yeah? And what are you playing with your life by worshiping a white guy? Slave and master?

ooman:

like me, you dont know how much i wanna dance with the devil...

this confirms what I always believe in that all athiest are SATANISTs...

Mintayo:

this confirms what I always believe in that all athiest are SATANISTs...

That cannot be far from the truth.