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Dear Father Jim:

My question is not related to this catholicsingle.com or to any relationship.

I was on my way home going a little shoping in here in downtown seattle, and I was waiting for a bus that will take me home, and suddenly one bus caught my attention regarding a very big advertisement on that side of the bus,it was in bold letters, and it says,YES VIRGINIA, THERE IS NO GOD, it came from a freedom of religion organization, from madison wi, actually i saw it on 2 bus that passed infront of me, I was stunned to see that word, and the background of that billbord is some kind of christmas , at first i thought it was kind of joke, but it was  real...

I am so scared of that subject to be brought to anyones attention. I email you regarding this cause I know I can trust you, I just want to have peace of mind , to tell honestly m ive been crying since i came back home from seing that billboard, I was bothered but what can i do? -- Disturbed...

Dear Disturbed...

I'm sorry this billboard/advertisement upset you so much.  I've heard about this - in fact I used it in a homiy I wrote a few months ago.  You can read it  at http://chernjam.blogspot.com/2009/04/there-probably-is-no-godso-stop.html 

I find the whole thing disturbing, but interesting as well.  I don't believe in Aliens or UFO's, but I don't take out billboards to try to convince other people of something I don't believe in - you get what I'm saying... I'm more interesting in sharing things I do believe in.  What do I care about people who are interested in aliens... I don't believe in them - why would I waste any time on the issue (let alone money on a billboard)

It's almost that these individuals don't just not believe in God - they hate God - which is beyond sad.