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Hat-Tip to Catholic Action UK for pointing this daft initiative out!It seems that the British Humanist Society have raised £36,000 to have these childish posters pasted upon the sides of London buses for a month. They claim that there is 'Probably no God. Now Stop Worrying And Enjoy Your Life'...
Hmmm... We're actually enjoying ours just fine because we believe in God and His Holy Church. Indeed, because of our faith, we are much happier than without it. We have a hope in this life and beyond it! Imagine being consigned to the daily drudge and commute on such buses if there were no eternal purpose to it!
Perhaps that is why suicide is becoming one of the main reasons for death amongst the young in Western society? It seems that not having belief in God is actually making people unhappy. That is why He invites us to call out to Him in our quiet times and invite Him into our hearts - anyone can do this in the privacy of their own home. Then we can become open to His deep peace and rest of soul which the world cannot give. You see, for the faithful Catholic everything is loaded with meaning - even being stuck on a steamy and creaky bus full of tired commuters!
Is religion then a crutch? We would say it was more of a cross! That is, one has to suffer for one's faith in today's society because of just such myopic schemes. Imagine the case of the Christian, Jewish or Muslim bus driver who is forced to take out one of these buses with such a logo. (Or, as on Merseyside, other logos advertising so-called Adult shops). Obviously, such a driver could not drive such vehicles on conscience. Then they would be faced with disciplinary action - maybe even the sack. That won't bother your smug atheist, but it will have ramifications for the sincere believer who just wants to get on with an honest day's work... and it will effect his poor family.Â
Fortunately, such crosses lead to the Resurrection. Indeed, about a year ago tram drivers in Lithuania refused to drive their trams while homosexuality was being promoted on posters emblazoned down the sides of the trams. They won their case. Hopefully, more Christians will have the courage to stand up for their faith and convictions in our country too. When that happens they will suffer the cross - for a while - but they will eventually see the Resurrection and receive the choicest Graces for their faithfulness.
And, (as ever with martyrdoms), non-believers begin to see that people with such convictions would not act so for no reason. They would only do so for something that is true. Indeed, for someone who is Truth! Praise to Jesus Christ whose cross Christians are called to carry all the way up their own Calvary to the Resurrection!
We wonder if the bus corporations would be as quick to allow Christians to advertise - this being an 'inclusive' society after all... And if they did, wouldn't that be an idea to pursue!
