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"Oh, (No) God, Yes, OH YES!" Atheists Make Better Lovers, Claims New Billboard
Image via Backyard Skeptics
Do atheists really make better lovers? That's the claim made on a new Valentine's Day-inspired billboard erected in Westminster by a group of Fountain Valley-based non-believers, as pointed out by the OC Weekly:
The billboard that features an image of the feet of a snuggling couple in bed can be watched from where the 22 and 405 freeways come together as well as the parking lot of the American Legion Hall at 14582 Beach Blvd., Westminster, where a press conference begins at 4:30 this afternoon to unveil that spectacle.
On the billboard, this message of love and, um, togetherness: "Atheists make better lovers--after all, no one is watching."
The group behind the billboard, Backyard Skeptics, explain just what they mean by that:
"Atheists make better lovers because they have less guilt about sex, while people believing in religious superstitions attach a negative aspect to sex," says Bruce Gleason, the Backyard Skeptics founder. "We do not think a supernatural deity is watching us--neither in life nor in bed."
Well, alrighty then. And just like our friends at the OC Weekly, we too, wonder: Do atheists call out "Oh, God, yes!" during the act? Of course, by their logic, no one is listening...
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